help...! making books

[~Vulpine~]

I want to learn how to print out books so that, for example, they print 2 pages to an A4 sheet, say, if the book was 30 pages long this double page would be numbered 1 and 30, and the next sheet would have 2 and 29, and so on... is there any way to do it so I don't have to move text and work it out? Maybe a free program? Thanks!

[Ethel]

Which programme are you currently using?

[~Vulpine~]

Microsoft Word 97, but if you can suggest a better one?

[Ethel]

This may help - it's worth a go!

[Ethel]

Ooops! Here's the link:

http://printasbook.fromru.com/

[Ethel]

Or here are instructions for Word 97.

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/BookletPr inting.htm

[Jugglering]

Microsoft Publisher would definitely do what you want, but unfortunately it costs ���. I have seen it for sale on e-bay (under Desktop Publishing) - it might be worth having a look there. Publisher is great for leaflets, newsletters, books etc and very easy to use.

[fo3nix]

LaTeX is totally free, does everything you want, and is far more professional than Word could ever hope to be.

However, it takes more learning (it uses a markup language).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaTeX

[~Vulpine~]

Ooh, these are great, thanks loads! :D