i have laid out a 509 page book on pagemaker. the layout is 8.5in tall by 5.5in wide (letterhalf) with facing pages.
i want to print this on a laser printer, first printing one side of each piece of paper, run the whole stack, then turn the stack over and print the other side, so that in the end i can have the stack cut down the middle, compile the pages, and bind it as a book with the pages in the proper order. (1/2, 3/4, 5/6, etc)
i once knew how to set this up for printing on pagemaker, but i forget now!
ideally, i would have page 255 one the left (that is middle of the book) and page 1 on the right. this would be the first page to print. it would go like this:
255,1
257,3
259,5
and so on
after i have printed all the odd pages, i can flip the pages, stick them back in the tray, and print:
2,256
4,258
6,260
then in the end, after cutting the stack down the middle, i would have both halves of the book and could simply put them together and have all the pages in the right order.
the big problem is that i am using auto page numbering and if i start moving pages around, then the page numbers will get totally messed up.
any help would be greatly appreciated!
i want to print this on a laser printer, first printing one side of each piece of paper, run the whole stack, then turn the stack over and print the other side, so that in the end i can have the stack cut down the middle, compile the pages, and bind it as a book with the pages in the proper order. (1/2, 3/4, 5/6, etc)
i once knew how to set this up for printing on pagemaker, but i forget now!
ideally, i would have page 255 one the left (that is middle of the book) and page 1 on the right. this would be the first page to print. it would go like this:
255,1
257,3
259,5
and so on
after i have printed all the odd pages, i can flip the pages, stick them back in the tray, and print:
2,256
4,258
6,260
then in the end, after cutting the stack down the middle, i would have both halves of the book and could simply put them together and have all the pages in the right order.
the big problem is that i am using auto page numbering and if i start moving pages around, then the page numbers will get totally messed up.
any help would be greatly appreciated!