You simply misconstrued Doug's signature block.
People like Doug, Suzanne, myself (and a number of others - some of whom are
MVPs others not) give of our time freely in these public newsgroups to help
Word users. We do not work for Microsoft and do not take payment for our
assistance. What we do object to is people posting unsolicited questions to
our private e-mail addresses (which we do not hide despite the problems it
causes with spam) and that is the prime consideration behind Doug's sig.
I am sorry to hear you were ripped off. It happens. I once worked freelance
for a magazine which went bust owing me several thousand pounds - then
started up again under a new company the following month. I never saw any of
that money.
The fact remains that it is going to be fiddly to produce a CD booklet in
Word. See if you can beg steal or borrow a copy of Microsoft Publisher which
makes producing booklets much simpler and will lead you by the hand along
the way. Try eBay (though beware there are sharks there too).
--
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site
www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site
http://word.mvps.org
Michael
www.williamsmusic.net wrote:
I'm sorry if I seem to have a "huge chip" on my shoulder. I guess I'm
just sick and tired of people for whom the Almighty Dollar is their
obsession; in some cases, even their god. I know that we
(unfortunately) live in a world where "men" seem to think they "own"
land that God gave us all to live on, and that we must pay tribute
(i.e., money) to these people to rent "their" land and "their" house
and pay for everything with the possible exception of air. I
reluctantly accept this fact, but I do need money like Bill Gates. No
one does. So I guess I'm just so tired of seeing people putting money
above love that it just sickens me. You don't know what I've been
through, so I can somewhat understand your reaction. I didn't mean to
insult anyone. I worked for 35 years and in 2001 I had my substantial
life's savings plundered by the Swiss-German government for the
pleasure of one of their wealthiest citizens. I worked as a musical
composer for him for 3 years, and then he refused to pay me, falsely
claiming that I hadn't recorded anything at all. You can hear sound
samples of many of the 375 songs I created for this liar at:
www.cdbaby.com/mbw
Again, I'm sorry if I hurt anyone's feelings. If I did, it was not
intentional. I am impoverished and I am just trying to figure out how
to put a CD booklet together so I can try to make copies of my
"Ghostwriter" CD and hopefully sell enough copies to at least eat.
Michael Boren Williams
Skype: ghostwriter1951
www.williamsmusic.net
"Graham Mayor" wrote:
Frankly I can't understand why when you have such a huge chip on your
shoulder that you think anyone might want to help you. If you write
in a public newsgroup it is *everyone's* business. You are quoting
from Doug's standard signature block, which appears on all his
messages to deter people from contacting him directly unless they
wish to pay for his time - which he gives freely to those who ask
questions here. His reply may have been brief, but it was neither
rude nor inaccurate.
As I said in my first reply Word is not a good tool to do this. Word
does not work well with custom paper sizes, so you are going to have
to use a standard paper size and use a ruler to measure the CD
booklet and transfer those measurements to the document to produce a
document the size of a CD booklet page - then you can use the method
Suzanne linked to produce a multi-page booklet. Word does not care
what measurement system you use. You can insert inches of cm (or
others) directly in any measurement box as long as you indicate what
they are eg 5 cm 3" etc.
--
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
Michael www.williamsmusic.net wrote:
When someone writes about my "availing" myself of his "services" for
a simple question asked at a newsgroup, and not of this person at
all, yes, he is rude, and this is really none of your business. Get
it"
MBW
"jaartee" wrote:
Michael,
You are out of line. Just because you don't understand doesn't
make everyone else stupid and rude.
A 'ruler' is a linear measuring device, and he is simply telling
you to measure the case. So measure the case!
--
jaartee
Fellow user
"Michael www.williamsmusic.net" wrote:
Your response sounds like a joke, and that is how I take it. I
also do not wish to "avail" msyelf of your "services". If I wish
to pay a consultant for such a simple question, I guarantee you,
you'll be the last person on earth I will consider. I'd rather
buy another program than to pay such a rude person anything at
all.
MBW
"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:
Use a ruler and measure the case into which you want to insert
the booklet.
--
Hope this helps.
Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself
of my services on a paid consulting basis.
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
"Michael www.williamsmusic.net"
. com wrote in
message
...
Hi, Suzanne! Thanks for your response. I am in Europe, and
everything is metric. I just want to create a simple music CD
booklet which will contain the lyrics to some of my songs. If I
can get as far as you've directed me (hopefuully) please tell me
in .mm what measurements I should use to create
a music CD booklet. I also have Publisher, if you think that
would be better.
Thanks,
Michael
www.cdbaby.com/mbw
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
If you have Word 2002 or above, use the "Book fold" feature. If
an earlier
version, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...etPrinting.htm. Very
likely you will have to set your booklet up with larger margins
on a larger
paper size, then trim accordingly.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.
"Michael www.williamsmusic.net"
. com wrote in
message
...
Thanks for you answer, but I'm sorry. I don't understand it.
I'm a techno-dummy. I only know enough to get by. Can you tell
me where to get a
CD
booklet templet or something" It'll be about 10 or 12 pages. I
have it saved as a Word document. You can also e-mail me
directly at:
Thanks,
Michael
www.cdbaby.com/mbw
"Graham Mayor" wrote:
A CD booklet is essentially a two fixed size cell table with
a border as
a
cutout guide and can be printed on any paper size that will
fit it. Word is a poor tool for this job. Publisher is
better, but Surething CD
labeller is *much* better.
If you have Nero, it too has a labelling tool that you could
use.
--
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
Michael www.williamsmusic.net wrote:
How do I format a CD booklet in Microsoft Word? The only
paper formats I see are U.S. letter and legal and A4.