Booklet Report

On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 19:47:01 -0800, "RITCHIE"
wrote:

Relative newcomer looking for some help. I have created a contacts database
and would like to print the data in a booklet form. The pages will be
landscape with the data for the first page of my booklet on the left half of
the landscape paper and the data for the last page of my booklet on the
right. The following sheets of paper will be printed the same way until the
final paper has the exact middle info on the left and right side of the page.
When I stack the papers, fold in the middle and staple, the info will be in
alphebetically order. Possible at all? Thanks in advance.

Yes. This is possible. Your instructor gave you this problem to make you
think. A booklet as you describe is not nearly as practical as it sounds and
it gets less practical as the number of pages increases. To satisfy your
instructor you need to make a query that does the sorting for you. It isn't
very difficult, but it does require thought.

On the off hand chance you really need/want this thing: From Bob Howard:
"finally decided to use a software product called FinePrint
(www.fineprint.com) which acts as a Postscript printer. I give it the
appropriate settings to configure the result as a booklet, and it takes care
of the whole thing." (snip) about $50.00

Just a wizard prodder
Chuck
--

Thank you all for your help. It is a curious problem. I am trying some of
your proposals. The project was not for a class but for a small directory
for our church members. Thanks again.
--
Ritchie


"Chuck" wrote:

On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 19:47:01 -0800, "RITCHIE"
wrote:

Relative newcomer looking for some help. I have created a contacts database
and would like to print the data in a booklet form. The pages will be
landscape with the data for the first page of my booklet on the left half of
the landscape paper and the data for the last page of my booklet on the
right. The following sheets of paper will be printed the same way until the
final paper has the exact middle info on the left and right side of the page.
When I stack the papers, fold in the middle and staple, the info will be in
alphebetically order. Possible at all? Thanks in advance.

Yes. This is possible. Your instructor gave you this problem to make you
think. A booklet as you describe is not nearly as practical as it sounds and
it gets less practical as the number of pages increases. To satisfy your
instructor you need to make a query that does the sorting for you. It isn't
very difficult, but it does require thought.

On the off hand chance you really need/want this thing: From Bob Howard:
"finally decided to use a software product called FinePrint
(www.fineprint.com) which acts as a Postscript printer. I give it the
appropriate settings to configure the result as a booklet, and it takes care
of the whole thing." (snip) about $50.00

Just a wizard prodder
Chuck
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