Booklet printing

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Fri, 31 Aug 2001 08:28:29 -0700


Don, have you tried running your copy of WP51 under DOSEmu (or whatever
that thing is)?
If you already own the software, like it, know how to use it, why not? 
Legend has it that WP51 was the final version with hand-optimized
assembly code - a good tool on a lame OS.

Dosvidanija, Comrade 

Steve
Don Livingston wrote:
> 
> Hey, Comrades,
> 
> Do we have a GNU app somewhere that will let me do booklet printing?  What
> I'm looking for is a way to write a book so that the pages are in straight
> numerical order, then have it print so that there are two printed pages on
> each side of each 8.5x11 piece of paper with page numbers such that I can
> take a paper cutter down the middle, bind them, and then have a booklet with
> pages that read in normal numerical order.
> 
> Oddly enough, there was neat macro back in WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS (which I
> loved).  Can't figure out how to do it in StarOffice, AbiWord, KWord, or
> anything.  Heck, I'd even do LaTex.  Well, maybe.  The book has a lot of
> specific space layout it requires, so...
> 
> Any thoughts?  Don.
> 
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