Modern technology allows you to quickly and easily print a real book at home. Only consumables (paper, good quality ink) and appropriate copying equipment are required. When sending a file for printing, it can be difficult - you need to convert the text to a book format. How to do this - next.
How to print a book format file on a printer
There are two main methods that can help you print a book on your own. The main feature is that you need to print text and images on two sides of the sheet. To do this, you need to perform a number of additional steps in the word processor:
- arrange cover and background;
- paginate and format the text;
- send to print the desired text format.
The first step in creating a book is setting up a printing device. First, install drivers to control the printing process. Today there are 5 ways to download and install drivers. As a result, the corresponding software icon should appear on the panel of the computer desktop.
Printing is performed from different formats, mainly Adobe PDF, Microsoft Word. Most often, Word prints from a working file - the processor contains all the necessary functions and settings. To print to Word, click the corresponding option in the working window - the versions of "Brochure" and "Book" are offered. The program itself will perform a "mirror" placement of pages with their number multiple of 4.
How to make cover art in Microsoft Word
To get a full-fledged printing product, you need to make out a beautiful informative cover. Refer to the "Insert" section of the Word toolbar. The list has the option "Cover Page", you can choose any nice option.
REFERENCE! If you plan to print a business document, the Conservative style is recommended; in other cases, you can choose the style to your liking.
Clicking on the desired style opens 2 sheets with tables. Each of them contains 1 column - these are templates for filling information.
On the first sheet (title) place the main data:
- name of the issuing organization (publishing house, university, company);
- title of the book;
- release date (year) and other details.
The second sheet (title turnover) contains the information that is required for the inside - the annotation and the output. If this information is missing, then you can cut the tips of these frames - right-click and cut. The text of the tooltip itself will be deleted, but the table will be saved and an empty space will provide a distance between the cover and the rest of the text. If you delete the rows, the table also disappears, then the article will begin immediately after the title (this is incorrect in the case of a book).
How to set numbering and formatting
There should not be page numbers on the cover. Therefore, Word offers a “Special Footer” mode for the first page. If you want to remove the numbering on some other pages selectively, then partitioning will help.
If you place the cursor before the beginning of the chapter, you can open the tab "Layout / Breaks" and select the option "Next page". After double-clicking on the top or bottom of the sheet, the option to control the footers will open. In this case, a constructor with buttons for switching between sections will be available. Optionally, you can change the width of the fields.
Links between created partitions are created automatically. If you want to work with the footers of the next part of the publication, then use the button "As in the previous part" - to deactivate it. The "Special footer" mark in the "Parameters" is removed. Then you need to press the following buttons:
- "Insert";
- "Page Numbering" and "Bottom";
- select the "Simple" option with the center location.
As a result, the second section will begin with numbering and only on the third page. It is important to check the status of the headers and footers in the previous section. If the numbering has appeared on the main cover, the processor has restored communications, and we do not need this. In this case, deactivate the function "As in the previous section" and delete the number below.
If you need to print a small document, then on one A4 sheet you can place 4 A5 pages at two turns. For example, the book has 12 pages, but the last of them is the blank side of the back cover. Then formatting is done:
- the width of the indentation of the "red line" is set;
- all text is justified;
- figures are removed from the edge and aligned in the center or placed along the line of text;
- between subheadings extra lines and spaces are removed;
- fields are reduced.
Subheadings have an enlarged font or similar to the text, but be sure to be outside the main text at some distance. In the "Paragraph" tab, select the "Position" option marked "Do not tear from the next."
ATTENTION! There may be problems with the picture - if earlier it occupied a small space, now it obscures the text or it flows around it unevenly - it is so inconvenient to read. The object is activated by double-clicking - you need to click the option "Label format". Select text wrap - from the bottom or top.
So, the document is placed on 11 sheets, now you can finish the formatting work. Sometimes you need to reduce volume more by reducing the font. And this action does not require manual work. It is enough to use the function "Shorten the page" during the "Preview" - an option appeared with a reduced font by 0.5-1 points.
How to print a book without Microsoft Word
You can print the file using other formats and processors, editors. The common format is PDF (Printable Digital Format). The necessary settings in Adobe Reader format are also selected in these files.
In the main menu, you can press the keyboard combination Ctrl + P or select the "Print" menu. In “Page Size Adjustment” and “Processing”, select “Print Brochure”. The file will be likewise printed in book form.
Modern software and hardware capabilities allow you to quickly and cost-effectively print any printing products. It is important to update the software and take advantage of all the opportunities that new developments provide.
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