Troubleshoot printing a two-page layout or booklet
My publication is missing parts of objects that straddle a two-page spread
Most printers have a nonprintable region around the edge of the paper. The region is usually between 0.25 and 0.5 inches wide. Anything in that region won't be printed.
If you don't want objects straddling the gutter, you should determine your printer's nonprintable region and reposition objects to avoid it.
How?
- On the Microsoft Windows taskbar, click the Start button, point to Accessories, and then click WordPad.
- On the File menu, click Page Setup.
- Set the Left, Right, Top and Bottom margin boxes to zero. The margins will be automatically reset to the minimum margin that is supported by the printer.
- Note the minimum margins.
- Open a publication in Microsoft Publisher.
- On the Arrange menu, click Layout Guides.
- Under Margin Guides, enter the margins for Left, Right, Top, and Bottom.
- Click OK.
Your layout guides now show where the the location of the nonprintable. Make sure that all objects are inside of that border.
I printed a publication that has facing pages, but it printed as single pages
Do one of the following:
- Lay out the publication as a small folded booklet, with two side-by-side pages per sheet of paper.
How?
- On the File menu, click Page Setup.
- Click the Layout tab.
- Under Publication type, click Booklet.
- Under Orientation, select the option you want.
- To change the dimensions of the booklet, type a smaller width or height. Do not type a number larger than the maximum width or height.
- If your printer can print on 11-by-17-inch paper, lay out the publication so that it will print with two 8.5-by-11-inch pages per sheet of paper (called an 8.5-by-11-inch folded booklet).
How?
- On the File menu, click Page Setup.
- Click the Layout tab.
- Under Publication type, click Full page.
- Under Orientation, click Portrait.
- Click the Printer & Paper tab.
- Under Paper in the Size box, select 11 x 17, or Tabloid.
- Under Choose an Orientation, click Landscape.
- Click OK.
- On the Arrange menu, click Layout Guides.
- Select the Create Two Master Pages With Mirrored Guides box.
- To create a larger inside margin (also known as the gutter margin) to accommodate binding, type the measurement you want in the Inside box (under Margin Guides).
- Click OK.
- On the View menu, click Two-Page Spread.