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DoublePage macro for Microsoft Word for Windows
Copyright ⌐ 1996 Mr. Jean P. Donato. All rights reserved.
PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE CONTENTS OF THIS FILE. IT IS UPDATED EVERY TIME A NEW
VERSION OF DOUBLEPAGE IS RELEASED.
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* WARNING *
* THE INFORMATION AND CODE PROVIDED IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY *
* OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO *
* THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR *
* PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL JEAN P. DONATO BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES *
* WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS *
* OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF JEAN P. DONATO HAS BEEN *
* ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. *
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* FREEWARE *
* I do not charge any fee for the use of the DoublePage macro. *
* This archive may be included on Bulletin Board Systems, Internet *
* archive sites and on CD-ROM collections distributed by such *
* sites, provided any charge is solely to recover the cost of *
* distribution. Any such distribution must contain the complete *
* unmodified archive, including this file. *
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DESCRIPTION
===========
DoublePage is a Microsoft Word for Windows macro that prints a document in
a 2-column landscape format on the default printer. (In some printer drivers
that capability is built-in but for most of them it is not.) It will typically
print about one page per column; hence it is a great way to cut down on paper
costs and waste.
Now it can even optionally print on both sides of the sheet for even greater
paper savings!
On every page of the printout, it will also optionally add its own special
footer giving the name of the document, the date and time it was printed, and
the page number.
DoublePage will not modify the actual document. Rather, it will create a
temporary document in memory which will be deleted after printing. However, as
with any such utility, you should always make regular backups of your files
just to be sure.
REQUIREMENTS
============
DoublePage requires you to have Microsoft Word for Windows properly installed.
It has been developed on the English US version of Word 7.0 for Windows 95.
It includes automatic built-in support for these platforms:
- English US Word 7.0 for Windows 95;
- English US Word 6.0 for Windows;
- French Canadian Word 7.0 for Windows 95;
- French Canadian Word 6.0 for Windows;
- German Word 7.0 for Windows 95;
- German Word 7.0 for Windows.
If your platform is not listed above, DoublePage will still attempt to run,
but the results may or may not be satisfactory. If there is heavy demand for
support of a particular foreign language Word, I may add it to future versions.
DoublePage should work under Windows NT, but that platform is not currently
supported.
LIMITATIONS AND COMMENTS
========================
DoublePage works best with plain text documents. It will work with other
document types however (provided Word can load them, of course) with the
following considerations.
Some special objects or options often cannot be readily reformatted in a
2-column layout, and they include: text boxes, pictures, frame data, styles
other than the default Normal, etc. But DoublePage will try to work around
these obstacles to produce the best possible printout! DoublePage will
remove the frames (but not the data inside them) which prevent 2-column
formatting. It may or may not change your document's styles on the
printout, depending on the limitations it encounters while processing it.
Also, it will remove all headers and footers and optionally replace them
with its own special footer on every page of the printout as mentioned earlier.
Remember, none of these changes affect your original document - just the
printout!
DoublePage works with any paper size; it will use the one that is
selected in Word (in File/Page Setup/Paper Size) for your active document.
Please do read the "USAGE" section which has been rewritten and contains
interesting tips.
ARCHIVE CONTENTS
================
The DoublePage archive DPAGE200.ZIP contains the following files:
DBLEPAGE.DOT : The Word template containing the DoublePage macro.
README.TXT : This file.
FILE_ID.DIZ : A short description.
INSTALLATION, UNINSTALLATION, AND EXECUTION
===========================================
Since you're reading this file, you have probably already uncompressed the
archive; it should have created the files listed in the previous section.
This can be done in any directory.
DoublePage is distributed inside a template named DBLEPAGE.DOT. If you want to
use it only from this template, first open DBLEPAGE.DOT and then go to step B
below. Otherwise, you will likely want to use DoublePage from within the
template you commonly use (for example, the default NORMAL.DOT template).
A) To install in that manner, follow these instructions:
1. Start Word.
2. From its menu bar, choose File/Open and open the DBLEPAGE.DOT you got from
this archive.
3. From its menu bar, choose Tools/Macro.
4. Click the Organizer button.
5. Make sure the left pane of the Organizer window shows DBLEPAGE.DOT macros
(you should only see DoublePage in the list) and the right pane of the
Organizer window shows the template you normally use such as NORMAL.DOT.
6. Click on the DoublePage macro name.
7. Click on the copy button.
8. Click on the Close button.
9. From the Word menu bar, choose File/Close.
You can use a similar technique to propagate the macro to other templates.
B) To execute the macro from the menu bar, follow these steps:
1. Make sure the document you want printed is open and the currently active
one.
2. Choose Tools/Macro.
3. Click on DoublePage.
4. Click on Run.
To uninstall DoublePage: simply click on the Delete button instead of Run, and
then manually delete its archive and the files it created (they are mentioned
in the previous section) using File Manager, Windows Explorer, or a DOS box.
C) You can create a custom toolbar button to execute the macro whenever you
want, with a single mouse click. To do so, you must first install the
the macro as described earlier. Then, follow these steps:
1. From the Word menu bar, choose Tools/Customize.
2. Click on the Toolbar tab.
3. Click on Macros from the Categories list.
4. Left click on DoublePage from the Macros list (keep the mouse button
pressed) and drag the DoublePage name to your toolbar (release the mouse
button).
5. A window named Custom Button automatically pops up. Select a button image
and press assign. The Custom Button window disappears and your new button
now has an image on it.
6. Back in the Customize window, select the name of the template you want to
use in the "Save in" box (for example, normal.dot).
7. Click on the Close button.
USAGE
=====
Simply follow these quick and easy steps:
1. In Word, open the document you wish to print.
This document can not be protected. (If you have an option
Tools/Unprotect Document in your Word menu bar, then it is protected.)
You must remove that protection for DoublePage to work with your
document, even though DoublePage will not actually modify it.
2. Execute the DoublePage macro (see the above section, step B or C).
3. You will see the welcome window; press OK to continue (or Cancel to
return to your original document).
4. You will then see the