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BOOKBILD.TXT--Use PRINTDOC.BAT to print these docs,
NOT WordPerfect!
B O O K B I L D V 1 . 1
=============================================
Pamphlet Creator and Book Formatter
for WordPerfect 5.1
Requires WordPerfect 5.1 or 5.1+ (DOS version)
A Shareware Package from:
Jerry Stern
Science Translations
P. O. Box 20234
Baltimore, MD 21284-0234
Home page: http://www.execpc.com/scitrans
_______
____|__ | (R)
--| | |-------------------
| ____|__ | Association of
| | |_| Shareware
|__| o | Professionals
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|___|___| MEMBER
Quick-Start Guide Begins
on Page 7
BOOKBILD is a copyrighted program distributed as SHAREWARE. All
rights are reserved. You may try out the program for up to 30
days for free. If you continue to use this program, you must pay
a registration fee of $20.00.
Registered users receive a bonus disk of additional BOOKBATS clip
art, technical support, notification of upgrades and new
releases, with special upgrade pricing for registered users.
B O O K B I L D V. 1.1 2
Table of Contents
=================
REGISTRATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ASP Ombudsman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
CHANGES IN VERSION 1.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
OTHER FILES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
DEFINITION OF SHAREWARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
LIMITED WARRANTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
TRIAL USE LICENSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
LIMITED DISTRIBUTION LICENSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
QUICK START . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
CHOOSING A BOOKLET FORMAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
VERTICALLY-FOLDED LANDSCAPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
VERTICALLY FOLDED PORTRAIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
HORIZONTALLY FOLDED LANDSCAPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
HORIZONTALLY-FOLDED PORTRAIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
DEFINING A LABEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
LABELS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
PREPARING A BOOKLET FOR REORDERING . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
SELECT A PAPER TYPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
MOVE ALL CODES TO DOCUMENT INITIAL CODES . . . . . . . . 14
ADD A BASE FONT CODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
RESTORE ALL TEXT TO THE BASE FONT . . . . . . . . . . . 14
GENERATE ALL TABLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
READY? RUN BOOKBILD! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
PREPARING THE REORDERED BOOKLET FOR PRINTING . . . . . . . . 15
PRINTING THE BOOKLET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
TALKING TO PRINTING COMPANIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
TROUBLE-SHOOTER'S GUIDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
All Rights Reserved (C) 1992-95 Jerry Stern
B O O K B I L D V. 1.1 3
REGISTRATION
============
BOOKBILD/DOS V. 1.1 is shareware, or "Try before you buy"
software. You may copy this entire package and pass it on
unchanged to other WordPerfect users. If you use the program for
more than 30 days, you must register. Basic registration is
$US 20., and a variety of payment types are listed in the files
REGISTER.TXT and PRODUCTS.TXT, including Visa, MasterCard, and
American Express.
Send registrations to:
Jerry Stern
Science Translations
PO BOX 20234
Baltimore, Maryland 21284-0234
Or Phone of FAX to 1-410-661-2224
Add $2.00 Shipping on orders below $30.
Maryland residents add 5 per cent sales tax.
Registered users receive a bonus disk of additional BOOKBATS clip
art, technical support, notification of upgrades and new
releases, with special upgrade pricing for registered users.
Support is by mail, FAX, or phone, at the same address and phone
number used for registration.
Support is by mail, FAX, or phone, at the same address and phone
number used for registration, or via the SciTrans support
conference on GEnie--in the WordPerfect RT, Third-Party Support
category, SciTrans topic. You may contact the author as J.Stern10
on GEnie, as 72144,1241 on Compuserve, or on the Internet as
72144.1241@compuserve.com. Look in the VENDINFO.DIZ file for
support boards and additional contact info.
Jerry Stern is a member of the Association of Shareware
Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the
shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to
resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by
contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The
ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with
an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for
members' products. Please write to The ASP Ombudsman, at 545
Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442, or send a CompuServe
message via CompuServe Mail to: ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536.
WordPerfect and WP Corp are registered trademarks of WordPerfect
Corporation within the U.S. and other countries.
All Rights Reserved (C) 1992-95 Jerry Stern
B O O K B I L D V. 1.1 4
CHANGES IN VERSION 1.1
----------------------
There are no changes in program features in version 1.1 of
Bookbild. Support information has been updated in this release,
and some minor changes and additions made to the documentation.
No bug fixes were necessary.
OTHER FILES
-----------
In the VENDINFO.DIZ file, there is a list of the files included
in this release of Bookbild 1.1 for DOS. If any are missing or if
the sizes and dates do not match that list, the package has been
tampered with. Any additional files are not part of Bookbild.
Registered users receive a current and complete copy.
For more information, see these files:
REGISTER.TXT Order form for registering Bookbild for DOS and
other products.
PRODUCTS.TXT Product information. Includes other wonderful
products from Jerry Stern and Science Translations,
including GRAPHCAT, BOOKBILD, the Letterhead Kit, each
available for both DOS and Windows, and the Wood Clips
collections of clip art.
The files with .WPG extensions are BOOKBATS clip art images--
chapter ending markers in the Wood Clips series of clip art. More
are provided free to registered users. When you register, your
bonus disk will contain additional Wood Clips, and additional
collections are available by subject.
DEFINITION OF SHAREWARE
=======================
Shareware distribution gives users a chance to try software
before buying it. If you try a Shareware program and continue
using it, you are legally required to register. With
registration, you get anything from the simple right to continue
using the software to an updated program with printed manual.
Copyright laws apply to both Shareware and commercial software,
and the copyright holder retains all rights, with a few specific
exceptions as stated below. Shareware authors are accomplished
programmers, just like commercial authors, and the programs are
of comparable quality. (In both cases, there are good programs
All Rights Reserved (C) 1992-95 Jerry Stern
B O O K B I L D V. 1.1 5
and bad ones!) The main difference is in the method of
distribution. The author specifically grants the right to copy
and distribute the software, either to all and sundry or to a
specific group. For example, some authors require written
permission before a commercial disk vendor may copy their
Shareware.
Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. You
should find software that suits your needs and pocketbook,
whether it's commercial or Shareware. The Shareware system makes
fitting your needs easier, because you can try before you buy.
And because the overhead is low, prices are low also. Shareware
has the ultimate money-back guarantee--if you don't use the
product, you don't pay for it.
LIMITED WARRANTY
THIS SOFTWARE AND MANUAL ARE PROVIDED FOR EVALUATION ONLY, ON AN
"AS IS" BASIS. SCIENCE TRANSLATIONS DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
RELATING TO THIS SOFTWARE, WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. NEITHER
SCIENCE TRANSLATIONS NOR ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE
CREATION, PRODUCTION, OR DELIVERY OF THIS SOFTWARE SHALL BE
LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES
ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE SUCH SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
SCIENCE TRANSLATIONS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
DAMAGES OR CLAIMS. THE PERSON USING THE SOFTWARE BEARS ALL RISK
AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE.
This agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of
Maryland and shall inure to the benefit of Science Translations
and any successors, administrators, heirs and assigns. Any action
or proceeding brought by either party against the other arising
out of or related to this agreement shall be brought only in a
STATE or FEDERAL COURT of competent jurisdiction located in
Baltimore County, Maryland. The parties hereby consent to in
personam jurisdiction of said courts.
TRIAL USE LICENSE
Bookbild is NOT a public domain program. It is copyrighted by
Science Translations. This software and accompanying
documentation are protected by United States Copyright law and
also by International Treaty provisions.
Science Translations grants you a limited license to use this
software for evaluation purposes for a period not to exceed
thirty days. If you continue using this software after the
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B O O K B I L D V. 1.1 6
thirty-day evaluation period, you MUST make a registration
payment to Science Translations.
LIMITED DISTRIBUTION LICENSE
INDIVIDUALS may distribute Bookbild to friends or associates,
provided they charge no fees for this service, and they convey a
complete and unaltered copy of the shareware version of this
product.
All other distribution is allowed only under the terms of the
attached VENDINFO data record, which is hereby incorporated by
reference. Any distribution satisfying all the distribution
requirements expressed in that data record is hereby authorized.
You may not distribute this product, modify it, or bundle it with
other products except as specifically allowed therein. You may
not use, copy, rent, lease, sell, modify, decompile, disassemble,
otherwise reverse engineer, or transfer the licensed program
except as provided in this agreement. Any such unauthorized use
shall result in immediate and automatic termination of this
license.
Permission to distribute the Bookbild package is not
transferable, assignable, saleable, or franchisable. Each vendor
wishing to distribute the package must independently satisfy the
terms of this limited distribution license.
U.S. Government Information: Use, duplication, or disclosure by
the U.S. Government of the computer software and documentation in
this package shall be subject to the restricted rights applicable
to commercial computer software as set forth in subdivision
(b)(3)(ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software
clause at 252.227-7013 (DFARS 52.227-7013). The
Contractor/manufacturer is Science Translations, Box 20234,
Baltimore, MD 21284-0234.
Science Translations may revoke any permissions granted here, by
notifying you in writing. All rights not expressly granted here
are reserved to Science Translations.
You are encouraged to pass a copy of the unregistered version of
Bookbild along to your friends for evaluation. Please encourage
them to register their copy if they find that they can use it.
All registered users will receive a copy of the latest version of
Bookbild, additional BookBats chapter-ending graphics, discounted
upgrades, newsletter announcements of upgrades and new products,
and technical support.
Site Licenses, volume discounts, and additional INTERNATIONAL
registration information are in the file PRODUCTS.TXT.
All Rights Reserved (C) 1992-95 Jerry Stern
B O O K B I L D V. 1.1 7
QUICK START
===========
BOOKBILD requires WordPerfect 5.1, DOS version. It is a shareware
package featuring a WordPerfect macro that will convert a
formatted file into a two-across pamphlet in either landscape or
portrait orientation, with either a vertical fold (the usual) or
a horizontal fold (a brochure that opens up rather than across).
Any booklet length is possible. Because the fonts native to your
printer or font package are used, landscape booklets are only
possible if you can already use landscape printing.
Caution: this is not an introductory-level exercise, even
with BOOKBILD to help. Although the actions of the macro are
straightforward, when you rearrange all the pages of a
formatted document, especially one containing font changes,
strange things happen. READ THIS DOC FILE ALL THE WAY
THROUGH! There is a list of steps to follow while preparing
to run BOOKBILD, and using the list as a checklist will save
you time and aggravation. Once you have done a few brochures
with BOOKBILD, you'll only need a memory jog, and BOOKBILD
has that function built into its opening screen.
Here are the basic steps:
1) Copy the macro to the WP macro directory. (See the
installation instructions on page ?.)
2) Define a two-page layout as a pair of labels. (See page 9 for
help in choosing the shape and orientation of the booklet, and
page 11 for help defining a label size/type.)
3) Format the text, graphics, and so forth as you wish. Move
every possible code to Document Initial Codes. Add a Base Font
code to Document Initial Codes to replace the Initial Base Font.
Balance all the open codes, so that all margin changes, line
spacing codes, tab sets, and font changes are restored to their
standard value for the document at the bottom of every page. (See
page 13 for the details of preparation.)
4) Generate any cross-references, lists, and tables of contents,
if necessary, and save the file.
5) Run the BOOKBILD macro. When it finishes running, your
original document will have been replaced by the reordered
document.
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B O O K B I L D V. 1.1 8
6) After the conversion, you will still need to move headers and
footers, and add Suppress codes to keep those codes from printing
on pages where they don't belong. These remaining steps cannot be
done by the macro, because only you, as the designer of your own
document, can understand what you really want the finished
product to look like. Starting with the file as created by
BOOKBILD, move any header and footer codes to the new beginning
page of the booklet, e.g. page 4 on a one-sheet booklet, and add
Suppress codes as needed. Preview and print as you like, but if
you must make editing changes that affect page breaks, make the
editing changes in the original file (not the result file), and
then save and run BOOKBILD again.
International Users: Although BOOKBILD's prompts are in
English, all of the internal macro commands and menu choices
have been set using international equivalents. BOOKBILD
should work properly with ANY WP 5.1 language module.
However, I have not been able to test every possible
international combination of software, interim release, and
hardware. Please write if you find that BOOKBILD fails in
any way on your system.
INSTALLATION
------------
If you are reading these files on screen, you may print them with
the PRINTDOC.BAT batch file. (Don't print them from WordPerfect--
they are formatted with page breaks for printing from DOS.)
From the DOS prompt, log to the directory holding the BOOKBILD
distribution files. Type PRINTDOC and press Enter.
You may use BOOKBILD entirely from a floppy disk if you wish, but
the macro should be copied to your hard disk to be used easily.
To install the BOOKBILD macros to the WordPerfect macro
directory, run the batch file INSTALL.BAT from the DOS prompt
while logged to the BOOKBILD distribution disk or directory.
Start INSTALL.BAT with the new directory name to make for storing
the BOOKBILD docs and samples, and the name of the macro
directory used by WordPerfect, usually c:\wp51\wpm or c:\wp51.
For example:
INSTALL c:\bookbild c:\wp51
(Copies package to c:\bookbild, using c:\wp51 for WP/DOS macros.)
INSTALL c:\bookbild d:\wp51\wpm
(Copies package to c:\bookbild, using d:\wp51\wpm for WP/DOS
macros.)
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B O O K B I L D V. 1.1 9
If you do not know where your WordPerfect macros should be
placed, press Setup (Shift-F1), choose (6) Location of Files, and
write down the setting next to (2) Keyboard/Macro Files. Press
Cancel (F1) twice to return to the document screen. The entry
that you wrote down should be the first pathname used on the
install command line.
CHOOSING A BOOKLET FORMAT
=========================
Just as not every project has the same needs, not every booklet
will be printed in landscape mode. The simplest brochure is just
a normal page, printed in two columns, and folded between the
columns. There are four basic formats. Each booklet will be
printed in portrait mode (across the short measurement of the
paper), or in landscape mode (across the long way). Each booklet
will be folded either vertically or horizontally. U.S. legal
paper is only practical for two of these formats, the vertically-
folded landscape, and the horizontally-folded portrait styles.
The two horizontally-folded formats require upside-down printing,
but in this case that is very simple. After reordering the pages
with BOOKBILD, print only the first side of each page. Then turn
the stack around end-for-end as well as turning the other face
up, and print the second set of sides. Each page will hold two
booklet pages in the same orientation on one side, and two
booklet pages upside down on the other. Users of duplex printers:
this is NOT standard duplex, or double-sided, printing, so use
the printer to print only side of each page at a time.
VERTICALLY-FOLDED LANDSCAPE
---------------------------
This is the most common booklet format, good for instruction
manuals and event programs. Use Landscape fonts, and fold
vertically, so that the folded booklet has the bound or stapled
edge on the left.
Paper Size Folded Form
U.S. Letter 8 1/2" x 11" 5 1/2" wide x 8 1/2" tall
U.S. Legal 8 1/2" x 14" 7" wide by 8 1/2" tall
A4 210mm x 297mm A5 or 148mm wide by 210mm high
VERTICALLY FOLDED PORTRAIT
--------------------------
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B O O K B I L D V. 1.1 10
This format is tall and narrow, and suitable for short brochures.
Use portrait fonts, and fold vertically, for a left-hand bound
edge.
Paper Size Folded Form
U.S. Letter 8 1/2" x 11" 4 1/4" wide x 11" tall
A4 210mm x 297mm 105mm wide by 297mm high
HORIZONTALLY FOLDED LANDSCAPE
-----------------------------
A wide and short format, good for short brochures. Use landscape
fonts, and fold so that the bound edge is at the top. When
printing, the paper must be turned around end for end before
printing the second side.
Paper Size Folded Form
U.S. Letter 8 1/2" x 11" 11" wide x 4 1/4" tall
A4 210mm x 297mm 297mm wide by 105mm high
HORIZONTALLY-FOLDED PORTRAIT
----------------------------
This style shares the same sizes with the vertically-folded
landscape, but the print travels across the wide direction of the
page. Use portrait fonts, and position the folded edge at the
top.
This format works well for printed inserts to be included with
videotapes--use letter or A4 paper, allow margins in the label
definition, and trim them off before folding. When printing, the
paper must be turned around end for end before printing the
second side.
Paper Size Folded Form
U.S. Letter 8 1/2" x 11" 8 1/2" wide x 5 1/2" tall
U.S. Legal 8 1/2" x 14" 8 1/2" wide by 7" tall
A4 210mm x 297mm A5 or 210mm wide by 148.5mm high
All Rights Reserved (C) 1992-95 Jerry Stern
B O O K B I L D V. 1.1 11
DEFINING A LABEL
================
Before you can create a booklet, you must describe to WordPerfect
what size of paper you will print it on. A paper definition
contains not just the measurements of the page, but also the
margins, whether the page is to be printed across the short side
(portrait) or lengthwise (landscape).
All paper definitions are stored by WordPerfect in the "PRS"
file, or Printer Resource file. If you use more than one printer,
or more than one printer resource file, you must create a booklet
paper definition in every PRS file that you will use to format
and print booklets. For example, if you are using a HP LaserJet
II and LaserTools' TrueType-for-WordPerfect program for scalable
fonts, than you can print with either the HP driver, or the
TTWP-LaserJet driver. Create the booklet definition with both by
pressing Print (Shift-F7), (S) Select Printer, and choosing the
first PRS file, pressing Exit (F7), and entering the steps below.
Then select the next PRS file, and enter the same steps again.
Labels are also defined as paper types, and our booklets are
built as sheets of labels, each with two half-page labels on
them. The steps below will show you how to create a label
definition for a vertically-folded landscape booklet--the most
common type. For other types, just substitute the choices shown
in the "Choosing a Booklet Format" section, starting on page 9.
From the document screen, press Format (Shift-F8), (2) Page, (7)
Paper Size, (2) Add, (9) Other, type "Booklet" and press (Enter).
The "Edit Paper Definition" screen should appear.
1) Paper Size: Choose either (2) Standard Landscape or (9) A4
Landscape. The message, "Label information needs to be updated
for this paper size" may appear, and you will be returned to the
"Edit Paper Definition" menu.
2) Paper Type: You have already entered this item. If you will
create more than one booklet format, enter a more specific name,
such as "Tall Booklet." WordPerfect will add "-Wide" to all
landscape paper types automatically.
3) Font Type: For the standard booklet, choose Landscape fonts.
4) Prompt to Load: The default choice here is "No." If you change
it to "Yes," WordPerfect will remind you to feed paper for every
sheet you print. Whenever possible, leave this setting at "No."
5) Location: The default choice is "Continuous." You may need to
change this for some multi-bin printers--see your printer manual.
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B O O K B I L D V. 1.1 12
A printer that uses cut paper but feeds itself automatically is
considered "Continuous."
6) Double Sided Printing: If your printer can print on both sides
of the paper, and you are creating a vertical-fold booklet, set
this to "Yes." For all other printers, and duplex printers used
with horizontal-fold booklets, leave this setting at "No."
7) Binding Edge: Leave this setting at the default--it will not
be useful while creating booklets.
8) Labels: See below.
9) Text Adjustment: Leave these settings at zero. They are useful
for aligning printouts on labels, but will usually not be helpful
here.
LABELS
------
When you press 8) Labels from the "Edit Paper Definition" menu,
choose (Y) Yes. The screen will change to the "Format: Labels"
menu.
1) Label Size: For letter paper, enter 5.5" for the width, and
8.5" for the height. For A4 paper, enter 148mm for the width, and
210mm for the height. For other formats, see the list starting on
page 9.
2) Number of Labels: Enter 2 columns and 1 row for all
vertically-folded booklets. For horizontally-folded booklets, use
1 column and 2 rows.
3) Top Left Corner: Set these measurements to zero.
4) Distance Between Labels: Set these measurements to zero.
5) Label Margins: Set these measurements to the default margins
you would like for your booklet pages, probably 1/2" or 12mm
each. These numbers must be greater than or equal to your minimum
printer margins, but you don't need to look them up. When you go
on to the next step, if you have set the margins too small,
WordPerfect will automatically reset them to the minimum sizes.
After setting all the numbers and measurements above, press
(Enter) enough times to return to your document. The new form
will be chosen in you document and ready to use, and when you
need to select it again, you need only select the booklet from
the Paper Size/Type list.
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B O O K B I L D V. 1.1 13
PREPARING A BOOKLET FOR REORDERING
==================================
When you run BOOKBILD, it will remind you of the steps covered in
this section with this message:
Before continuing, did you . . .
Select a paper type containing labels 2 across by 1 down?
Move all setup and tab set codes to Document Initial Codes?
Add a Base Font code in Document Initial Codes?
Restore all text to the Base Font before each page break?
Break all multiple-page tables into single-page tables?
Generate all tables, cross references, and indexes?
In addition to these steps, you must also NOT have any new page
codes in your document, as they will stop the booklet from
retaining its formatting during the conversion process. Also,
using cross-references tied to box numbers will not work, because
the box numbers will change during the conversion. You can,
however, use captions that are normal text, such as "Box 1" with
no box number code in them--text doesn't change during
conversion.
SELECT A PAPER TYPE
-------------------
Before formatting your booklet, you must select a paper size and
type, and that code must be placed in the Document Initial Codes
area. Press Format (Shift-F8), choose (3) Document, (2) Initial
Codes, Format (Shift-F8), (2) Page, (7) Paper Size. From the
list, pick the one of the Booklet formats. (If you haven't
created a Booklet format yet, see page 11.)
Now you may format your document normally. You may choose
graphics, tables, equations, cross references, and all other
advanced features normally, with one exception: No feature should
cross over a page break. For example, in a multiple-page table,
rather than letting WordPerfect automatically break the table for
you, end the table on each page, and start a new and separate
table on the next page. Paired codes, such as [BOLD][bold], may
safely cross page breaks.
Remember: booklets are four pages long, or eight, or 64, but
always a multiple of four pages. If you booklet isn't the right
length, BOOKBILD will pad it with blank pages at the end to make
it work.
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B O O K B I L D V. 1.1 14
MOVE ALL CODES TO DOCUMENT INITIAL CODES
----------------------------------------
Once all the formatting of your document has been completed, you
must begin to convert it to a form that BOOKBILD can handle. The
first step is to check the beginning of your document for margin
codes, font codes, page numbering codes, and any other codes
EXCEPT headers and footers. Move all the codes you find into the
Document Initial Codes area. Here's how: Turn on Reveal Codes
(Alt-F3), press Block (Alt-F4), use the arrow keys to block the
codes to be moved, and press Move (Ctrl-F4), (1) Block, (1) Move,
Format (Shift-F8), (3) Document, (2) Initial Codes, (Enter).
Press Exit (F7) twice to return to the editing screen.
ADD A BASE FONT CODE
--------------------
Normally, you would choose the beginning font for the booklet by
using the Document Initial Base Font. That font choice will not
consistently carry over into your reordered booklet, so place a
font code inside Document Initial Codes.
RESTORE ALL TEXT TO THE BASE FONT
---------------------------------
No Base Font codes should be used in a booklet. Your work will be
far faster and easier if you use paired styles to mark all of
your font changes. If you must use Base Fonts, then restore the
text to the original font at the bottom of every page.
If you restrict yourself to paired style codes and paired
attribute codes, such as [OUTLINE] Formatted Text Here!
[outline], then you do not need to turn off the codes after every
page. However, all OPEN styles and OPEN codes, such as [Tab Set],
[L/R Mar:1:, 1"], or [Leading Adj:0.02",0"], must be reset to the
original settings at the bottom of every page.
GENERATE ALL TABLES
-------------------
Nearly there! If you use lists, cross-references, tables of
contents, or any other feature from the Mark Text (Alt-F5) key,
Generate the document by choosing Mark Text (Alt-F5), (6)
Generate, (5) Generate Tables, etc., (Y) Yes.
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READY? RUN BOOKBILD!
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Save your file. Clear Document 2. Your formatted, generated, and
saved document should be in Document 1.
Run the BOOKBILD macro by pressing Macro (Alt-F10), typing
BOOKBILD, and pressing (Enter), and pressing (Enter) at the
reminder prompt if you really are ready to convert the document.
Safety features have been built into BOOKBILD that will insist
that you save before running the macro, because during the
conversion process, the original document will be lost and
replaced by the resequenced page set.
PREPARING THE REORDERED BOOKLET FOR PRINTING
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After the conversion, you will still need to move headers and
footers, and add Suppress codes to keep those codes from printing
on pages where they don't belong. These remaining steps cannot be
done with a macro, because only you, as the designer of your own
document, can understand what you really want the finished
product to look like. Starting with the file as created by
BOOKBILD, move any header and footer codes to the new beginning
page of the booklet, e.g. page 4 on a one-page booklet, and add
Suppress codes as needed. Preview and print as you like, but if
you must make editing changes that affect page breaks, make the
editing changes in the original file (not the result file), and
then save and run BOOKBILD again.
PRINTING THE BOOKLET
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To print a booklet on both sides of the paper on any printer
except a "duplex" or double-sided printer, you will need to run
the set of pages through the printer twice. For the first run,
press Print (Shift-F7), (5) Multiple Pages, press (O) Odd (NOT
ZERO!), and press (Enter). WordPerfect will print only the
physical odd pages of the booklet, and will ignore the [Pg Num:]
codes. Next, feed the stack of pages back into the printer in the
same order, and repeat the steps; this time choose (E) Even
pages.
(Note: the Odd and Even printing feature is not in all
WordPerfect 5.1 manuals--it was added in the 3/30/90 interim
release of WordPerfect 5.1)
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For vertically-folded booklets, feed the pages in the same
direction (but opposite side up) as on the first pass. For
horizontally-folded booklets, turn the stack end-for-end before
printing.
If your original document needed generation before printing,
WordPerfect will ask whether to print, because changes were made
since the last time the indexes and tables of contents, etc. were
rebuilt. If you generated immediately before saving the document
prior to running BOOKBILD, you should not generate again before
printing the reordered document.
TALKING TO PRINTING COMPANIES
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Although most experienced printing firms will have handled
booklets before, not all of their employees will understand how
your pages must be oriented for your booklet to keep all the
pages in order. Always make a mock-up copy for the printer, and
fold it, and try to make it into a completed sample of how the
finished brochure should look. The sample should be in addition
to a set of unfolded pages, printed on one side only. The extra
few minutes now will save you days later.
If you choose either of the horizontally-folded formats, attach
some notes to the sample pointing out that each page must be
turned end-for-end before printing the second side.
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TROUBLE-SHOOTER'S GUIDE
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1) Before I ran BOOKBILD, my document was eight pages long. Now
it's longer, with some blank half pages.
You probably had an open code for Base Font, or Left/Right
Margins, somewhere in the body of the text. When the pages were
re-ordered, those codes affected pages that should not have had
those settings.
Go back to your original document, and search each page for any
and all codes, especially fonts and margins, and add codes at the
bottom of the page that turn off, or restore, the changes made by
those codes. If those fonts need to be on following pages, turn
them on at the beginning and off at the end of every page. Try to
convert your document into a series of individual documents that
carry no codes over between pages unless they affect every page
of the document.
2) Some of my [TAB] codes turned into [RGT TAB].
Your document probably contains both a change in Base Font, and a
change in the tab settings, somewhere inside the document.
WordPerfect makes that change automatically under some
combinations of small tabs and large fonts. Look for a [Tab
Set: ... ] code in the original document, and either remove it,
or add another tab setting at the end of the page, that resets
the tab positions to those in effect at the document's beginning.
3) When I try to save my converted booklet, after running
BOOKBILD, WordPerfect forgets my file name.
That's right. It's not the same document anymore, and BOOKBILD's
work cannot be undone. The filename was deliberately lost, so
that you cannot accidentally replace the original document with
the reordered version. Use the reordered version only for
printing, and if you must save it, use a file name that
identifies it as a reordered booklet, such as booklet.fin.
4) My computer is old and slow, so using Odd or Even printing
from the Multiple Pages option takes a week for each side. Hints?
Edit your paper style and type for the booklet, and change
"Prompt to Load?" to "Yes." Then print the entire document
normally, and as each page comes out of the printer, turn it so
that the second pass will print on the blank side, and feed it
back in. From the Control Printer screen, you will have to press
"Go" for each page to tell WordPerfect that the next sheet of
paper is ready.
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INDEX
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ASP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
bonus . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 3, 4
bookbats . . . . . . . 1, 3, 4, 6
columns . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 12
editing . . . . . . . . . 8, 14, 15
FAX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
font . . . . . . 7, 11, 13, 14, 17
INSTALL.BAT . . . . . . . . . . . 8
interim release . . . . . . . 8, 15
International . . . . . . . 5, 6, 8
labels . . . . . . . . . 7, 11-13
landscape . . . . . . . . . 7, 9-11
LETTER . . . . . . . . . 9, 10, 12
memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
ombudsman . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
paper size/type . . . . . . . . 12
PRINTDOC.BAT . . . . . . . . 1, 8
registration . . . . . 1, 3, 4, 6
SETUP . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 13
shareware . . . . . . . . . 1, 3-7
support . . . . . . . . 1, 3, 4, 6
trouble . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
VENDINFO.DIZ . . . . . . . . 3, 4
Wood Clips . . . . . . . . . . . 4
WPG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
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