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Word, Book Fold, Odd Numbered Pages on Right Side

Anonymous
2019-10-22T23:02:19+00:00

Hello,

I am trying to print a 58 page booklet with multiple sections. The booklet would be printed on typical 8.5 x 11 oriented in landscape with two pages per sheet. Each section should begin on the right hand side with page 1 being the first page of section 1:

>>> Blank Page (left) > Cover Page (right) > Blank Page (left) > Section 1, Page 1 (right) > Section 1 Page 2 (left) > etc.

I have the document set as a book fold in page set up. Before each section I have inserted an odd page break.

How do I tell word to have odd pages on the right and even pages on the left? Print preview displays this, but whenever I print (no matter which printer I use) the even pages are always on the right. I have tried to insert dummy pages, save as a two page pdf and print as booklet in adobe, and a number of other ideas with no luck.

I've been struggling with this issue for several days. I have contacted Microsoft support via to avenues without success. This seems like this should be simple as almost all printed books I own follow this format (odd pages on right side of book). I'm hoping I'm missing something obvious.

I have been burning paper and brain cells pretty rapidly. Any insight would be appreciated!

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  1. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2019-11-06T02:00:32+00:00

    Easy enough to set up four columns in Excel where the numbers in the first row are 60 1 2 59 and then in the cells of he second row, insert the formulae

    =A1-2, =B1+2, =C1+2, =D1-2

    Then copy the formula down fourteen rows and the copy the range to Word, use the Convert table to text, using a , as the separator, then use the replace facility to replace ^p by a , and you will then get

    60,1,2,59,58,3,4,57,56,5,6,55,54,7,8,53,52,9,10,51,50,11,12,49,48,13,14,47,46,15,16,45,44,17,18,43,42,19,20,41,40,21,22,39,38,23,24,37,36,25,26,35,34,27,28,33,32,29,30,31

    which is what you need to paste into the backstage print view.  (Delete the 6 from 60 if you have the numbering starting at 0)

    Or, run a macro containing the following code to print the document

    Dim p1, p2, p3, p4, i As Long

    Dim strPrint

    strPrint = ""

    p1 = InputBox("Insert the total number of pages (must be a multiple of 4")

    p2 = 1

    p3 = 2

    p4 = p1 - 1

    For i = 1 To p1 / 4

        strPrint = strPrint & "," & p1 & "," & p2 & "," & p3 & "," & p4

        p1 = p1 - 2

        p2 = p2 + 2

        p3 = p3 + 2

        p4 = p4 - 2

    Next i

    strPrint = Mid(strPrint, 2)

    ActiveDocument.PrintOut , Range:=wdPrintRangeOfPages, Pages:=strPrint

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  2. Suzanne S Barnhill 278.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2019-10-25T12:50:26+00:00

    This should happen automatically when you print, but you won't see the pages that way in Print Layout view. You can view proper facing pages in Print Preview.

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  3. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2019-10-25T01:41:01+00:00

    On the Header & Footer tab of the ribbon, you need to tick the box for Different Odd & Even pages. 

    Then you can locate the page number at the left on the Even Page Footer and on the Right on the Odd Page Footer

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-10-24T15:39:17+00:00

    You cannot print a 58-page document using "Book fold." Booklets have to have a multiple of four pages. Add pages to make 60, or (more simply) remove the cover and create it as a separate document, leaving 56 pages, and you'll do better.

    Thanks for the quick reply. I've reduced my document to 40 pages to test this.

    How do I get the odd page numbers to print on the right side pages of the booklet?

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  5. Suzanne S Barnhill 278.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2019-10-22T23:54:23+00:00

    You cannot print a 58-page document using "Book fold." Booklets have to have a multiple of four pages. Add pages to make 60, or (more simply) remove the cover and create it as a separate document, leaving 56 pages, and you'll do better.

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