Hack 33 Create a Printable, On-Screen Edition from Word 
Change a few page settings to yield two-column,
screen-oriented pages.
Most documents are configured to print
letter-size pages with a vertical, portrait orientation. Yet computer
screens have a horizontal, landscape orientation. Accommodate
on-screen reading and paper printing by setting
your document's layout to two-column,
landscape-oriented pages, producing the result in Figure 4-3. Sadly, Acrobat's
PDFMaker can't create accurate
bookmarks and hyperlinks in this kind of document.
4.3.1 Microsoft Word 2002
Select File  Page Setup Margins. Set Apply To:
to Whole Document. Set the Multiple Pages field to 2
Pages per Sheet. Set the Orientation to Landscape. Set the page
margins to:
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Top: 0.75 inch
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Bottom: 0.75 inch
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Outside: 0.50 inch
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Inside: 0.50 inch
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Click the Paper tab and set the Paper Size: to Letter. Click the
Layout tab and set both Header and Footer to 0.40
inch. Click OK to accept these new Page Setup settings.
When you use the print preview, it will show you only one side of
your "2-up" page. Print to PDF and
review the results.
4.3.2 Microsoft Word 2000
Select File Page Setup Margins. Set Apply To:
to Whole Document. Check the 2 Pages per Sheet checkbox. Set both
Header and Footer to 0.40 inch. Set the page
margins to:
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Top: 0.75 inch
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Bottom: 0.75 inch
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Outside: 0.50 inch
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Inside: 0.50 inch
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Click the Paper Size tab. Set the Paper Size: to Letter and the
Orientation to Landscape. Click OK to accept these new Page Setup
settings.
When you use the print preview, it will show you only one side of
your "2-up" page. Print to PDF and
review the results.
4.3.3 Microsoft Word:Mac v.X (or any Mac application)
On the Macintosh, you
don't need to make changes to the document in Word,
because the operating system offers a range of pages per sheet on the
Layout area of the Print dialog box. Format the document as you
normally would, and when you go to print to PDF, select the Layout
option. You can pick from 1 to 16 pages on a sheet, though 2 is
probably best if you want people to read it on-screen. Again, you
won't have all the features that
PDFMaker provides.
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