Converting A5 paged document into A4

Gordon

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Jan 31, 2010, 1:18:16 PM1/31/10

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I have a booklet in A5 page size.
I need to convert it into an A4 sized booklet, keeping the same page
numbering and the same text on each page but with double the font size -
i.e. a Large print copy of the booklet.
Is there an easy way of doing this?

macropod

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Jan 31, 2010, 4:28:33 PM1/31/10

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Hi Gordon,

Change to A4, then increase the margins, font size, fixed line heights & table dimensions by as near as you can get to 41.4% to
compensate.

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macropod
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Terry Farrell

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Jan 31, 2010, 5:27:32 PM1/31/10

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If you want a true booklet, then use SaveAs and choose PDF format. Open the
PDF in Acrobat Reader v9 (though v8 and above should be OK) and choose the
Booklet printing option in the Print dialog. This works really well and is
far better than Word's feeble attempts at booklet printing.

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Gordon

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> If you want a true booklet, then use SaveAs and choose PDF format. Open
> the PDF in Acrobat Reader v9 (though v8 and above should be OK) and choose
> the Booklet printing option in the Print dialog. This works really well
> and is far better than Word's feeble attempts at booklet printing.
>

We actually use a commercial printer, as we needed 250 copies, bound.

Gordon

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Feb 1, 2010, 6:22:45 AM2/1/10

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"Gordon" <gordon...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Solved! Dead easy! All I need to do is to choose "Scale to paper Size" and
choose A4 in the printing dialog........

deborahmeyler

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Mar 23, 2010, 4:25:43 PM3/23/10

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I am so glad you posted this. I was very, very stuck, and looking at hours of changing all titles, text, etc, by hand on a 32-page booklet to scale to A4. Saved to PDF and pressed print and it worked! Thanks!

Gordon wrote:

Solved! Dead easy!
01-Feb-10

Solved! Dead easy! All I need to do is to choose "Scale to paper Size" and
choose A4 in the printing dialog........

Previous Posts In This Thread:

On Sunday, January 31, 2010 1:18 PM
Gordon wrote:

Converting A5 paged document into A4

I have a booklet in A5 page size.
I need to convert it into an A4 sized booklet, keeping the same page
numbering and the same text on each page but with double the font size -
i.e. a Large print copy of the booklet.
Is there an easy way of doing this?

On Sunday, January 31, 2010 4:28 PM
macropod wrote:

Hi Gordon,Change to A4, then increase the margins, font size, fixed line
Hi Gordon,

Change to A4, then increase the margins, font size, fixed line heights & table dimensions by as near as you can get to 41.4% to
compensate.

--
Cheers
macropod
[Microsoft MVP - Word]

On Sunday, January 31, 2010 5:27 PM
Terry Farrell wrote:

If you want a true booklet, then use SaveAs and choose PDF format.
If you want a true booklet, then use SaveAs and choose PDF format. Open the
PDF in Acrobat Reader v9 (though v8 and above should be OK) and choose the
Booklet printing option in the Print dialog. This works really well and is
far better than Word's feeble attempts at booklet printing.

--

Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

On Monday, February 01, 2010 3:16 AM
Gordon wrote:

We actually use a commercial printer, as we needed 250 copies, bound.
We actually use a commercial printer, as we needed 250 copies, bound.

On Monday, February 01, 2010 6:22 AM
Gordon wrote:

Solved! Dead easy!

Solved! Dead easy! All I need to do is to choose "Scale to paper Size" and
choose A4 in the printing dialog........

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