Creating Booklets From MS Word Documents Using BookletCreator

 

What is Booklet Creator ?

Booklet Creator is a web-based program (http://www.bookletcreator.com) that allows you to create a booklet from a Microsoft Word document.  It creates standard booklets only (not tri-folds).  The first step is to create the booklet.  If you do not have a program (e.g. Acrobat Professional) that allows you to write directly to a PDF file, you will need to create the booklet using a program such as Microsoft Word, then convert it to a PDF file.  Please follow the procedure below.

Create the Word Document:

Create the document in Microsoft Word (or use an existing document). The document should not be separated into columns, but should be created as a standard Word document and should be portrait-orientated (not landscape).

Convert the Document to a PDF File: *

• Open the Word document you created in Step 1.
• From the File menu, choose Print.
• Under Printer Name, choose \\Tiberius\PDFprinter, then click OK.
• When the PDF file opens on your screen, click the Save button, specify the file name and choose the location, then click Save.

* Please Note:  The PDF converter (PDFprinter) is available only from within JCU.  If you are working outside the university, you will need to convert using a different utility.

Create the Booklet:

• Open your browser and go to the web site (http://www.bookletcreator.com).
•  Under Choose a PDF File: click the Browse button to find the PDF file you created in Step 2, then click Open.
• Click on Create Booklet.
• You will be asked if you want to open or save the file.
• If you just want to open the booklet and print it, click on Open. Otherwise click on Save and specify a file location.

Print the Booklet (Double-Sided Printer):

• From the File menu, choose Print.
• Select your printer, then click on Properties.
• Click the Finishing tab.
• Under Document Options, click in the boxes to select Print on Both Sides and Flip pages up.
• Click OK, then OK again.

Print the Booklet (Single-Sided Printer):

• From the File menu, choose Print and select your printer (if necessary).
• Under Print Range, click to select All.
• In the drop-down list under Subset:, choose Odd pages only, then click OK to print.
• Keeping the pages in the same order, put them back into the paper tray of the printer and print the even pages on the other side (choose Even pages only). *

* Please Note: You may need to do some testing first to see how to load the paper in order to print correctly on the reverse side