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Nisus Writer Is the Only Word Processor That Can Make Booklets

And it does it more easily than desktop publishing programs, too!

Our previous lesson taught you how to call commands outside of Nisus Writer using Macro commands. We're switching gears in this lesson: we shall teach you how to make booklets in Nisus Writer. Booklets (a.k.a. pamphlets, invitations, brochures, leaflets) are very useful tools for publishers as well as for anyone who needs to make, well, booklets. Having a party? Make invitiations in Nisus Writer! Writing a manifesto? Why not make it pamphlet-style in Nisus Writer? There are countless uses for booklets in the real world as well as in any fantasy worlds you may have.

To make a booklet in Nisus Writer (it's quite simple, really):

1. Create a New Document (or you can use one of your existing documents) in Nisus Writer.
   
   
2. Choose Page Setup from the Print submenu of the File menu.
   
   
3. Click the "Landscape" or "Horizontal" option. It should look like this:
   
   
   
   
4. Click OK.
   
   
5. Click the Layout Page button in the Vertical Button Bar on the right of your document window (see this tip for help with this).
   
   
6. Once in the Layout Page Window, click the Booklet button in the upper left. Here is what you should get:
   
   
   
   
7. Close the Layout Page window.
   
   
8. You will see your document appearing mostly as before, except your right margin has been greatly increased. This simply means you are typing only on one side of your booklet.
   
   
9. Enter a few paragraphs of text, and then click on the Layout Page button once again.
   
   
10. You should see your text on the layout page, ready to print. Congratulations, you have made a booklet!
    
    

You can even make covers, right-to-left booklets, and start numbering at any point in your document. But we're going to make you wait until next time to learn these. This is called a cliffhanger (something to get you to come back, per se).

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