Printing Any Document

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The instructions below tell how to print any document with ClickBook. If you select a layout with small mini-pages, you may wish to enlarge the document's fonts in your application program.

These instructions include all the steps necessary for printing double-sided small books, the most complicated kind of booklet. The layout you're using may be simpler.

1.	Prepare your document as you normally would in your application program.

2.	Print the document to ClickBook by proceeding with the following steps.

3.	Ensure that ClickBook is active. This can be done by seeing if the "Use ClickBook" check box in the Page Setup dialog is checked, or by choosing the "ClickBook Always Active" option in the ClickBook Setup control panel.

4.	Select Print from the File menu. The Print dialog will appear.

5.	In the Print dialog select the PDF button. A pop up menu appears, choose Open PDF with ClickBook.

6.	After you have given the print command from your application program, your application will print your document to ClickBook. Once your application has finished printing, the ClickBook software will pop up.

7.	Choose a layout in ClickBook to specify the appearance of your printed booklet.

8.	Then click Print from ClickBook to print your document as a booklet.

9.	The first sides will begin to print. If you're using a duplexing printer you will not need to follow the proceeding steps.

7.	When the last sheet of paper has printed, remove the printout stack carefully, without rearranging the sheets. Discard any extraneous sheets (such as separator sheets on a shared network printer), but leave the instruction sheet as part of the printout.

8.	Read the instruction sheet -- without lifting it off the other sheets and place the printout back into the printer according to the instructions. If this printer prints an extraneous sheet before each print job, place a blank sheet on top of the printout stack.

9.	Click on the Print Second Side button to begin printing the second sides.

10.	When printing is completed, remove the printout. Discard extraneous sheets, if any, and set aside the instruction sheet. Do not rearrange the rest of the printout stack in any way.

11.	Fold and/or bind the booklet.

ClickBook reduces the document to fit the selected layout and sends it to the printer. If you chose a double-sided layout, an optional instruction sheet may be printed, telling you how to reinsert the printout stack for printing the second side.

Optionally, you can print instructions for cutting paper and assembling the booklet that will print on the reverse side of the instruction sheet. These will instruct you to cut and assemble for a wallet size layout, and can be applied generally for other cut-booklet layouts. Binding and stapling or any other method is your choice. (To print the instructions, turn on the "Print assembly instructions" option on the Printing Options tab before printing your booklet.)