HOW DO i SET UP A PAGE LAYOUT FOR FILOFAX

[Mike Phillips]

I wish to set up a printing template for pages for a Personal Filofax-type
Organiser, so that I can PRINT pages [albeit onto an A4 sheet - then cut it
to size & hole it] rather than WRITE it [by hand].
Is there a quick way of doing this?
Mike Phillips

 

[Graham Mayor]

Take a piece of paper from your organizer. Clip it to the top left hand
corner of the A4 paper and draw round it. Discard the organizer page and
measure the unwanted area. Add sufficient extra for holes and margins and
set the page margins to match. Choose the mirror margins option. Add some
text and format to taste. Check that it prints OK then delete the text. Save
as a template.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com

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[JoAnn Paules]

If the issue is just the handwriting aspect, I'd be tempted to find a label
that would fit on the page and enter the data on the label. Stick the label
on the page and you're done.

If the issue is buying FiloFax pages, it seems like you're wasting a lot of
paper is you start with an A4 sheet to do one entry. Maybe you could use
smaller stock instead.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

Take a piece of paper from your organizer. Clip it to the top left hand
corner of the A4 paper and draw round it. Discard the organizer page and
measure the unwanted area. Add sufficient extra for holes and margins and
set the page margins to match. Choose the mirror margins option. Add some
text and format to taste. Check that it prints OK then delete the text.
Save as a template.

--
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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com

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I wish to set up a printing template for pages for a Personal
Filofax-type Organiser, so that I can PRINT pages [albeit onto an A4
sheet - then cut it to size & hole it] rather than WRITE it [by hand].
Is there a quick way of doing this?
Mike Phillips

 

[Graham Mayor]

You can buy filofax paper, two sheets to the page, but no Microsoft
software that I have found can print to that format. In fact the only
software I ever found that could print to it were an ancient DOS application
called Portex and the very annoying and expensive ClickBook. Progress? There
again I haven't opened my Filofax in years

--
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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com

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If the issue is just the handwriting aspect, I'd be tempted to find a
label that would fit on the page and enter the data on the label.
Stick the label on the page and you're done.

If the issue is buying FiloFax pages, it seems like you're wasting a
lot of paper is you start with an A4 sheet to do one entry. Maybe you
could use smaller stock instead.

Take a piece of paper from your organizer. Clip it to the top left
hand corner of the A4 paper and draw round it. Discard the organizer
page and measure the unwanted area. Add sufficient extra for holes
and margins and set the page margins to match. Choose the mirror
margins option. Add some text and format to taste. Check that it
prints OK then delete the text. Save as a template.

--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com

<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>

I wish to set up a printing template for pages for a Personal
Filofax-type Organiser, so that I can PRINT pages [albeit onto an A4
sheet - then cut it to size & hole it] rather than WRITE it [by
hand]. Is there a quick way of doing this?
Mike Phillips

 

[JoAnn Paules]

I haven't used a paper organizer (outside of notes scrawled on whatever is
handy) in about 10 years. I kept forgetting to carry it with me. I'm a
little better now with computers and Outlook - but I still have a long way
to go.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

You can buy filofax paper, two sheets to the page, but no Microsoft
software that I have found can print to that format. In fact the only
software I ever found that could print to it were an ancient DOS
application called Portex and the very annoying and expensive ClickBook.
Progress? There again I haven't opened my Filofax in years

--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com

<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>

If the issue is just the handwriting aspect, I'd be tempted to find a
label that would fit on the page and enter the data on the label.
Stick the label on the page and you're done.

If the issue is buying FiloFax pages, it seems like you're wasting a
lot of paper is you start with an A4 sheet to do one entry. Maybe you
could use smaller stock instead.

Take a piece of paper from your organizer. Clip it to the top left
hand corner of the A4 paper and draw round it. Discard the organizer
page and measure the unwanted area. Add sufficient extra for holes
and margins and set the page margins to match. Choose the mirror
margins option. Add some text and format to taste. Check that it
prints OK then delete the text. Save as a template.

--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com

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Mike Phillips wrote:
I wish to set up a printing template for pages for a Personal
Filofax-type Organiser, so that I can PRINT pages [albeit onto an A4
sheet - then cut it to size & hole it] rather than WRITE it [by
hand]. Is there a quick way of doing this?
Mike Phillips

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I use a Day-Timer, but it is the wirebound kind, exclusively handwritten,
and I don't carry it with me anywhere except on trips. It stays on my desk
(but then I work at home, so it's with me pretty much all the time, anyway).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

I haven't used a paper organizer (outside of notes scrawled on whatever is
handy) in about 10 years. I kept forgetting to carry it with me. I'm a
little better now with computers and Outlook - but I still have a long way
to go.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

You can buy filofax paper, two sheets to the page, but no Microsoft
software that I have found can print to that format. In fact the only
software I ever found that could print to it were an ancient DOS
application called Portex and the very annoying and expensive ClickBook.
Progress? There again I haven't opened my Filofax in years

--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com

<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>

If the issue is just the handwriting aspect, I'd be tempted to find a
label that would fit on the page and enter the data on the label.
Stick the label on the page and you're done.

If the issue is buying FiloFax pages, it seems like you're wasting a
lot of paper is you start with an A4 sheet to do one entry. Maybe you
could use smaller stock instead.


Take a piece of paper from your organizer. Clip it to the top left
hand corner of the A4 paper and draw round it. Discard the organizer
page and measure the unwanted area. Add sufficient extra for holes
and margins and set the page margins to match. Choose the mirror
margins option. Add some text and format to taste. Check that it
prints OK then delete the text. Save as a template.

--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com

<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>


Mike Phillips wrote:
I wish to set up a printing template for pages for a Personal
Filofax-type Organiser, so that I can PRINT pages [albeit onto an A4
sheet - then cut it to size & hole it] rather than WRITE it [by
hand]. Is there a quick way of doing this?
Mike Phillips

 

[Nic Deane]

That ancient DOS program, Portex, was such a help to me as young minister. I printed out Baptism, Wedding, Funeral, Home Visits, etc forms that could be used to take notes when home visiting. They could then be stored in my Filofax storage boxes. Brilliant system, and so much cheaper than the standard Filofax pages. I still have a handful of Portex paper sheets that I continue to use as templates to print from standard A4 sheets. I then cut off the extraneous borders and - voila! I just wish, for old times sake, I could buy a few more Portex paper sheets!