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This leaves you with the

hjfutch — Mon, 2 Jan 2012 12:03:29 -0500

This leaves you with the discomfort of writing over the rings in the middle of the notebook. Slightly easier than portrait mode, but still a bit of a pain.

Margins ! It's the margins !

ygor — Sat, 4 Jun 2011 16:55:54 -0400

The booklet service is printing INSIDE the margins defined for the page, so I defined a junior sized page with zero margins and get an output identical to the Multivalent output !

Thanks, Jon, for the offline exchange of ideas and info.
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reduced printing...

jonglass — Fri, 3 Jun 2011 09:36:40 -0400

and it works very well. It does appear to resize the page a bit

What happens is that when you print from Preview, it reduces the pages to fit. What I do is click on the "Scale" radio button, and type in 100%. That works every time--just gotta remember to do that.

-Jon

I tried "Create Booklet PDF Service"

ygor — Fri, 3 Jun 2011 08:22:28 -0400

and it works very well. It does appear to resize the page a bit - I will have to investigate more.
But here's one additional trick: If you want to use it with a PDF file, open the PDF with Preview instead of Acrobat Reader. It will not work from Acrobat Reader because it blocks the "Save as PDF" functionality.
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Never though to try it that way

ygor — Fri, 3 Jun 2011 07:53:36 -0400

set your printer up to print onto 5.5x8.5 paper, and fold the pages before you print, and run them through the printer folded.

Brilliant !
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"I think the surest sign that there is intelligent life out there in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us." (Calvin and Hobbes/Bill Waterson) ***

physical imposition...

jonglass — Fri, 3 Jun 2011 02:10:39 -0400

... Or, put differently... folding.

If you find ygor's suggestions on how to do imposition confusing or complex, then set your printer up to print onto 5.5x8.5 paper, and fold the pages before you print, and run them through the printer folded.

To go back to imposition. There is another Mac app called "Create Booklet PDF Service:
Create Booklet PDF Service on Macupdate.com

This is especially useful if you are on Snow Leopard, because the PDFLab and CocoaBooklet apps no longer work with Sow Leopard on the Mac. :-(

-Jon

Start with DIY Planner 3.0 (Classic/A5 Edition)

ygor — Thu, 2 Jun 2011 21:43:52 -0400

Over here

The one-page week template is on pages 25 and 26 of the Calendar bundle.
The notes page is on pages 2 and 3 of the Notes bundle.

To arrange the separate templates the way YOU want them involves a process that printers and bookbinders call IMPOSITION. Imposition is the process of arranging pages on multi-page sized sheets for printing so that the large sheets can be folded, and possibly cut, and have the pages in the correct order.

I found some shareware applications:

for Mac: PDFLab
for Windows: PDFTK Builder

These two utilities will let you combine and split and rearrange pages of a PDF document.

Or if you are a bit more technical, you can try these directions:
Multivalent and 4-up Printing for Hipster
You will need only 2-up instead of 4-up.

The only other alternative I know of is to have an application that will let you edit PDF files.
Adobe Acrobat is one -- not Acrobat Reader, just Acrobat. Very expensive.
There is a freeware application called Inkscape -- I found out it can edit PDF -- see here
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"I think the surest sign that there is intelligent life out there in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us." (Calvin and Hobbes/Bill Waterson) ***

Repeat: How Can I Do This?

Steve_geo1 — Thu, 2 Jun 2011 19:54:36 -0400

In the photo at the top of this string, there is a template called "Weekly Planning" printed on one half of an 8-1/2x11 sheet of paper and then punched at the narrow end for classic binders. In the second photo at the bottom, on the other half of the sheet is printed a template, "Notes." First, where are the templates called "Weekly Planning" and "Notes?" They are not in the standard set of templates. Second, how does one print them sequentially like that to get a fold-out classic size paper? In short, how does one get the product shown at the top of this thread?

folding or cutting

jonglass — Mon, 30 May 2011 02:19:38 -0400

Not knowing what software you have, nor your skill set, I would suggest that the simplest way to print out the pages in the order you want is to cut down the pages to the size you need (5.5x8.5), and print onto those. Most office supply stores will be glad to cut letter-size paper for you. As to where to find the templates, up at the top of every page is the "templates" link. From there, you will want the "Official D*I*Y Planner Kits". From there, you want the "D*I*Y Planner 3.0 (Classic/A5 Edition). Download that, and open it in your pdf viewer. You should find all the templates you are asking about.

Alternately, there is the newer Dynamic templates, but I don't know if it has the four-block unlabeled pages template (which is a page broken into four-unlabeled blocks)

If I haven't answered your questions, keep asking. ;-)

-Jon

How Can I Do This Today?

Steve_geo1 — Sun, 29 May 2011 16:55:03 -0400

How can I print the Weekly Planning page on the left side only and the Notes page next to it? Also, where in DIY templates are Notes and Weekly Planning templates? I know Project Outline templates, but what is meant by four-block unlabeled pages?

Pen Holder

Lucretia1987 — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 20:46:49 -0500

Bump Bump. Everyone should make one of these!
Thanks for sharing!
Luc
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Beautiful & functional

Lucretia1987 — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 20:40:18 -0500

Thanks for the extra photo with inside detail. This is tempting me to make a hPDA!
Luc
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Yay!

SusanBeth — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 15:57:07 -0500

The Cult of the Index Card shall triumph in the end.

Simple or bust

thall — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:10:31 -0500

When I decided (not too long ago) to use 4X6 index cards as my main system (SusanBeth is smiling), I came to the realization that if I want the system to stick, I have to eliminate everything that impedes direct access to my information. My system has to be very minimal.

So . . .
Out with the cover page. An address label stuck to one of the cards will have to do.
Out with the inspirational quote card. I have memorized it anyway.
Out with the idea of a protective cover, case, etc.

In with the stripers (thanks SusanBeth) to easily see my 3 reference cards.

Now my system looks like this from top to bottom:
- A daily card where I write down anything that happens on a given day. If the card is not filled up (it rarely is), I draw a line like this -----Wed16---- and continue the week (thanks JWhitt). I use both sides of the cards.
- A todo card.
- A weekly card (yellow striper) that shows my recurring appointments.
- A card for the current and following month. The information is simply written down as it comes up, and I scan the dates for info when I need it. I may eliminate the following month.
- A 12 month calendar (green striper).
- An emergency numbers card (orange striper) for numbers that I need to remember if my cell phone dies (I learned the hard way).
- A piece of cardboard for stiffness.
- 10 blank cards, and that is probably over kill.

Yes, it may get tattered or torn and, yes, it may not be impressive. But it works for me! Isn't that the point?

Tracy

KW-916

BobH — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 07:15:05 -0400

The punch id is KW-916, Diary Punch-Adjustable 6 hole. The barcode if it is relevant is 9314486016389.

Bob H.

D*I*Y Planner - Image - Comments

This leaves you with the

Margins ! It's the margins !

reduced printing...

I tried "Create Booklet PDF Service"

Never though to try it that way

physical imposition...

Start with D*I*Y Planner 3.0 (Classic/A5 Edition)

Repeat: How Can I Do This?

folding or cutting

How Can I Do This Today?

Pen Holder

Beautiful & functional

Yay!

Simple or bust

KW-916

DIY Planner - Image - Comments

Start with DIY Planner 3.0 (Classic/A5 Edition)