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Originally posted by: kranky
Sorry, I'll try again.

Take an 11x17 piece of paper. On the left side write a "4", on the right side write a "1". Flip it over horizontally. On the left side write a "2", on the right side write a "3".

Fold the paper in half so it is 8.5x11 in size when folded. Hold it so the fold is on the left, and you are looking at where you wrote a "1". That will be your front page. Unfold it - you'll see pages 2 and 3. Fold it back up and flip it over and you'll see where your page 4 will be.

Now you can create your newspaper using a template with a 8.5x11 page size, create four pages, and print them out on letter size paper. Using the handwritten sheet you made above, you'll see how to lay them on the copier, two pages at a time, so you can copy them onto 11x17 sheets. Once you make your two-sided copies, you'll only need to fold each one in half so you have a four-page newspaper.
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I'm honestly not registering, I know it's asking much...but do you by any chance have pictures?

I'm drifting to your concept...but I need to make a model to present to the faculty for approval. If I don't, this evil girl who just wants to tack editor in chief for newspaper on your college application will win the spot, even though all she does is edit the newsletter...which she doesn't actually do.

 
I think you need to raid the computer lab and get someone on your team. It doesn't sound like you can take a one-man-army approach to this. You handle the content, get someone more knowledgeable to handle the publishing part.
 
Using Word or OpenOffice is a very good idea. There is no reason to buy Adobe anything for this scale of project; that would be a waste of money and effort. I edited a club newsletter with a similar circulation for a couple of years using nothing but Word and a free photo editor. As stated above, content is everything. People will read off napkins if what is written is worth reading.

For your mockup, focus on content. Demonstrate that you have something worth saying. At this stage, if you can't figure out the 11x17 thing then don't. Just print your newspaper on 8.5x11. Keep it simple and learn new skills as you go. From your faculty's perspective, that will be the point of the newspaper anyway.
 
As far as the 11x17 folding goes try this:

Take a piece of blank paper.
Fold it in half.
Hold it as if it were your newspaper.
Number the sides of the paper: page 1, page 2, page 3, page 4.
Unfold the paper and see how you would have to arrange the four pages on the single sheet.
Play with a copying machine to reproduce this.
It takes practice and competent people screw up their first copies all the time.
 
Ok, I think I got the template down on Openoffice but I'm trying to figure out how to print on both sides.


Do you guys know how to access that option on openoffice, if it exists...?

I'm pretty sure my printer can do it, and definitely the school's printer can.
 
See if you have a local printer - that's how our school went about it.

Feel free to PM me any questions - I write a weekly column and way back (two years ago) I wrote for my school's newspaper 🙂
 
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