Print
Basic advice: We recommend
you use a clear plastic sheet for the front and back cover,
so that your
book
stays clean
when milk or butter gets inevitably spilled on it. We also recommend
that you use spiral binding, as it looks classier than staples
and is easier to keep open than other forms of binding.
Print the book from your computer: If
you've got a printer, you can just print out your recipe book
to the printer. Then take the print outs to a local copy shop
and ask them to coil bind them.
Advantages: You get it done with minimal hassle.
Disadvantages: May take a lot of toner cartridge. Quality may not be as good.
You often can't print it on thicker or glossier paper.
Have a copy shop print the book for
you: If you want a copy shop to handle all the printing,
you'll need to make some files that the copy shop can easily
handle. You have some options:
• Buy Adobe Acrobat Elements. (Click
here for details.)
• Download a free PDF file creator, such as CutePDF. (Click
here for details.)
• Use the copy shop's own free file creator software,
such as FedEx Kinko's File Prep Tool (Click
here for details.)
With any of these options, you'll still use the Print button in Matilda to make
the files.
Just
choose whichever software you've selected from the Printer drop down menu.
If you go with CutePDF and want to take it
to a local copy shop, here's what you'll do:
1. You'll first need to turn your cookbook
into PDF/Acrobat files. Go here:
http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp
Download both links on the left of the screen ("Free download" and "Free
converter.") Now you can make PDF/Acrobat files for free!
(Not just our software, but anything you can print, by the way.)
2. Go to the Print screen in Matilda, select
your template, and hit print for one of the sections.
Select from the drop down menu "CutePDF Writer" and
then it'll ask you where you want to save your file. You may
want to change the name so it's a little more intuitive--"Front
Cover", "Contents," etc.
Repeat printing every section until you have 7 PDF/Acrobat files.
3.Burn your 7 files to a disk and take
them to Kinkos. When you are at the copy shop you will need to
explain to
them the order
you'd like the sections to be printed in, or else they may put "Contents" at
then end or something.
We recommend printing off one copy from home,
even if it's just black and white, to proof read before taking
it to a photocopy shop. You'll notice typos in print much more
easily at times. Get somebody who hasn't been too involved in
your cookbook to really
go through
it and
look
for
typos. Somebody who is nitpicky.
Also, bring the proof copy to your copy shop
stapled together in the order
you want it. That will make it easier to explain the job.
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