Two-page view in Word, shouldn't the first page be on the right?

Question

Greetings Superusers,I'm putting together a lengthy document in Word, and it's going to be printed and bound duplex. I've put page-numbers "outside" etc, and all is pretty.The problem is, in the "Two Pages" view, it puts p1 on the left, then p2 on the right, then p3 below on the left, and p4 on the right. p1 p2 p3 p4 p5 p6 Shouldn't this be slightly different though? When I get to print it, p1 is on the *right*, not the left, so the preview should go p1 p2 p3 p4 p5 p6 Because when I "open" the book, it's pages 2 and 3 that are side-by-side.This makes layout tweaking confusing, because it's not instantly obvious which pages will be "visible" to the reader at the same time together. Have I missed something?I can't just put a blank page first, because that would bugger up the printing, as the printer automatically duplexes and binds etc.(Office 2008, by the way)

Answer 1

No. Pages will occur in left-to-right orientation. The first page, as well as odd number pages, will be to the right, followed by the second page, and even number pages, to the left. It's essentially like having a hidden default page 0, so that's why page 1 prints on the right side.

In order to change this, you need to go to Print->Page Setup. Then in the sections marked "Section", change that from default New Page to Odd Page. That way when you print two pages per sheet, it will print with page one on the left side of the sheet.

I also recommend changing the orientation to landscape that way it can fit two pages more appropriately, assuming you aren't doing that already.