Crystal 2008 - Print Binding (i.e. booklet)

I would like to make a print version of our company employee database. It will be a replacement for a book that is currently published by hand using Word.
Each page will ultimately be 8.5 x 5.5 (half of a normal 8.5x11 sheet) and double sided. It will then be spiral bound.
Is there a way to set up Crystal to print my pages pre-formatted in this manner? So all we have to do is print, cut, and bind?  It would print the same if it were simply going to be stapled down the middle and folded.  Either way will work the same in the end. 
The question is how to get Crystal to organize pages in advance so that it lines up right when printing.

I was able to create the effect I needed by exporting to Adobe PDF and then in the page settings of Adobe using the create booklet feature.  It would be nice if I could do this directly from Crystal to save staff a few steps but the booklet only get's published a few times a year so no big deal.
This link got me in the right direction.  Note that it works in Adobe Reader as well as the full Pro version.
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Acrobat/9.0/Professional/WSA2354511-30E7-4d18-9FB2-AC4A96EC533A.w.html

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