Mockup InDesign file of a newspaper that'll print and fold easily

Hello,
I'd like to make a mockup of a 20-page newspaper (so 5 double-sided sheets of paper that are folded). I want to build the mockup in InDesign so that I can easily make changes to my mockup as needed. The *real* newspaper will be printed on tabloid, but for my mock-up I'll just be printing on normal 8.5 x 11 paper.
My printer can do double-sided printing, so when I print my mock-up for example, Pages 8 and 13 will be on one side, Pages 14 and 7 on the other. But when I'm editing the file in InDesign, I'd like to see it normally like:
       1
2     3
4     5
6     7
etc...
18 19
      20
Is this possible? I have basic knowledge of InDesign, so will need clear steps on how to do this. Or if someone can direct me to an online template file or e-mail it to me that works too .
Thanks!

ALWAYS do your layout in readers spreads as facing single pages, so for a tabloid sheet that folds in half to lettersize you would set up as lettersize in portrait mode. If your folded newspaper uses two tabloid pages joined on the long edge, set up as tabloid facing pages.
To impose into printers spreads you can either use Print Booklet to print direct to the printer or to print to PDF (If the PDF virtual printer is installed and you are on Windows or Mac OS X prior to Snow Leopard) or by printing to Postscript file and distilling, or you can use a script to arrange the pages and then export the spreads to PDF.
You can easily scale the pages to fit the printable area of any sheet when you print the PDF.

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