Getting lost in big posters

Hello. When printing out a large poster made up of many pages it is very
easy to get all the pages mixed up. Some may fall out of the printer on the
floor etc. it then becomes tricky to assemble them, if not impossible.
Is there a way to print the page number on each sub page? If you go to
'insert page number' it treats the entire poster, which may be made up of
dozens of A4 sheets, as one page!. Is there a way to print a different
number on each of the A4 sheets?
Thanks.

BrianXZ wrote:
Hello. When printing out a large poster made up of many pages it is very
easy to get all the pages mixed up. Some may fall out of the printer on the
floor etc. it then becomes tricky to assemble them, if not impossible.
Is there a way to print the page number on each sub page? If you go to
'insert page number' it treats the entire poster, which may be made up of
dozens of A4 sheets, as one page!. Is there a way to print a different
number on each of the A4 sheets?
Thanks.

Hmmm.... pay attention to the print set up screen? Errr... watch the
printer as they come out and make sure they're in sequence?

How big a friggin poster are you printing that you would have to have a
tremendous amount of A4 segments that you can't put in order even if
they're strewn on the floor??

maybe you're over-reaching your capabilities

I can't imagine how beautiful your final product would look with all
those litte pieces ... )

lurk on

"Steve in NC" wrote in message
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BrianXZ wrote:
Hello. When printing out a large poster made up of many pages it is very
easy to get all the pages mixed up. Some may fall out of the printer on
the
floor etc. it then becomes tricky to assemble them, if not impossible.
Is there a way to print the page number on each sub page? If you go to
'insert page number' it treats the entire poster, which may be made up
of
dozens of A4 sheets, as one page!. Is there a way to print a different
number on each of the A4 sheets?
Thanks.

Hmmm.... pay attention to the print set up screen? Errr... watch the
printer as they come out and make sure they're in sequence?

How big a friggin poster are you printing that you would have to have a
tremendous amount of A4 segments that you can't put in order even if
they're strewn on the floor??

maybe you're over-reaching your capabilities

I can't imagine how beautiful your final product would look with all
those litte pieces ... )

I take it there isn't a way of doing it. You just need to be careful.
Anyway here's an example of a poster:-
http://cheshirecat.port5.com/gallery3/picture155.htm

You could grid (arrange menu) the poster and manually add numbers. See attached...

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"BrianXZ" wrote in message
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Hello. When printing out a large poster made up of many pages it is very
easy to get all the pages mixed up. Some may fall out of the printer on the
floor etc. it then becomes tricky to assemble them, if not impossible.
Is there a way to print the page number on each sub page? If you go to
'insert page number' it treats the entire poster, which may be made up of
dozens of A4 sheets, as one page!. Is there a way to print a different
number on each of the A4 sheets?
Thanks.

You could number them as they came off the printer.

Dozens of sheets. If you don't have one sounds like a printer able to do
11x17 (or whatever the A size is) should be considered or maybe a plotter.

Don


"BrianXZ" wrote in message
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Hello. When printing out a large poster made up of many pages it is very
easy to get all the pages mixed up. Some may fall out of the printer on
the
floor etc. it then becomes tricky to assemble them, if not impossible.
Is there a way to print the page number on each sub page? If you go to
'insert page number' it treats the entire poster, which may be made up of
dozens of A4 sheets, as one page!. Is there a way to print a different
number on each of the A4 sheets?
Thanks.

This is wrong, use the guide markers.

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http://www.mvps.org/msauer/
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"Mary Sauer" wrote in message
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You could grid (arrange menu) the poster and manually add numbers. See attached...

--
Mary Sauer MS MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://www.mvps.org/msauer/
news://msnews.microsoft.com
"BrianXZ" wrote in message
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Hello. When printing out a large poster made up of many pages it is very
easy to get all the pages mixed up. Some may fall out of the printer on the
floor etc. it then becomes tricky to assemble them, if not impossible.
Is there a way to print the page number on each sub page? If you go to
'insert page number' it treats the entire poster, which may be made up of
dozens of A4 sheets, as one page!. Is there a way to print a different
number on each of the A4 sheets?
Thanks.

A small child turns to Ed, and exclaims: "Look! Look! A post from
BrianXZ !"...
I take it there isn't a way of doing it. You just need to be careful.
Anyway here's an example of a poster:-
http://cheshirecat.port5.com/gallery3/picture155.htm

Just like a jigsaw puzzle :-)

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