2 pages per sheet (Page Setup)

I have a mail merge into a table. I have the 2 pages per
sheet checked in the Page Setup dialoge.

The Shading settings in my cells do not stay in the table
on the second page when printed.
It looks like the margins (Left and Right) in the cells do
not get shaded. And the cells where I have the "Cell text
Alignment" set to Center/Center, the top and bottom of the
cell does not have its shading (only the line where there
is text). The cell margins are all set to 0 for the
Center aligned cells. The other cells are full justified
with left and right margins of 0.03.

I noticed that if I uncheck the 2 pages per sheet box and
print the table on two pieces of paper, the shading works
fine.

I noticed looking back over old messages, that someone
else asked about a similar problem, but no answer was
given.
Is there no solution?
Thanks
Steve

Hi, SteveW.

What happened with the previous post was the OP emailed me his file, and
I had no problems printing it as 2 pages per sheet to an HP Laserjet
3150se, HP Color Laserjet 3700n, and Adobe Acrobat 5. But the OP could
not print successfully to an HP Laserjet 2200dt, Xerox Docucolor laser,
or Adobe Acrobat 4, although the file looked okay in print preview.

Since I could print using three different printer drivers, and the OP
could not print using three other printer drivers, it didn't appear to
be a problem with the Word file itself or printer drivers. Something in
the OP's computer couldn't handle the page setup... I thought it might
be a non-Pentium processor or something to do with RAM, but I never
heard back from the OP as to whether he got it to work.

On to you... Does your file look okay in print preview? Have you tried
printing at the lowest resolution your printer will do, just to see if
it works that way? Have you tried printing the file from another
computer or to another printer?



SteveW wrote:

I have a mail merge into a table. I have the 2 pages per
sheet checked in the Page Setup dialoge.

The Shading settings in my cells do not stay in the table
on the second page when printed.
It looks like the margins (Left and Right) in the cells do
not get shaded. And the cells where I have the "Cell text
Alignment" set to Center/Center, the top and bottom of the
cell does not have its shading (only the line where there
is text). The cell margins are all set to 0 for the
Center aligned cells. The other cells are full justified
with left and right margins of 0.03.

I noticed that if I uncheck the 2 pages per sheet box and
print the table on two pieces of paper, the shading works
fine.

I noticed looking back over old messages, that someone
else asked about a similar problem, but no answer was
given.
Is there no solution?
Thanks
Steve

My document looks just fine in Print Preview.
I've tried printing, from the same PC, to two different
printers. One a QMS 2060, the other QMS2445; both with
the same results.
I've changed my mail merge from a "Form Letter" to
a "Cataloge" and I get the same result with the 2 per page
check box checked. If I uncheck that box, no matter how I
run the document, main document form letter, main document
cataloge, section start new page, or section start
continuous, it works fine. Only when that box is checked
do I have this problem.

What this document will be is printed on perforated paper
so that the two table areas can be separated. I could
create a copy of the table on the second half of the sheet
with a "Next Record" field between them, but the check box
seemed like a nice easy way to accomplish this especially
if changes have to be made to any of the wording or layout
in the table. It is kind of a complicated layout and is a
legal document for Tax Sale of delinquent taxes so it is
wordy in spots with complicated wording.
-----Original Message-----
Hi, SteveW.

What happened with the previous post was the OP emailed
me his file, and
I had no problems printing it as 2 pages per sheet to an
HP Laserjet
3150se, HP Color Laserjet 3700n, and Adobe Acrobat 5.
But the OP could
not print successfully to an HP Laserjet 2200dt, Xerox
Docucolor laser,
or Adobe Acrobat 4, although the file looked okay in
print preview.

Since I could print using three different printer
drivers, and the OP
could not print using three other printer drivers, it
didn't appear to
be a problem with the Word file itself or printer
drivers. Something in
the OP's computer couldn't handle the page setup... I
thought it might
be a non-Pentium processor or something to do with RAM,
but I never
heard back from the OP as to whether he got it to work.

On to you... Does your file look okay in print preview?
Have you tried
printing at the lowest resolution your printer will do,
just to see if
it works that way? Have you tried printing the file from
another
computer or to another printer?



SteveW wrote:

I have a mail merge into a table. I have the 2 pages
per
sheet checked in the Page Setup dialoge.

The Shading settings in my cells do not stay in the
table
on the second page when printed.
It looks like the margins (Left and Right) in the cells
do
not get shaded. And the cells where I have the "Cell
text
Alignment" set to Center/Center, the top and bottom of
the
cell does not have its shading (only the line where
there
is text). The cell margins are all set to 0 for the
Center aligned cells. The other cells are full
justified
with left and right margins of 0.03.

I noticed that if I uncheck the 2 pages per sheet box
and
print the table on two pieces of paper, the shading
works
fine.

I noticed looking back over old messages, that someone
else asked about a similar problem, but no answer was
given.
Is there no solution?
Thanks
Steve

.

I don't think it's a problem with mail merge. Definitely sounds like
the problem the previous poster had. Do you have access to another
computer that you can try to print from?

Here's another idea. How do you feel about printing in two passes onto
the same page (i.e., printing the left side on the first pass, then
putting the whole stack of paper back into the printer to print the
right side)? There's a method for booklet printing described at
http://www.word.mvps.org/faqs/format...etPrinting.htm, but you'll
have to modify it a bit to suit your purpose:
1. Set up the main document of the mail merge so that page 1 has the
wide margin at the right, and page 2 has the wide margin at left (i.e.,
swap the gutter and outside margins shown in the link).
2. In the main document, shrink your current two-page table to make it
fit into the two halves of one landscape page.
3. Run the mail merge.
4. Print all of the the left halves (odd-numbered pages).
5. Put the output stack back into the printer and print all of the
right halves (even-numbered pages). If your printer stacks output face
down, then print the even-numbered pages in normal order. If your
printer stacks output face up, then print the even numbered pages in
reverse order.

It's easier than it sounds. Just an idea though.


wrote:

My document looks just fine in Print Preview.
I've tried printing, from the same PC, to two different
printers. One a QMS 2060, the other QMS2445; both with
the same results.
I've changed my mail merge from a "Form Letter" to
a "Cataloge" and I get the same result with the 2 per page
check box checked. If I uncheck that box, no matter how I
run the document, main document form letter, main document
cataloge, section start new page, or section start
continuous, it works fine. Only when that box is checked
do I have this problem.

What this document will be is printed on perforated paper
so that the two table areas can be separated. I could
create a copy of the table on the second half of the sheet
with a "Next Record" field between them, but the check box
seemed like a nice easy way to accomplish this especially
if changes have to be made to any of the wording or layout
in the table. It is kind of a complicated layout and is a
legal document for Tax Sale of delinquent taxes so it is
wordy in spots with complicated wording.

-----Original Message-----
Hi, SteveW.

What happened with the previous post was the OP emailed

me his file, and

I had no problems printing it as 2 pages per sheet to an

HP Laserjet

3150se, HP Color Laserjet 3700n, and Adobe Acrobat 5.

But the OP could

not print successfully to an HP Laserjet 2200dt, Xerox

Docucolor laser,

or Adobe Acrobat 4, although the file looked okay in

print preview.

Since I could print using three different printer

drivers, and the OP

could not print using three other printer drivers, it

didn't appear to

be a problem with the Word file itself or printer

drivers. Something in

the OP's computer couldn't handle the page setup... I

thought it might

be a non-Pentium processor or something to do with RAM,

but I never

heard back from the OP as to whether he got it to work.

On to you... Does your file look okay in print preview?

Have you tried

printing at the lowest resolution your printer will do,

just to see if

it works that way? Have you tried printing the file from

another

computer or to another printer?



SteveW wrote:


I have a mail merge into a table. I have the 2 pages

per

sheet checked in the Page Setup dialoge.

The Shading settings in my cells do not stay in the

table

on the second page when printed.
It looks like the margins (Left and Right) in the cells

do

not get shaded. And the cells where I have the "Cell

text

Alignment" set to Center/Center, the top and bottom of

the

cell does not have its shading (only the line where

there

is text). The cell margins are all set to 0 for the
Center aligned cells. The other cells are full

justified

with left and right margins of 0.03.

I noticed that if I uncheck the 2 pages per sheet box

and

print the table on two pieces of paper, the shading

works

fine.

I noticed looking back over old messages, that someone
else asked about a similar problem, but no answer was
given.
Is there no solution?
Thanks
Steve

.

I got to try it from another PC this morning and I get the
same results. I'll try your suggestion about the double
pass, but I can tell you right now my boss will not like a
solution where some office worker will be responsible for
running these through a printer twice, being sure that the
paper is in correctly and so forth. This mail merge will
ultimately be run through a macro from a user's desktop
icon.
In your last message you talk about the left right
printing of two pages. I'm not sure I made it clear that
my layout is top bottom printing of two pages. I don't
see where it should matter, but you never know. The table
in question fllls the entire page between the left and
right margins. Was this option designed for the type of
left right page printing you mentioned? Could the page
layout (8.5 x 11 portrait) be the problem?
Thanks
-----Original Message-----
I don't think it's a problem with mail merge. Definitely
sounds like
the problem the previous poster had. Do you have access
to another
computer that you can try to print from?

Here's another idea. How do you feel about printing in
two passes onto
the same page (i.e., printing the left side on the first
pass, then
putting the whole stack of paper back into the printer to
print the
right side)? There's a method for booklet printing
described at
http://www.word.mvps.org/faqs/format...kletPrinting.h
tm, but you'll
have to modify it a bit to suit your purpose:
1. Set up the main document of the mail merge so that
page 1 has the
wide margin at the right, and page 2 has the wide margin
at left (i.e.,
swap the gutter and outside margins shown in the link).
2. In the main document, shrink your current two-page
table to make it
fit into the two halves of one landscape page.
3. Run the mail merge.
4. Print all of the the left halves (odd-numbered pages).
5. Put the output stack back into the printer and print
all of the
right halves (even-numbered pages). If your printer
stacks output face
down, then print the even-numbered pages in normal
order. If your
printer stacks output face up, then print the even
numbered pages in
reverse order.

It's easier than it sounds. Just an idea though.


wrote:

My document looks just fine in Print Preview.
I've tried printing, from the same PC, to two different
printers. One a QMS 2060, the other QMS2445; both with
the same results.
I've changed my mail merge from a "Form Letter" to
a "Cataloge" and I get the same result with the 2 per
page
check box checked. If I uncheck that box, no matter
how I
run the document, main document form letter, main
document
cataloge, section start new page, or section start
continuous, it works fine. Only when that box is
checked
do I have this problem.

What this document will be is printed on perforated
paper
so that the two table areas can be separated. I could
create a copy of the table on the second half of the
sheet
with a "Next Record" field between them, but the check
box
seemed like a nice easy way to accomplish this
especially
if changes have to be made to any of the wording or
layout
in the table. It is kind of a complicated layout and
is a
legal document for Tax Sale of delinquent taxes so it
is
wordy in spots with complicated wording.

-----Original Message-----
Hi, SteveW.

What happened with the previous post was the OP emailed

me his file, and

I had no problems printing it as 2 pages per sheet to
an

HP Laserjet

3150se, HP Color Laserjet 3700n, and Adobe Acrobat 5.

But the OP could

not print successfully to an HP Laserjet 2200dt, Xerox

Docucolor laser,

or Adobe Acrobat 4, although the file looked okay in

print preview.

Since I could print using three different printer

drivers, and the OP

could not print using three other printer drivers, it

didn't appear to

be a problem with the Word file itself or printer

drivers. Something in

the OP's computer couldn't handle the page setup... I

thought it might

be a non-Pentium processor or something to do with RAM,

but I never

heard back from the OP as to whether he got it to work.

On to you... Does your file look okay in print
preview?

Have you tried

printing at the lowest resolution your printer will do,

just to see if

it works that way? Have you tried printing the file
from

another

computer or to another printer?



SteveW wrote:


I have a mail merge into a table. I have the 2 pages

per

sheet checked in the Page Setup dialoge.

The Shading settings in my cells do not stay in the

table

on the second page when printed.
It looks like the margins (Left and Right) in the
cells

do

not get shaded. And the cells where I have the "Cell

text

Alignment" set to Center/Center, the top and bottom of

the

cell does not have its shading (only the line where

there

is text). The cell margins are all set to 0 for the
Center aligned cells. The other cells are full

justified

with left and right margins of 0.03.

I noticed that if I uncheck the 2 pages per sheet box

and

print the table on two pieces of paper, the shading

works

fine.

I noticed looking back over old messages, that someone
else asked about a similar problem, but no answer was
given.
Is there no solution?
Thanks
Steve

.


.

Hi Steve.

The booklet printing I'm thinking about is designed to print in
landscape orientation, so forget that idea.

Printing in portrait would be much easier I think. I'm not sure if you
are using one table or two tables in the main document, but either way,
it should be possible to set up the main document so that it fits on one
page with a horizontal "gap" in the center to accommodate the perforation.


SteveW wrote:

I got to try it from another PC this morning and I get the
same results. I'll try your suggestion about the double
pass, but I can tell you right now my boss will not like a
solution where some office worker will be responsible for
running these through a printer twice, being sure that the
paper is in correctly and so forth. This mail merge will
ultimately be run through a macro from a user's desktop
icon.
In your last message you talk about the left right
printing of two pages. I'm not sure I made it clear that
my layout is top bottom printing of two pages. I don't
see where it should matter, but you never know. The table
in question fllls the entire page between the left and
right margins. Was this option designed for the type of
left right page printing you mentioned? Could the page
layout (8.5 x 11 portrait) be the problem?
Thanks

-----Original Message-----
I don't think it's a problem with mail merge. Definitely

sounds like

the problem the previous poster had. Do you have access

to another

computer that you can try to print from?

Here's another idea. How do you feel about printing in

two passes onto

the same page (i.e., printing the left side on the first

pass, then

putting the whole stack of paper back into the printer to

print the

right side)? There's a method for booklet printing

described at

http://www.word.mvps.org/faqs/format...kletPrinting.h

tm, but you'll

have to modify it a bit to suit your purpose:
1. Set up the main document of the mail merge so that

page 1 has the

wide margin at the right, and page 2 has the wide margin

at left (i.e.,

swap the gutter and outside margins shown in the link).
2. In the main document, shrink your current two-page

table to make it

fit into the two halves of one landscape page.
3. Run the mail merge.
4. Print all of the the left halves (odd-numbered pages).
5. Put the output stack back into the printer and print

all of the

right halves (even-numbered pages). If your printer

stacks output face

down, then print the even-numbered pages in normal

order. If your

printer stacks output face up, then print the even

numbered pages in

reverse order.

It's easier than it sounds. Just an idea though.


wrote:


My document looks just fine in Print Preview.
I've tried printing, from the same PC, to two different
printers. One a QMS 2060, the other QMS2445; both with
the same results.
I've changed my mail merge from a "Form Letter" to
a "Cataloge" and I get the same result with the 2 per

page

check box checked. If I uncheck that box, no matter

how I

run the document, main document form letter, main

document

cataloge, section start new page, or section start
continuous, it works fine. Only when that box is

checked

do I have this problem.

What this document will be is printed on perforated

paper

so that the two table areas can be separated. I could
create a copy of the table on the second half of the

sheet

with a "Next Record" field between them, but the check

box

seemed like a nice easy way to accomplish this

especially

if changes have to be made to any of the wording or

layout

in the table. It is kind of a complicated layout and

is a

legal document for Tax Sale of delinquent taxes so it

is

wordy in spots with complicated wording.


-----Original Message-----
Hi, SteveW.

What happened with the previous post was the OP emailed

me his file, and


I had no problems printing it as 2 pages per sheet to

an

HP Laserjet


3150se, HP Color Laserjet 3700n, and Adobe Acrobat 5.

But the OP could


not print successfully to an HP Laserjet 2200dt, Xerox

Docucolor laser,


or Adobe Acrobat 4, although the file looked okay in

print preview.


Since I could print using three different printer

drivers, and the OP


could not print using three other printer drivers, it

didn't appear to


be a problem with the Word file itself or printer

drivers. Something in


the OP's computer couldn't handle the page setup... I

thought it might


be a non-Pentium processor or something to do with RAM,

but I never


heard back from the OP as to whether he got it to work.

On to you... Does your file look okay in print

preview?

Have you tried


printing at the lowest resolution your printer will do,

just to see if


it works that way? Have you tried printing the file

from

another


computer or to another printer?



SteveW wrote:



I have a mail merge into a table. I have the 2 pages

per


sheet checked in the Page Setup dialoge.

The Shading settings in my cells do not stay in the

table


on the second page when printed.
It looks like the margins (Left and Right) in the

cells

do


not get shaded. And the cells where I have the "Cell

text


Alignment" set to Center/Center, the top and bottom of

the


cell does not have its shading (only the line where

there


is text). The cell margins are all set to 0 for the
Center aligned cells. The other cells are full

justified


with left and right margins of 0.03.

I noticed that if I uncheck the 2 pages per sheet box

and


print the table on two pieces of paper, the shading

works


fine.

I noticed looking back over old messages, that someone
else asked about a similar problem, but no answer was
given.
Is there no solution?
Thanks
Steve

.


.

Well, here's some more news on this.
I went out to the web site you suggested and looked
at the booket printing. Now, before I did test that
information I tested my document on a third PC.
To my suprise, everything worked fine and when I started
to investigate, I found that this PC has Word 2002, running
under Windows XP. The other two PC's are using Word 2000,
one with XP, the other NT4.0.
From your suggested web site I borrowed some macros for
booklet Printing in Word 2000, using the Print twice
method. But all the even pages still had the incomplete
shading.

My document has just the one table in the main document.
Currently situated at the top of the document.
So this now sounds like its a word 2000 problem.
Any more suggestions?
Thanks
-----Original Message-----
Hi Steve.

The booklet printing I'm thinking about is designed to
print in
landscape orientation, so forget that idea.

Printing in portrait would be much easier I think. I'm
not sure if you
are using one table or two tables in the main document,
but either way,
it should be possible to set up the main document so that
it fits on one
page with a horizontal "gap" in the center to accommodate
the perforation.


SteveW wrote:

I got to try it from another PC this morning and I get
the
same results. I'll try your suggestion about the
double
pass, but I can tell you right now my boss will not
like a
solution where some office worker will be responsible
for
running these through a printer twice, being sure that
the
paper is in correctly and so forth. This mail merge
will
ultimately be run through a macro from a user's desktop
icon.
In your last message you talk about the left right
printing of two pages. I'm not sure I made it clear
that
my layout is top bottom printing of two pages. I don't
see where it should matter, but you never know. The
table
in question fllls the entire page between the left and
right margins. Was this option designed for the type
of
left right page printing you mentioned? Could the page
layout (8.5 x 11 portrait) be the problem?
Thanks

-----Original Message-----
I don't think it's a problem with mail merge.
Definitely

sounds like

the problem the previous poster had. Do you have
access

to another

computer that you can try to print from?

Here's another idea. How do you feel about printing in

two passes onto

the same page (i.e., printing the left side on the
first

pass, then

putting the whole stack of paper back into the printer
to

print the

right side)? There's a method for booklet printing

described at

http://www.word.mvps.org/faqs/format...ookletPrinting
..h

tm, but you'll

have to modify it a bit to suit your purpose:
1. Set up the main document of the mail merge so that

page 1 has the

wide margin at the right, and page 2 has the wide
margin

at left (i.e.,

swap the gutter and outside margins shown in the link).
2. In the main document, shrink your current two-page

table to make it

fit into the two halves of one landscape page.
3. Run the mail merge.
4. Print all of the the left halves (odd-numbered
pages).
5. Put the output stack back into the printer and
print

all of the

right halves (even-numbered pages). If your printer

stacks output face

down, then print the even-numbered pages in normal

order. If your

printer stacks output face up, then print the even

numbered pages in

reverse order.

It's easier than it sounds. Just an idea though.


wrote:


My document looks just fine in Print Preview.
I've tried printing, from the same PC, to two
different
printers. One a QMS 2060, the other QMS2445; both
with
the same results.
I've changed my mail merge from a "Form Letter" to
a "Cataloge" and I get the same result with the 2 per

page

check box checked. If I uncheck that box, no matter

how I

run the document, main document form letter, main

document

cataloge, section start new page, or section start
continuous, it works fine. Only when that box is

checked

do I have this problem.

What this document will be is printed on perforated

paper

so that the two table areas can be separated. I could
create a copy of the table on the second half of the

sheet

with a "Next Record" field between them, but the check

box

seemed like a nice easy way to accomplish this

especially

if changes have to be made to any of the wording or

layout

in the table. It is kind of a complicated layout and

is a

legal document for Tax Sale of delinquent taxes so it

is

wordy in spots with complicated wording.


-----Original Message-----
Hi, SteveW.

What happened with the previous post was the OP
emailed

me his file, and


I had no problems printing it as 2 pages per sheet to

an

HP Laserjet


3150se, HP Color Laserjet 3700n, and Adobe Acrobat
5.

But the OP could


not print successfully to an HP Laserjet 2200dt,
Xerox

Docucolor laser,


or Adobe Acrobat 4, although the file looked okay in

print preview.


Since I could print using three different printer

drivers, and the OP


could not print using three other printer drivers, it

didn't appear to


be a problem with the Word file itself or printer

drivers. Something in


the OP's computer couldn't handle the page setup... I

thought it might


be a non-Pentium processor or something to do with
RAM,

but I never


heard back from the OP as to whether he got it to
work.

On to you... Does your file look okay in print

preview?

Have you tried


printing at the lowest resolution your printer will
do,

just to see if


it works that way? Have you tried printing the file

from

another


computer or to another printer?



SteveW wrote:



I have a mail merge into a table. I have the 2
pages

per


sheet checked in the Page Setup dialoge.

The Shading settings in my cells do not stay in the

table


on the second page when printed.
It looks like the margins (Left and Right) in the

cells

do


not get shaded. And the cells where I have
the "Cell

text


Alignment" set to Center/Center, the top and bottom
of

the


cell does not have its shading (only the line where

there


is text). The cell margins are all set to 0 for the
Center aligned cells. The other cells are full

justified


with left and right margins of 0.03.

I noticed that if I uncheck the 2 pages per sheet
box

and


print the table on two pieces of paper, the shading

works


fine.

I noticed looking back over old messages, that
someone
else asked about a similar problem, but no answer
was
given.
Is there no solution?
Thanks
Steve

.


.


.

I guess it could be a Word 2000 thing. If it works like you want from
the third PC, you've found the solution! I don't have any other ideas
as to how to make it work on the first PC.


Stevew wrote:

Well, here's some more news on this.
I went out to the web site you suggested and looked
at the booket printing. Now, before I did test that
information I tested my document on a third PC.
To my suprise, everything worked fine and when I started
to investigate, I found that this PC has Word 2002, running
under Windows XP. The other two PC's are using Word 2000,
one with XP, the other NT4.0.
From your suggested web site I borrowed some macros for
booklet Printing in Word 2000, using the Print twice
method. But all the even pages still had the incomplete
shading.

My document has just the one table in the main document.
Currently situated at the top of the document.
So this now sounds like its a word 2000 problem.
Any more suggestions?
Thanks

-----Original Message-----
Hi Steve.

The booklet printing I'm thinking about is designed to

print in

landscape orientation, so forget that idea.

Printing in portrait would be much easier I think. I'm

not sure if you

are using one table or two tables in the main document,

but either way,

it should be possible to set up the main document so that

it fits on one

page with a horizontal "gap" in the center to accommodate

the perforation.


SteveW wrote:


I got to try it from another PC this morning and I get

the

same results. I'll try your suggestion about the

double

pass, but I can tell you right now my boss will not

like a

solution where some office worker will be responsible

for

running these through a printer twice, being sure that

the

paper is in correctly and so forth. This mail merge

will

ultimately be run through a macro from a user's desktop
icon.
In your last message you talk about the left right
printing of two pages. I'm not sure I made it clear

that

my layout is top bottom printing of two pages. I don't
see where it should matter, but you never know. The

table

in question fllls the entire page between the left and
right margins. Was this option designed for the type

of

left right page printing you mentioned? Could the page
layout (8.5 x 11 portrait) be the problem?
Thanks


-----Original Message-----
I don't think it's a problem with mail merge.

Definitely

sounds like


the problem the previous poster had. Do you have

access

to another


computer that you can try to print from?

Here's another idea. How do you feel about printing in

two passes onto


the same page (i.e., printing the left side on the

first

pass, then


putting the whole stack of paper back into the printer

to

print the


right side)? There's a method for booklet printing

described at


http://www.word.mvps.org/faqs/format...ookletPrinting

.h

tm, but you'll


have to modify it a bit to suit your purpose:
1. Set up the main document of the mail merge so that

page 1 has the


wide margin at the right, and page 2 has the wide

margin

at left (i.e.,


swap the gutter and outside margins shown in the link).
2. In the main document, shrink your current two-page

table to make it


fit into the two halves of one landscape page.
3. Run the mail merge.
4. Print all of the the left halves (odd-numbered

pages).

5. Put the output stack back into the printer and

print

all of the


right halves (even-numbered pages). If your printer

stacks output face


down, then print the even-numbered pages in normal

order. If your


printer stacks output face up, then print the even

numbered pages in


reverse order.

It's easier than it sounds. Just an idea though.


wrote:



My document looks just fine in Print Preview.
I've tried printing, from the same PC, to two

different

printers. One a QMS 2060, the other QMS2445; both

with

the same results.
I've changed my mail merge from a "Form Letter" to
a "Cataloge" and I get the same result with the 2 per

page


check box checked. If I uncheck that box, no matter

how I


run the document, main document form letter, main

document


cataloge, section start new page, or section start
continuous, it works fine. Only when that box is

checked


do I have this problem.

What this document will be is printed on perforated

paper


so that the two table areas can be separated. I could
create a copy of the table on the second half of the

sheet


with a "Next Record" field between them, but the check

box


seemed like a nice easy way to accomplish this

especially


if changes have to be made to any of the wording or

layout


in the table. It is kind of a complicated layout and

is a


legal document for Tax Sale of delinquent taxes so it

is


wordy in spots with complicated wording.



-----Original Message-----
Hi, SteveW.

What happened with the previous post was the OP

emailed

me his file, and



I had no problems printing it as 2 pages per sheet to

an


HP Laserjet



3150se, HP Color Laserjet 3700n, and Adobe Acrobat

5.

But the OP could



not print successfully to an HP Laserjet 2200dt,

Xerox

Docucolor laser,



or Adobe Acrobat 4, although the file looked okay in

print preview.



Since I could print using three different printer

drivers, and the OP



could not print using three other printer drivers, it

didn't appear to



be a problem with the Word file itself or printer

drivers. Something in



the OP's computer couldn't handle the page setup... I

thought it might



be a non-Pentium processor or something to do with

RAM,

but I never



heard back from the OP as to whether he got it to

work.

On to you... Does your file look okay in print

preview?


Have you tried



printing at the lowest resolution your printer will

do,

just to see if



it works that way? Have you tried printing the file

from


another



computer or to another printer?



SteveW wrote:




I have a mail merge into a table. I have the 2

pages

per



sheet checked in the Page Setup dialoge.

The Shading settings in my cells do not stay in the

table



on the second page when printed.
It looks like the margins (Left and Right) in the

cells


do



not get shaded. And the cells where I have

the "Cell

text



Alignment" set to Center/Center, the top and bottom

of

the



cell does not have its shading (only the line where

there



is text). The cell margins are all set to 0 for the
Center aligned cells. The other cells are full

justified



with left and right margins of 0.03.

I noticed that if I uncheck the 2 pages per sheet

box

and



print the table on two pieces of paper, the shading

works



fine.

I noticed looking back over old messages, that

someone

else asked about a similar problem, but no answer

was

given.
Is there no solution?
Thanks
Steve

.


.


.

thanks for all your help. The third computer really is
not an option because it is here inthe "development"
office and my clients are all over the state. I'll just
have to hope their running Word 2002 or will accept
the layout as is.
thanks again
Steve

-----Original Message-----
I guess it could be a Word 2000 thing. If it works like
you want from
the third PC, you've found the solution! I don't have
any other ideas
as to how to make it work on the first PC.


Stevew wrote:

Well, here's some more news on this.
I went out to the web site you suggested and looked
at the booket printing. Now, before I did test that
information I tested my document on a third PC.
To my suprise, everything worked fine and when I started
to investigate, I found that this PC has Word 2002,
running
under Windows XP. The other two PC's are using Word
2000,
one with XP, the other NT4.0.
From your suggested web site I borrowed some macros for
booklet Printing in Word 2000, using the Print twice
method. But all the even pages still had the
incomplete
shading.

My document has just the one table in the main document.
Currently situated at the top of the document.
So this now sounds like its a word 2000 problem.
Any more suggestions?
Thanks

-----Original Message-----
Hi Steve.

The booklet printing I'm thinking about is designed to

print in

landscape orientation, so forget that idea.

Printing in portrait would be much easier I think. I'm

not sure if you

are using one table or two tables in the main document,

but either way,

it should be possible to set up the main document so
that

it fits on one

page with a horizontal "gap" in the center to
accommodate

the perforation.


SteveW wrote:


I got to try it from another PC this morning and I get

the

same results. I'll try your suggestion about the

double

pass, but I can tell you right now my boss will not

like a

solution where some office worker will be responsible

for

running these through a printer twice, being sure that

the

paper is in correctly and so forth. This mail merge

will

ultimately be run through a macro from a user's
desktop
icon.
In your last message you talk about the left right
printing of two pages. I'm not sure I made it clear

that

my layout is top bottom printing of two pages. I
don't
see where it should matter, but you never know. The

table

in question fllls the entire page between the left and
right margins. Was this option designed for the type

of

left right page printing you mentioned? Could the page
layout (8.5 x 11 portrait) be the problem?
Thanks


-----Original Message-----
I don't think it's a problem with mail merge.

Definitely

sounds like


the problem the previous poster had. Do you have

access

to another


computer that you can try to print from?

Here's another idea. How do you feel about printing
in

two passes onto


the same page (i.e., printing the left side on the

first

pass, then


putting the whole stack of paper back into the
printer

to

print the


right side)? There's a method for booklet printing

described at


http://www.word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/BookletPrinti
ng

.h

tm, but you'll


have to modify it a bit to suit your purpose:
1. Set up the main document of the mail merge so
that

page 1 has the


wide margin at the right, and page 2 has the wide

margin

at left (i.e.,


swap the gutter and outside margins shown in the
link).
2. In the main document, shrink your current two-
page

table to make it


fit into the two halves of one landscape page.
3. Run the mail merge.
4. Print all of the the left halves (odd-numbered

pages).

5. Put the output stack back into the printer and

print

all of the


right halves (even-numbered pages). If your printer

stacks output face


down, then print the even-numbered pages in normal

order. If your


printer stacks output face up, then print the even

numbered pages in


reverse order.

It's easier than it sounds. Just an idea though.


wrote:



My document looks just fine in Print Preview.
I've tried printing, from the same PC, to two

different

printers. One a QMS 2060, the other QMS2445; both

with

the same results.
I've changed my mail merge from a "Form Letter" to
a "Cataloge" and I get the same result with the 2
per

page


check box checked. If I uncheck that box, no matter

how I


run the document, main document form letter, main

document


cataloge, section start new page, or section start
continuous, it works fine. Only when that box is

checked


do I have this problem.

What this document will be is printed on perforated

paper


so that the two table areas can be separated. I
could
create a copy of the table on the second half of the

sheet


with a "Next Record" field between them, but the
check

box


seemed like a nice easy way to accomplish this

especially


if changes have to be made to any of the wording or

layout


in the table. It is kind of a complicated layout
and

is a


legal document for Tax Sale of delinquent taxes so
it

is


wordy in spots with complicated wording.



-----Original Message-----
Hi, SteveW.

What happened with the previous post was the OP

emailed

me his file, and



I had no problems printing it as 2 pages per sheet
to

an


HP Laserjet



3150se, HP Color Laserjet 3700n, and Adobe Acrobat

5.

But the OP could



not print successfully to an HP Laserjet 2200dt,

Xerox

Docucolor laser,



or Adobe Acrobat 4, although the file looked okay
in

print preview.



Since I could print using three different printer

drivers, and the OP



could not print using three other printer drivers,
it

didn't appear to



be a problem with the Word file itself or printer

drivers. Something in



the OP's computer couldn't handle the page setup...
I

thought it might



be a non-Pentium processor or something to do with

RAM,

but I never



heard back from the OP as to whether he got it to

work.

On to you... Does your file look okay in print

preview?


Have you tried



printing at the lowest resolution your printer will

do,

just to see if



it works that way? Have you tried printing the
file

from


another



computer or to another printer?



SteveW wrote:




I have a mail merge into a table. I have the 2

pages

per



sheet checked in the Page Setup dialoge.

The Shading settings in my cells do not stay in
the

table



on the second page when printed.
It looks like the margins (Left and Right) in the

cells


do



not get shaded. And the cells where I have

the "Cell

text



Alignment" set to Center/Center, the top and
bottom

of

the



cell does not have its shading (only the line
where

there



is text). The cell margins are all set to 0 for
the
Center aligned cells. The other cells are full

justified



with left and right margins of 0.03.

I noticed that if I uncheck the 2 pages per sheet

box

and



print the table on two pieces of paper, the
shading

works



fine.

I noticed looking back over old messages, that

someone

else asked about a similar problem, but no answer

was

given.
Is there no solution?
Thanks
Steve

.


.


.


.

It *IS* a Word 2000 thing! I just found this on the Microsoft website:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;220221.


Stevew wrote:

Well, here's some more news on this.
I went out to the web site you suggested and looked
at the booket printing. Now, before I did test that
information I tested my document on a third PC.
To my suprise, everything worked fine and when I started
to investigate, I found that this PC has Word 2002, running
under Windows XP. The other two PC's are using Word 2000,
one with XP, the other NT4.0.
From your suggested web site I borrowed some macros for
booklet Printing in Word 2000, using the Print twice
method. But all the even pages still had the incomplete
shading.

My document has just the one table in the main document.
Currently situated at the top of the document.
So this now sounds like its a word 2000 problem.
Any more suggestions?
Thanks
-----Original Message-----
Hi Steve.

The booklet printing I'm thinking about is designed to
print in
landscape orientation, so forget that idea.

Printing in portrait would be much easier I think. I'm
not sure if you
are using one table or two tables in the main document,
but either way,
it should be possible to set up the main document so that
it fits on one
page with a horizontal "gap" in the center to accommodate
the perforation.


SteveW wrote:

I got to try it from another PC this morning and I get
the
same results. I'll try your suggestion about the
double
pass, but I can tell you right now my boss will not
like a
solution where some office worker will be responsible
for
running these through a printer twice, being sure that
the
paper is in correctly and so forth. This mail merge
will
ultimately be run through a macro from a user's desktop
icon.
In your last message you talk about the left right
printing of two pages. I'm not sure I made it clear
that
my layout is top bottom printing of two pages. I don't
see where it should matter, but you never know. The
table
in question fllls the entire page between the left and
right margins. Was this option designed for the type
of
left right page printing you mentioned? Could the page
layout (8.5 x 11 portrait) be the problem?
Thanks

-----Original Message-----
I don't think it's a problem with mail merge.
Definitely

sounds like

the problem the previous poster had. Do you have
access

to another

computer that you can try to print from?

Here's another idea. How do you feel about printing in

two passes onto

the same page (i.e., printing the left side on the
first

pass, then

putting the whole stack of paper back into the printer
to

print the

right side)? There's a method for booklet printing

described at

http://www.word.mvps.org/faqs/format...ookletPrinting
.h

tm, but you'll

have to modify it a bit to suit your purpose:
1. Set up the main document of the mail merge so that

page 1 has the

wide margin at the right, and page 2 has the wide
margin

at left (i.e.,

swap the gutter and outside margins shown in the link).
2. In the main document, shrink your current two-page

table to make it

fit into the two halves of one landscape page.
3. Run the mail merge.
4. Print all of the the left halves (odd-numbered
pages).
5. Put the output stack back into the printer and
print

all of the

right halves (even-numbered pages). If your printer

stacks output face

down, then print the even-numbered pages in normal

order. If your

printer stacks output face up, then print the even

numbered pages in

reverse order.

It's easier than it sounds. Just an idea though.


wrote:


My document looks just fine in Print Preview.
I've tried printing, from the same PC, to two
different
printers. One a QMS 2060, the other QMS2445; both
with
the same results.
I've changed my mail merge from a "Form Letter" to
a "Cataloge" and I get the same result with the 2 per

page

check box checked. If I uncheck that box, no matter

how I

run the document, main document form letter, main

document

cataloge, section start new page, or section start
continuous, it works fine. Only when that box is

checked

do I have this problem.

What this document will be is printed on perforated

paper

so that the two table areas can be separated. I could
create a copy of the table on the second half of the

sheet

with a "Next Record" field between them, but the check

box

seemed like a nice easy way to accomplish this

especially

if changes have to be made to any of the wording or

layout

in the table. It is kind of a complicated layout and

is a

legal document for Tax Sale of delinquent taxes so it

is

wordy in spots with complicated wording.


-----Original Message-----
Hi, SteveW.

What happened with the previous post was the OP
emailed

me his file, and


I had no problems printing it as 2 pages per sheet to

an

HP Laserjet


3150se, HP Color Laserjet 3700n, and Adobe Acrobat
5.

But the OP could


not print successfully to an HP Laserjet 2200dt,
Xerox

Docucolor laser,


or Adobe Acrobat 4, although the file looked okay in

print preview.


Since I could print using three different printer

drivers, and the OP


could not print using three other printer drivers, it

didn't appear to


be a problem with the Word file itself or printer

drivers. Something in


the OP's computer couldn't handle the page setup... I

thought it might


be a non-Pentium processor or something to do with
RAM,

but I never


heard back from the OP as to whether he got it to
work.

On to you... Does your file look okay in print

preview?

Have you tried


printing at the lowest resolution your printer will
do,

just to see if


it works that way? Have you tried printing the file

from

another


computer or to another printer?



SteveW wrote:



I have a mail merge into a table. I have the 2
pages

per


sheet checked in the Page Setup dialoge.

The Shading settings in my cells do not stay in the

table


on the second page when printed.
It looks like the margins (Left and Right) in the

cells

do


not get shaded. And the cells where I have
the "Cell

text


Alignment" set to Center/Center, the top and bottom
of

the


cell does not have its shading (only the line where

there


is text). The cell margins are all set to 0 for the
Center aligned cells. The other cells are full

justified


with left and right margins of 0.03.

I noticed that if I uncheck the 2 pages per sheet
box

and


print the table on two pieces of paper, the shading

works


fine.

I noticed looking back over old messages, that
someone
else asked about a similar problem, but no answer
was
given.
Is there no solution?
Thanks
Steve

.


.


.