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Brett
It appears the "next record" logic in the Publisher mail merge logic is
missing when attempting to print any document that has more than 1 copy per
sheet? Publisher will only print data from one record per physical page and
not move to next record for each postcard on the page. ie) 8.5" x 11" paper,
8.5" x 5.5" post card, 1 column per page, 2 cards per page
But has anyone, in the MVP community, created a workaround? Being a long
time user of MS tools, we always had to hack around the MS shortcomings. I'm
not a Publisher expert and need to get a fix faster than I can write it.
Do you know of a work around for mail merging into postcards?
Using a Cataloge merge doesn't work as the "template" (assuming you even try
to set it up for 2 down by 1 accross when printing on 8.5" x 11" portrait)
doesn't like to line up right on the page, be it in design or when it prints.
In trying to lay out 2 cards per page, 8.5x5.5 inch when printed portrait,
it should allow for an even split of the page at 5.5" on an 11" page. Giving
2 cards per page. It doesn't. If the bottom of the catalog merge template
is lower than the 5" mark and it drops to a 1 card per page print. Move the
bottom of the template above the 5.5" mark on the page and the top card ends
up 5" tall with the bottom card over 6" deep and the content (from the
template) in the bottom card being top justified.
It acts as if it has padding in design mode but drops the padding when
printing...
What gives???
Brett
missing when attempting to print any document that has more than 1 copy per
sheet? Publisher will only print data from one record per physical page and
not move to next record for each postcard on the page. ie) 8.5" x 11" paper,
8.5" x 5.5" post card, 1 column per page, 2 cards per page
But has anyone, in the MVP community, created a workaround? Being a long
time user of MS tools, we always had to hack around the MS shortcomings. I'm
not a Publisher expert and need to get a fix faster than I can write it.
Do you know of a work around for mail merging into postcards?
Using a Cataloge merge doesn't work as the "template" (assuming you even try
to set it up for 2 down by 1 accross when printing on 8.5" x 11" portrait)
doesn't like to line up right on the page, be it in design or when it prints.
In trying to lay out 2 cards per page, 8.5x5.5 inch when printed portrait,
it should allow for an even split of the page at 5.5" on an 11" page. Giving
2 cards per page. It doesn't. If the bottom of the catalog merge template
is lower than the 5" mark and it drops to a 1 card per page print. Move the
bottom of the template above the 5.5" mark on the page and the top card ends
up 5" tall with the bottom card over 6" deep and the content (from the
template) in the bottom card being top justified.
It acts as if it has padding in design mode but drops the padding when
printing...
What gives???
Brett