Alignment in 2 sided printing

[Keith]

Hey there folks

I'm trying to do the following without much success:

One page 1 of a 2 page document, I have a bordered text box aligned to the
far upper left margin. One page 2, I have an identically-sized text box
aligned to the far upper right margin.

Printing one page at a time, turning page 1 over and printing page 2 on the
back, my goal is that they are perfectly aligned and can be cut out along the
borders with a paper cutter.

However each time I have tried this I seem to be small fractions OFF
alignment, on the horizontal plane.

I have even gone into 400% zoom and NUDGED until at least on-screen the text
boxes and the margins match up exactly (1 inch).

Um. What am I doing wrong?

 

[Brian Kvalheim [MSFT MVP]]

Hi Keith ([email protected]),
in the newsgroups
you posted:

|| One page 1 of a 2 page document, I have a bordered text box aligned
|| to the far upper left margin. One page 2, I have an
|| identically-sized text box aligned to the far upper right margin.
||
|| Printing one page at a time, turning page 1 over and printing page 2
|| on the back, my goal is that they are perfectly aligned and can be
|| cut out along the borders with a paper cutter.
||
|| However each time I have tried this I seem to be small fractions OFF
|| alignment, on the horizontal plane.
||
|| I have even gone into 400% zoom and NUDGED until at least on-screen
|| the text boxes and the margins match up exactly (1 inch).
||
|| Um. What am I doing wrong?

This is your printer shifting the paper, not an issue with Publisher. It's
is virtually impossible to *perfectly* align the reverse side with the front
side, especially with manual flipping.
--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Publisher MVP
http://www.publishermvps.com

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