Page Numbering in a booklet

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I'm creating approx. 300 bid sheets for an auction, each page should be 5.5 x
8.5 portrait, but needs to print 2 per page onto 8.5 x 11 (landscape). Then
we cut the paper in half.
I used the catalog merge in Pulisher 2003 with a publication that's setup as
a booklet. All's well when looking at the publication on screen, but when
printing, Publisher sees my doc as a booklet, so it prints pages 1, 300 on
the first sheet, then 2, 299 etc. Any way to get the merging I need to create
two 5.5 x 8.5 forms printed on one 8.5 x 11 page, and have it print 1,2 on
first page, 3,4 or next etc?

 

[Mary Sauer]

In page setup, custom, landscape, input 5.5 by 8.5, this will print two copies
per sheet. Don't use the catalog merge, this is a simple mail merge procedure.

 

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Mary -

Thanks for the suggestion. When I do that, I have two copies of the same
page on each sheet of paper. My goal is to have page 1 print on the left half
of sheet 1, and page 2 printed on the right half of the same sheet. In other
words, exact same output as when you do a booklet, but printing the pages in
numerical order, rather than in booklet-friendly order. Any other ideas?

 

[Mary Sauer]

Then use the suggestion Don gave to you, use two publications. You could cut the
sheets apart first, setup your printer for a custom size... This works for me.

 

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Thanks. I also found another solution based on an earlier post. My printer
will do 2-up printing, so I can set the doc up as 8.5 x 11 portrait, and the
printer to 8.5 x 11 landscape. I "grossed up" the font sizes etc, in the doc,
then let the printer do the work.