James, actually I posted the way to do it before when you posted in the
other newsgroup. Since you didn't specify originally how the project was
laid out I gave initially confusing advice but it hit on exactly what you
wanted to do. Here's the directions rewritten in a more readable format.
The data for the merge, in this case in Excel, is 4 labeled columns (Label A
in A1, B in B1, C in C1 and D in D1), with the beginning number at the top
of the first column (starting in A2), then ending number of "tracking
numbers" plus one as the beginning number for column 2 (beginning in B2),
the ending number from column 2 plus one for column 3(beginning in C2) and
the ending number for column 3 plus one as the beginning number for column 4
(beginning in D2). If column A had 1 - 50 in it the first number in column
B would be 51, C would be 101 and D would be 151.
The page layout in Publisher needs to show the four-up layout on a full size
sheet of paper. (Four identical forms laid out top to bottom. Create the
forms with the proper space for the numbers and then save the document just
in case something goes wrong.) Do a Mail Merge on this full sheet of forms.
Select the Excel spreadsheet you created and saved earlier as your data
source. In step 3 of 5 in the Mail and Catalog Merge wizard, click on the T
next to the column A label and it will appear on the document. Position and
resize the box, select the default font, etc and when satisfied with that
one, click outside the box to turn off the drag handles. Click the T next
to the next label. Position and arrange the second one on the sheet for the
second form and when done click outside the box to turn off it's drag
handles. Continue for the remaining two forms on the page.
When done save your work and then click Next to Preview your Publication.
Once the way you want it, print to your heart's content.
Hope this explanation is better and helps more than the first.
