Double sided Merged post cards - both sides with merge fields on t

[larryboy]

What If i need to do double sided post cards? Both sides have merge fields on them

 

[Graham Mayor]

Much the simplest plan is to run a separate merge for each side of the
cards.

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[larryboy]

But that assumes no printer errors. If i have a duplex printer and want to do two sided copies of anything else, it's easy. Why is this so tough? What other options are there?

 

[larryboy]

That assumes they'll print without errors and that the merged info on the front side will be the right merged info to match that on the back side.

If i have a duplex printer and want to do anything else double sided, it's easy. Why is this so tough? What other options are there?

 

[larryboy]

That assumes they'll print without errors and that the merged info on the front side will be the right merged info to match that on the back side.

If i have a duplex printer and want to do anything else double sided, it's easy. Why is this so tough? What other options are there?

 

[larryboy]

That assumes they'll print without errors and that the merged info on the front side will be the right merged info to match that on the back side.

If i have a duplex printer and want to do anything else double sided, it's easy. Why is this so tough? What other options are there?

 

[Graham Mayor]

Using the web forum interface you managed to produce five copies of your
response - try accessing the newsgroups via the Microsoft newsserver
directly - see http://www.gmayor.com/MSNews.htm

It would be possible to lash something together, but the immediate problem
is with the way Word merges to labels. It creates a full page. You would
then need to create a full page of the flip side, before adding a second
page. Mail merge simply doesn't cater for this, so you would have to merge
to new documents and intersperse the pages in order to allow you to print
duplex - and there is still scope for printer error. It is simpler to run
separate merges.

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[Bob S]

What If i need to do double sided post cards? Both sides have merge fields on them

You will probably lay out the template for the merge as a table.
Depending on shape and dimensions, you may want it in landscape mode,
or you may want to leave it in portrait mode and rotate the text in
the table cells 90 degrees. Alternatively, you may be able to do it as
a "label" merge, in which case Word will put in the NEXT fields
mentioned below.

Each card on the first page of the main document should have the text
and fields for the first side of the first postcard, then SET fields
for each of the fields that will be needed on the other side, then a
NEXT field to advance to the next record, then the text and fields for
the second card, then SET fields, then a NEXT field, and so on. There
should be no NEXT field after the last card; Word automatically moves
to the next record for the next sheet. So the first card will look
like this:

{ MERGEFIELD FirstSideStuff }
{ SET Card1 { MERGEFIELD SecondSideStuff } }
{ NEXT }

The second page of the main document contains the text for the other
side of the cards. It accesses the merge data using REF's to the data
that was SET on the first page. Since you are already past the first
records you cannot access the data with MERGE fields. So the other
side of the first card (in whatever position it is on the page as
printed) will have:

{ REF Card1 }

You will need to find out which way your printer flips the paper when
printing the second side. You will probably need to lay out the second
side in reverse record order. Test it all with a small sample (two
sheets) of addresses and use (cheap) plain paper; you will probably
get it wrong the first few times.

Bob S