Manual duplex Outlook 2007

[John Alexander]

I used the manual duplex printing option in Outlook 2003 to print 2-page
weekly calendars correctly for my day planner. This is not possible printing
'odds' and 'evens', and the feature appears to be missing from Outlook 2007.
Is there a way to print on both sides of the paper manually (manual duplex)
for calendar view in Outlook 2007? Thanks in advance!

 

[Jocelyn Fiorello]

Have you tried using the Calendar Printing Assistant for Outlook? It may
have been included in your Office package...if not, go to Office Downloads at
the Microsoft site and get it (it's free). You can do duplex printing
through the CPA.

 

[John Alexander]

Thank you for this advice. The CPA is certainly a neat product and I was
unaware of it, so thank you for this info! However, it still doesn't do
manual duplex, and doesn't print 2-up correctly. I am trying to print for a
day planner that uses 5.5" x 8.5" pages (1/2-letter). When I printed from
Outlook 2003 using Manual duplex, it ended up printing 4 pages per sheet of
paper in 'booklet' form. I cut the paper, punched holes using a hole punch,
and it worked perfectly. With OL2007, this ability is gone, and with the
CPA, if I try to print to 5.5" x 8.5" (or even to 'letter booklet'), it
prints the wrong orientation so you still use 1 sheet per page.

Back to OL07 -- I found it funny when trying to print a tel/adds list that
one of my choices was 'booklet'. I chose this and printed, and got a dialog
box suggesting I enable duplexing (even though duplexing wasn't an available
option).

Currently, the solution is using FinePrint which works okay. I print from
Outlook to letter-sized paper, then use FinePrint to make booklets out of it.
But, I'd really like to be able to print directly from Outlook 2007 (or
using the CPA) with at least the same level of functionality I used to have
with Outlook 2003.

I'm going to say 'yes' to rate your response highly, however I am still
disappointed in Outlook itelf that they removed functionality between 2003
and 2007 (if that makes any sense). Thanks so much for your time!!

/John

 

[Jocelyn Fiorello]

If FinePrint is doing the job for you right now, I'd say stick with it until
maybe there is a better solution one day. You might want to post a
"suggestion to Microsoft" that you want the manual duplexing to work again in
Outlook 2007...to do this, go to the Office-specific web community portal at
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx. Navigate to
the Outlook section and choose the Calendaring group. When creating a new
message, choose the "Suggestion for Microsoft" option. Type out your message
as a suggestion -- be specific in what you want and need. When your message
appears in the community after posting (it may take a while), there will be a
disclaimer at the bottom that indicates it is a suggestion for Microsoft, to
let others know. They can vote on it, and the more positive votes it gets,
the more likely Microsoft will consider some kind of fix or new strategy in
later versions.

Thanks for the positive feedback btw

 

[John Alexander]

Thanks again.

FinePrint is okay - but not perfect. I prefer the look when Outlook 2003
printed directly to the printer. I will post a suggestion as you recommended
below. Thanks.

BTW, I found it interesting that Word 2007 has a checkbox for "manual duplex
printing" on my print dialog box. Not sure why all the Office 2007
components don't use the same print dialog.

 

[Jocelyn Fiorello]

I used to wonder why there were so many differences between Office products
when it came to things like print options. Each product has its own design
and development team at Microsoft, apparently, and perhaps they don't have to
agree on everything, even though they package their products together.

 

[Glenda]

I wholeheartedly agree with your request for this functionality. I too used
Outlook 2002 to print for my Franklin planner. While I have not yet tried
Fine Print, I have successfully gotten the calendar to print through the CPA
by cutting my 8 1/2 x 11 paper in half first, adjusting the paper size to 1/2
letter (5.5 x 8.5 inches) in the CPA, and then printing. However, the
heading at the top of the page is cut off, and the calendar entries are
truncated. Ugly solution, but the best I could find. And, yes, I did vote
for your suggestion requesting this function.

 

[Anja]

Hej John

er du dansker .. jeg har svært ved at udtrykke mig på engelsk... hvis du har
mulighed for at hjælpe mig med et enkelt problem i Outlook????

det er kalenderen som jeg vil ha til at vise hver dag når der er opgaver som
er gældende hele dagen... det er de bjælker der er for oven.... de vises kun
den dato som er lige i dag... hvis du forstår... jeg ville garne ha den til
at vise alle 7 dage... håber du forstår??? ved du hvordan

Mvh Anja

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