printer can't seem to print sections...

[belee02]

I am trying to figure out a way to print sections of a long mail
merged document- I came to this group and found the instruction to
enter, let's say, s2 to s10...only problem is my printer won't accept
a letters in the 'page number section' (it is an antique Personal
Laserwriter LS).

The option to print 'selected areas only' on my printer is greyed out,
so I can't print out a page or two that way either....

I have found that in the mailmerge helper one can print sections, but
my document is so large, I'm wondering if there is a way to make a
field to automatically assign a (non-printing) number to each section
or record--for no other reason than to find a way NOT to print out an
entire document each time I want to print.

Any suggestions on how to deal with this would be much appreciated,
except to buy a new printer - I can't afford it and what this old
printer DOES manage to print out looks great!

(BTW, I am using a pre-2002 version of word)

Thanks

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Hi Belee,

Just how are you trying to print the document? Word's File>Print dialog is
what controls what is sent to the print and I very much doubt that the
printer would be stopping you from entering the section numbers into the
Pages control in the Page range section of the dialog that appears when you
select Print from the File menu.

Please post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for the
benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions forwarded
directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis.

Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP