Printing problems with booklets in Publisher 2007

[nimrod108]

Someone did ask this question already, but in previous versions of publisher
if I had a 10 page booklet and I put in to print page 2, it would ask me if I
wanted to print it as a separate page or not, if I answered NO (which I
always did) it would print pages 2 and 9 automatically. Mary has already said
that there is a NEW feature which means you have to work out which page
matches in 2007, so instead of me just typing in page 2 and the PC working
out page 9 goes with that. I know have to do it myself and type in 2,9. Great
eh? A backwards step me thinks.

Also even when I do this approach it seems to get it wrong. Pages 1,10 come
out right but pages 2,9 come out in the wrong order so that went I put my
paper back through to print on the other side. The booklet goes from page
1,9,3,7,5,6,4,8,2,10, instead of 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. I'm just about ready
to switch back to Publisher 2003, I will need to for printing booklets
anyway, that is for sure.

Is there a solution? I've searched the web and tried everything. The only
thing that works is using pub2003 for printing.

 

[nimrod108]

I have made tons of special fold booklets in publisher 2003. In fact each
year I make a 48 page booklet, which is made up of 4 pages on each A4 page.
This booklet is printed 50 times. So I usually do 50 of each page. So I don't
want to print just one copy of the booklet at a time. If you print the
booklet in 2007 in one go, it does it right, but when you try to do it page a
time as I've done so many times before in 2003 it doesn't work. Its ok at
least a 2007 document works in 2003 I'm going back to 2003 to get the thing
printed. I would like to know the answer to this though.

In 2003 I would have selected page 2 for printing and in my current document
it would have printed page 47 with it. It would have printed page 2 on the
left side and page 47 on the right hand side, which is correct. in 2007 even
if I type in 2,47 so its at least doing the right pages, it prints page 2 on
the right hand side and page 47 on the left hand side which is totally wrong.

I teach MS Applications at college, so I do know a bit about them and this
does seem to be a bug to me.

 

[Mary Sauer]

Hello nimrod108,
The print interface for 2007 is a mess to say the least. I have spent my morning
trying to get the correct print for a booklet. It is a no go. As you have
discovered the only way it works is to print the whole thing. I never received
the "no" option in 2007.
I have reverted back to 2003 for booklets. I have reported the print problems.
Maybe in the service packs.
The beta site is still open, you can submit a bug.
https://connect.microsoft.com/site/sitehome.aspx?SiteID=227&wa=wsignin1.0
You will have to have a passport password.

 

[Uncle Grumpy]

Sorry I failed to provide any help; I'm a Pub 2000 user and thought '07
printing would perform in the same way.

I recently UPGRADED from PUB 2000 to PUB 2007.

There is NO comparison between the two.

 

[Ivee]

This certainly seems confusing. However, if you list the page numbers
backward of how you want them, then you should get them right. It's a good
idea to check Print Preview to be sure, just reverse it if it's not what you
want. I wouldn't cry, however, if they changed to be more straight forward.
I do like this feature (being able to choose your own page numbers) in that
if I change several pages and want to see just those pages I can list all the
pages I want and only those print. Usually if I want to check a page I don't
need to see it's correct opposite. But I take it that this person wants to
print one page at a time as part of his final print so the correct order is
important . I do like the expanded information that is right up front. If
I'm still working on a document I can see what setting I used the last time I
printed, and if I need to make a change.