Problem printing mail merged booklet publisher 2002

[davel]

I have created a four page booklet and wanted to merge it. When I went to
print I discovered that Publisher does not give an option to print selected
pages in the "merge print" section. I thought I solved this problem by
simply starting a new document and copied the first two pages to the new
document. When I attempted to print the page positioning would be altered.
It would print page 1 on the left side of the page and page 2 on the right.
The next print would have page 1 on the right and page two on the left. This
would continue for the entire merge. I have gone through all of the the
print options and nothing seems to help. The page size is 8.5 by 14
The funny thing about this is that when I print the original four page
document by selection "print currrent page" it prints fine.

 

[Mary Sauer]

Do you have a duplex printer?
This article will explain how to print a merge for your booklet
Three Ways to Print Two-Sided Publications in Publisher 2002
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010563191033.aspx

 

[davel]

Mary,

Thanks for your reply, but I've printed the document just fine when I'm not
attempting to do a mail merge as I said in my original posting. I simply
print the first set of pages 1 & 4 flip the paper and print 2 & 3.
My problem starts when I do the mail merge. I even did what is outlined in
"three ways to print". This did not work. I put page 1 & 4 on a new
document and attempted to print. It fiirst printed page 1 on the right side
of the page and page 4 on the left side and then switched the positions. The
switching would go back and forth every other print.

 

[Mary Sauer]

If you are still selecting "booklet" as the page setup, then Publisher is printing as
a booklet.
Setup up pages 1 and 4 as a regular page, page 1 on the right, page 4 on the left.
Create your merge. Turn it over, page 2 on the left, page 3 on the right.

 

[davel]

Mary,

Again, Thanks for the reply - your solution works, but it doesn't say much
for the way Publisher works. I guess the big question is why can I print this
file as a "booklet" of four pages on two sheets of 8.5 x 14 paper with out
the pages altering from left to right on the first page when I simply use the
print function. As opposed to when I take the exact same file; do a mail
merge it and then attempt to print. This is when I attempt to print only the
first sheet which consists of page 1 & 4 and the position of the page lay out
is altered from left to right every other sheet. Page 1 takes the position of
page 4 and 4 takes the position of 1.
Even when I eliminated pages 2 & 3 this occured with the mail merge.
It totally has something to do with the mail merge or the same problem with
occur when I printed the document in the regular print mode and select page
"print current page". Eveything is the same except the merge. Even the fact
that I have the file set as "Booklet" If booklet was the problem the
switchiing of page position would occur when I'm using the standard print
page.
Why isn't there simply a print page selection in the mail merge print page?