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twh - 27 Oct 2004 16:40 GMT
I have a template with multiple sheets which are printed out as part of a
report (graphs & tables).  Selecting all relevant sheets and printing them
results in reproducible but odd printing order (almost looks like the order
in which a sheet was added to the template).  A footer with page numbers
correctly labels the sheets in the expected order.

Can I control the order of printing to avoid the nuisance of resorting the
pages?

TIA
Jeff - 10 Nov 2004 09:29 GMT
Are the sheets in the order your want them to print i.e. from left to right.

If they are and you select the relevant sheets by pressing cntr and keeping
it pressed while you select the sheets you want to print, then print all
active sheets, it should print the pages in order.

i.e. sheet 1 page 1, 2 3 etc, then sheet 2 page 1,2 ,3 etc and so on

An alternative would be to copy all the charts on to one sheet and arrange
the pages through 'Page Break view' on the View menu

This depends on the size and number of pages - it can be done but the sheet
may become too big to view

>I have a template with multiple sheets which are printed out as part of a
>report (graphs & tables).  Selecting all relevant sheets and printing them
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twh - 17 Nov 2004 17:58 GMT
Thanks for the reply,
That is what I thought as well (selection from left to right would control
order) but something else appears to be controlling the print order.
Thought there might be something hidden in the sheet object properties (see
VBA editor) that was controlling this controlling the print order.
TWH

> Are the sheets in the order your want them to print i.e. from left to
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Paul Cundle - 17 Nov 2004 18:32 GMT
If you look at the sheet names in the properties window of the VBA editor,
there *are* instances where Excel seems to get a bit confused. I think it's
something that occurs when reordering sheets, but unfortunately I can't
really remember and I don't know what effect it has on printing, if any.
It's certainly worth searching for on the internet, I would say -
particularly in the Excel groups on http://groups.google.com/

As an experiment, have you tried copying the sheets into a new workbook to
create a replica? Try doing it one sheet at a time and in the order that you
want them to be, and see what happens. If it's something that has to be done
regularly then obviously this isn't a practical solution, but it may give a
clue as to whether we're on the right lines.

Paul C,
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> Thanks for the reply,
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