Printing to different paper in a 2-page merge document

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Shelly - 17 May 2006 21:43 GMT

I have a 2-page document, each page of which will be personalized via mail
merge. I need to print the first and second pages on different paper for each
set of letters. I know how to set the printer options when I have a single
2-page letter, but I can't figure out how to do it for the merged letters.

How do I set it up so the printer alternates pulling from tray 1 (for first
page) and tray 2 (for continuation page) of the letters?

Thanks in advance.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 18 May 2006 04:48 GMT

If you execute the merge to a new document and then use a macro containing
the following code on that document, it will send each letter to the printer
as a separate print job, which may allow you to achieve what you want.

Dim i As Long
With ActiveDocument
For i = 1 To .Sections.Count
.PrintOut Range:=wdPrintFromTo, From:="s" & i, To:="s" & i
Next i
End With

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>I have a 2-page document, each page of which will be personalized via mail
> merge. I need to print the first and second pages on different paper for
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> Thanks in advance.

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Shelly - 18 May 2006 13:51 GMT

Thank you for the information. However, I have never worked with macros so I
have no idea how to include it in the merged document.

> If you execute the merge to a new document and then use a macro containing
> the following code on that document, it will send each letter to the printer
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> > Thanks in advance.

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Peter Jamieson - 18 May 2006 15:12 GMT

See

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/CreateAMacro.htm

Peter Jamieson

> Thank you for the information. However, I have never worked with macros so
> I
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Graham Mayor - 18 May 2006 15:24 GMT

You don't 'include it in the document' you run it with the merged docuemnt
open. See http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

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> Thank you for the information. However, I have never worked with
> macros so I have no idea how to include it in the merged document.
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>>> Thanks in advance.

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