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MS Office Forum / Word / Numbering / April 2005Page numbering (and duplex) problem
Not al numbering, but... Word XP is driving me demented! I have a document with an odd number of pages set to print duplex (on my Brother 1670N duplex printer). It prints fine from Word 2000. In Word XP, it prints in reverse order (whether I select it or not) and prints the pages wrongly so that 2 and 3 are on the same sheet instead of 1 and 2. So I decided to experiment and print in smaller chunks - Reverse on with an even number of pages (eg 1-4) works fine BUT, when I print from page 1-4, I get Page 1 of 4 instead of Page 1 of 85. Fine in print preview, but it changes when it prints. WHY? I can probably fix it with a bookmark pageref and a fake page 86, but I'd like to know what broke it and a "proper" way to make it work. I do hope someone can help. Kathy Try printing pages 1-4 in reverse order.  SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > Not al numbering, but... > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Kathy Thanks, Suzanne, I tried that and still got page 4 of 4, page 3 of 4 etc - the duplex was perfect - but breaks again if I do pages 1-5, for example. At the moment I have a blank page 86 in a separate section with no numbering set and a bookmark on page 85, but I don't want to have to do this for every document with an odd number of pages. Perhaps I'll just have to resign myself to it... Kathy > Try printing pages 1-4 in reverse order. > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > > > Kathy Duplexing will always be a problem with an odd number of pages. I would think the trick would be to persuade the printer not to print in reverse order. Some printers do this by default, but usually setting Word to print in reverse order will reverse that so that the printer prints in the right order. As for the Page X of Y issue, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/PageXofY.htm SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > Thanks, Suzanne, I tried that and still got page 4 of 4, page 3 of 4 etc - > the duplex was perfect - but breaks again if I do pages 1-5, for example. > [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > > > > > Kathy Unfortunately, although it works perfectly with Word 2000 and 97 (and other apps), XP doesn't talk to the printer driver in a way it can understand. I've had the printer for years and have always printed manuals duplex on it with no problem - regardless of number of pages (as you say, reverse in Word + reverse on printer = perfect forward printing document) Then I printed one on the Office XP machine... No idea what it's telling the printer, but the printer doesn't like it and prints in reverse order whatever you set. Sorry, I'm just ranting. But if anyone else in Europe has a Brother 1670N and Office 2002 on Windows 2000 and has discovered that the latest driver (1.45) prevents brochure printing in Publisher and is therefore using 1.35, I can tell them that the only way to print duplex from Word is to use create an even number of pages. I'm going to write a macro to add a section with one page and a blank header and footer to the end of the doc and a bookmark to the last odd page, as I can see that I'm gong to be going this a lot! Thanks for your help and for listening to my rant. I LIKE my printer, I don't want to have to ditch it and buy something else. Kathy > Duplexing will always be a problem with an odd number of pages. I would > think the trick would be to persuade the printer not to print in reverse [quoted text clipped - 51 lines] > > > > > > > > Kathy I feel your pain. There is nothing more frustrating than having a program or printer (or combination of the two) that will *not* do what you tell it. FWIW, there are many known conflicts between printer drivers (especially HP) and Word 2002/2003, so you're not alone in this scenario--whether it's Page X of Y or a 2.67" trailing margin or wacky duplexing or whatever. SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > Unfortunately, although it works perfectly with Word 2000 and 97 (and other > apps), XP doesn't talk to the printer driver in a way it can understand. [quoted text clipped - 81 lines] > > > > > > > > > > Kathy |
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