Hi Graham,
This is probably simpler than my method, but depending on the duplexing
capability of the printer (Flip on short side or flip on long side), it may
be necessary to re-arrange the order of the second set of records
For flip on long side which is the default I believe, the records would need
to be in the following order
Record1
Record2
Record3
Record4
Record2
Record1
Record4
Record3
If the flip is on the short side, the records would need to be
Record1
Record2
Record3
Record4
Record3
Record4
Record1
Record2
and also the text will be upside down relative to that on the other side of
the card.
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"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
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It is simpler to create separate merges for front and back.
The merge will not step back in the data to print the back of the card
(the second page) with the data from the first card.
If you want to merge into both the front and the back of the card, I would
guess that one practical way would be to create a new data file with each
block of four records duplicated (include blank records if your data file
is not a multiple of 8 or the last sheet of the merge will be wrong), eg
Record1
Record2
Record3
Record4
Record1
Record2
Record3
Record4
Record5
Record6
Record7
Record8
Record5
Record6
Record7
Record8
Record 9
blank
blank
blank
Record 9
You could then create a new label document comprising two pages - set the
document type to 'letter'
and on the first page enter one side of the cards and on the second page
enter the other side information. Add a next record field at the start of
each cell except the first one on the first page. Propagation will not
work so you will have to use copy and paste to create the other three
'labels' on each page.
I don't have a printer which duplexes, but the method works in practice
when merged to a new document.
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taxmom wrote:
I need to print a postcards using 4 cards per 8 1/2 x 11 paper. I
want to put merge specific data on the front of the card and the
clients name and mailing address on the back of the card. Can anyone
walk me through the steps to do this. I am not having any problems
with the mail merge function, I just can't figure out how to do the
double sided merge. I do have duplex printing capabilities