Oddly, I don't think I started with it as a Directory merge, even though
what I was making *was* a directory; I tend to think of the
Catalog/Directory option as being for having more than one record on a page.
I think I started with form letters, since each record was going to be a
separate page (it was for a loose-leaf pictorial directory of my Rotary
club, one member per page), but then that results in a lot of section
breaks, which I wanted to avoid.

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"Sue" wrote in message
...
Thank you, Suzanne!! Putting the document as a Directory merge worked like
a
charm. I just had to put a "Page Break" at the end of the document and
voila--two documents per page. I have been cutting paper in half for a
year--Finally got tired of it and vowed to get to the bottom of the issue.
Never thought of putting it in a directory format because I did not think
of
the document as a "directory"--just a "half-page letter".

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

I have done this, and it was not especially difficult. I set it up as a
Directory merge with the first paragraph on the page formatted as "Page
break before." It may be possible to do this as a Letter merge, but I
haven't tried it. When you use "2 pages per sheet" in Page Setup, you
don't
need to use "2 pages per sheet" in the Print dialog; they are mutually
exclusive.

My guess is that you have a page break (or something that causes a page
break) at the end of your mail merge main document, and that is creating
a
blank page following each record; see
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/BlankPage.htm

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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Sue" wrote in message
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I would like to print 2 half pages of a mail merge per 8.5 x 11" sheet
of
paper. I have the Page Setup set for two pages per sheet. I get
the
documents on a half sheet but only one document per sheet of paper. I
would
like to have it print two documents on one sheet of paper.

When I go to File Print to change the Zoom--the Zoom is grayed out
so I
cannot change it. Is there a way to make this option available to
change
"Pages per sheet:" from "1 page" to "2 pages".

If I set the Page Setup Pages to "Normal", the Zoom is now available
on
the File Print. But it still only prints one document per page and
the
document is half the normal size (with "No Scaling" option on).

Is there a way to print a half page mail merge document--2 pages per
sheet
of 8.5 x 11" paper?

Thank you for the help.