How to print letter size pages as tabloid spreads in Publisher on Mac OS

[cchris]

I'm trying to print a couple pages for review (from a guide I'm preparing) as a spread on tabloid (11 x 17) paper. Sometimes it works, but most times the pages display out of order. I'm running Mac OS High Sierra 10.13.

I've tried printing using the Booklet and Book layout models (they seem to impose the page order randomly); 2 pages per sheet (almost worked, but couldn't get the pages to scale to 100%); and setting up spreads in Spread Setup... (messed up the page layout, and after I fixed them, refused to appear as spreads in the print dialog). Everything fails spectacularly and uniquely.

There's almost nothing on this subject on the web, and the Help doesn't cover this issue. (As a workaround, I suppose the spread could be created from two single-page PDFs, but that's a lot of extra work when the answer should be in Publisher.)

[walt.farrell]

23 minutes ago, cchris said:

I've tried printing using the Booklet and Book layout models (they seem to impose the page order randomly); 2 pages per sheet (almost worked, but couldn't get the pages to scale to 100%); and setting up spreads in Spread Setup... (messed up the page layout, and after I fixed them, refused to appear as spreads in the print dialog). Everything fails spectacularly and uniquely.

Assuming the document is setup as single pages (not facing pages), I would select the pages in the Print dialog and configure it this way. Note that I am on Windows, so your Print dialog will look different, but I've highlighted the settings I think are the most important ones:

[cchris]

You're a marvel! Works like a charm, and of course it's the one combination I didn't try.