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I created a document, mail merged to a new document, pages numbered 1 to 38, excel document numbered 1 to 38

Set to print. So why was the first document printed no 19 then 18,20,17,21 etc

This defies all logic

 

  • 3 weeks later...
Posted
On 2/3/2022 at 1:18 PM, Lee D said:

When printing are you adjusting the layout options in anyway as this can sometimes change the print order.

No the merge document is clearly first to last

Just done another similar merge of 30 and it printed 1 then 30 then 2 then 29 etc

  • 2 weeks later...
Posted

Just done another mail merge

Menu cards/ place names.

73 diners mail merge shows them all in order A1-13 B1-12 C1-12 D1-12 E 1-13 Top 1-19     ie table / seat numbers

The first one printed was D6 then D5 ie record number 37 then 36 then 38 etc. Plays havoc if the printer hiccups and you have to restart. 

The only way I have found so far is to print each page with a separate print instruction.

AND NO

Nothing was done to change anything after the mail merge, just the print instruction.

Where next?

 

CRG

Posted

Curiouser and curiouser

I just pulled up A1 the first record and printed "current page".

The page printed was top 19 ie record 73

So I cannot even print the current page - what on earth is going on?

CRG

Posted

Then called up A2 ie record no 2, and the page printed was record no 72

So my only choice is not to do a data merge, but use the original document, data merge can show the record, and then print it.

A long task, and never happened in 20 more years of page plus

Posted

so I tried selecting a range - ie all the seats on one table,

and the mail merge placed the left hand side3 of the page on both sides and there was only one page with the merged details.

I think the whole thing is BROKEN

Posted

Could you try exporting a PDF and then print that instead of the Publisher document.

Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 
Affinity Designer 2.6.0 | Affinity Photo 2.6.0 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.0 | Beta versions as they appear.

I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.

Posted

Can you share a sample .afpub file, and the merged file, and the Excel file with us?

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
PC:
    Desktop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 

    Laptop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU.
    Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2,  16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU
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Posted

Old Bruce

Yes that worked pdf file is in correct order, and can print from that

Walt Farrell

As the files contain some confidential material, could I pm it to you?

 

CRG

Posted
3 hours ago, E9B6 said:

As the files contain some confidential material, could I pm it to you?

You could PM me a link to a Dropbox (or other file sharing) site that has the files, but you may not be able to actually send the files themselves via PM as that may not be a capability that Serif has enabled here.

If you do, I will keep it confidential, but you should be aware that I'm a user, not a member of Serif staff.

Alternatively, you could prepare sample files that have the same problem, perhaps by removing the confidential data, and just upload those directly.

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
PC:
    Desktop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 

    Laptop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU.
    Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2,  16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU
iPad:  iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.5, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard 
Mac:  2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.5

Posted
6 hours ago, E9B6 said:

Yes that worked pdf file is in correct order, and can print from that

Did you check the print setting when printing from APub? It look like you're printing in booklet mode instead of simple mode.

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