Maail merge printing

[E9B6]

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

 

[Lee D]

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

[E9B6]

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

[E9B6]

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

[E9B6]

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

[E9B6]

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

[E9B6]

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

[Old Bruce]

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

[walt.farrell]

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

[E9B6]

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

[walt.farrell]

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.

[Wosven]

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.