Why MS Word keeps defaulting to double sided printing?

Even when I manually go into MS Word’s print setting and change “Two Sided - to binding edges” to “Two Sided - Off.” It will print one sided for that particular print job, but then default back to “Two Sided - to binding edges” immediately, forcing me to re-set the change every print job.

iMac 27″, macOS 10.12

Posted on Dec 26, 2020 10:37 AM

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Dec 26, 2020 11:35 AM in response to Rhythm Earthsong

The following may help: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_word-mso_mac-mso_365hp/printing-presets-on-mac-office-365/f1ca01ba-8d9b-47cb-bbfb-83c14a784a54

If not you may want to search or post a question in the Microsoft Word for Mac forum: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_word-mso_mac?sort=LastReplyDate&dir=Desc&tab=All&status=all&mod=&modAge=&advFil=&postedAfter=&postedBefore=&threadType=all&isFilterExpanded=false&page=1

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