How to print selected non-adjacent pages?

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How to print selected non-adjacent pages?

I need to print out a few hundred pages using both sides of the paper (as my printer doesn't do 2-sided). Before, in Word for Mac, I could print a large range of discontinuous uneven pages all at once (selecting a range of 1, 3, 5, etc).-- and simply turn the pile of pages to print out the evens (2,4,6 etc). Very frustrated now since "upgrading" to Lion 10.7.2. as it means not only that hundreds of my Word for Mac documents are unreadable, but also that I can't print large ranges og discontinuous pages in Pages. PLease help -- I'll go crazy -- and wear out my printer drawer -- if I have to manually turn each and every page...for hundreds and hundreds of pages....

iMac, Mac OS X (10.4.11), iMac 4.1, Intel Core Duo, 4 Gb mem

Posted on Dec 14, 2011 2:12 PM

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Answer 1

Dec 14, 2011 2:20 PM in response to louisefilming

Even if you don't have two sided printing, check to see if you don't have a manuel setting for it.

Or, you could print all odd pages, then even:

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Answer 2

Dec 14, 2011 2:23 PM in response to louisefilming

If you have Adobe Acrobat reader, you could print as a pdf and print from there. At least in SL it has the option to select pages to print separated by commas.

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Answer 3

Lanny

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Dec 14, 2011 4:42 PM in response to louisefilming

Not an issue here for me with Word 2011, perhaps it is a printer driver related deficiency, or you're not looking at the proper print menu selection:

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Answer 4

Dec 14, 2011 4:47 PM in response to louisefilming

Thanks SO much, Keith! The Adobe Acrobat Reader did the trick -- and saved me hours of frustration.

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Answer 5

Dec 14, 2011 4:51 PM in response to Glenn Leblanc

My Pages '09 print screen didn't show the same options (and the 2-sided printing option was greyed out). Is your print screen from Pages '11?

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Answer 6

Dec 14, 2011 4:57 PM in response to Lanny

Thanks Lanny, you inadvertantly helped me with another issue! When I updated to Lion, I was suddenly informed that my old edition of Word for Mac (2004!) was "no longer supported," meaning my hundreds of documents had to be converted to Pages. I reluctantly switched to Pages and haven't been very happy (old habits die hard) -- and now thanks to your reminder realize that I could upgrade the Word for the functions that I miss...hmm, hard to decide....

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Answer 7

Lanny

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Dec 14, 2011 6:05 PM in response to louisefilming

The print screen is from Word 2011. There is no such thing as Pages 11.

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