[softwarelist] Re: OPro RISC OS Mailmerge problem.

On 10 Dec 2007  Alan Adams <alan.adams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:

> In message <4f4f1242c3evan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>           Evan Clark <evan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> In article <3f3a0b4f4f.pnyoung@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>>    Dr Peter Young <pnyoung@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>>> I'm trying to print a two-page letter making fairly extensive use of
>>> mailmerge, and I want to print this on two sides of the same sheet; I
>>> don't have a duplex printer.

>>> As far as I can see, there is no way of printing only a side at a time
>>> when using mailmerge. In particular, setting "pause" in Print Setup
>>> appears to have no effect. Is this really so, or am I doing something
>>> wrong somewhere?

>> I can't see a way of doing what you want directly from OPro, but in case
>> no one comes up with a better solution, you could use PrintPDF to create
>> a PDF file, then use the double-sided facility of !PDF to print the odd
>> then even pages.

> You can do it, but you need to use both the Print and Mailmerge
> dialogues.

[snip full explanation]

That sounds good, and many thanks; I'll give it a go later today. It 
was beyond my powers of lateral thinking :-)

Thanks also to David for explaining about "pause"

With best wishes,

Peter.

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