It is often preferrable to print a publication using both
sides of a single sheet of paper. This is called duplex printing. Some printers
have a setting to turn the paper automatically and print on both sides. On
printers that do not support duplex printing, you can manually perform duplex
printing.
Manual duplex printing requires that you print all the
odd numbered pages first. When they are finished printing, you have to remove
the printed pages from the printer, turn or rotate the pages based on how the
printer feeds the paper, and then place the paper back in the printer so that
you can print the reverse side.
Microsoft Publisher does not have the ability
to print only the even or odd numbered pages in a publication. However,
starting with Microsoft Publisher 2002, you can use a Microsoft Visual Basic for
Applications (VBA) macro to do manual duplex printing.
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The following sample macro will work with any
document that is using either the
Full Page or
Custom Publication type layout, as long as you are printing one page per printed page.
The
PrintOut method does not support the use of optional printing parameters
when it is called.
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PrintOut Method
The
PrintOut method prints all or part of the specified document.
Syntax for the PrintOut Method
Use the following syntax for the
PrintOut method:
expression.PrintOut(From, To, PrintToFile, Copies, Collate)
where expression is an expression that returns one of the objects in
the "Applies To" list. Expression is required for the
AutoFilter method. The
following table lists the optional arguments for the
PrintOut method and the
descriptions for the arguments.
Argument Description
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
From The starting page number. Type: Long.
To The ending page number. Type: Long.
PrintToFile The path and file name of a document to be printed to a
file. Type: String.
Copies The number of copies to be printed. Type: Long.
Collate When printing multiple copies of a document, True to print
all pages of the document before printing the next copy.
Type: Boolean.
Sample Macro
The following sample macro prints the active publication.
Sub PrintActivePublication()
ThisDocument.PrintOut
End Sub
| 1. | On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Visual Basic Editor. |
| 2. | On the Insert menu, click Module.
Publisher inserts a module called Module1 into your project. |
| 3. | In the Module window, type the following code:
Function OddPrint(lCopies As Long) As Boolean
Dim i As Long
Dim j As Long
Dim lPages As Long
'
' Find out how many pages are in the publication.
'
lPages = ActiveDocument.Pages.Count
'
' This is the outer loop to repeat the print sequence
' for the number of copies set by the user.
'
For j = 1 To lCopies
'
' Inner loop, print out each page skipping the even
' pages by starting at page one, then incrementing
' the page number by two.
'
For i = 1 To lPages Step 2
ActiveDocument.PrintOut i, i
Next i
Next j
'
' Return a value of true for the operation.
'
OddPrint = True
End Function
Function EvenPrint(lCopies As Long) As Boolean
Dim i As Long
Dim j As Long
Dim lPages As Long
'
' Find out how many pages are in the publication.
'
lPages = ActiveDocument.Pages.Count
'
' This is the outer loop to repeat the print sequence
' for the number of copies set by the user.
'
For j = 1 To lCopies
'
' Inner loop, print out each page skipping the odd
' pages by starting at page two, then incrementing
' the page number by two.
'
For i = 2 To lPages Step 2
ActiveDocument.PrintOut i, i
Next i
Next j
'
' Return a value of true for the operation.
'
EvenPrint = True
End Function
Sub PrintOddEven()
Dim lCopies As Long
'
' Prompt to enter the number of copies to be printed.
'
lCopies = InputBox("How many copies?", Default:=1)
'
' Print out the odd pages of the publication. If
' OddPrint returns True, then continue.
'
If OddPrint(lCopies) = True Then
'
' If OK is select to continue printing even
' pages, then call the EvenPrint function and pass
' it the number of copies to print.
'
If MsgBox("Print Even Pages?", vbOKOnly, _
"Printing Even Pages") = vbOK Then
EvenPrint (lCopies)
End If
End If
End Sub
|
| 4. | Quit the Visual Basic Editor. |
| 5. | On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Macros. |
| 6. | In the Macro Name list, click PrintOddEven. |
| 7. | Click Run. |
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