Good point, in fact I'm pretty sure I've done just that, using specifically PDF Creator. Even though you can't edit it, at least you can have a look at it before sending it to the printer and potentially wasting a lot of paper and ink. Dick, Webster, NY In a message dated 12/9/2005 1:47:33 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
What if you printed to PDF using something like PDF Creator? I grant you it wouldn't be editable, but it would be printable. Steven Cox Inetprime.Net CarlP wrote: > Thanks, rlshadow. I can print directly to the printer, and have > resolved my other issue of being able to take advantage of my printer > driver's duplexing option. But I sometimes want to save to a document > or file to print at a later time. Other merge approaches (notably M$ > Word) actually write a merge file with all records merged into the > template. This can be saved for later printing, edited, etc., a much > more useable approach. Seems like OO should be able to do something > similar, instead of generating individual print files. > > But then, I'm not a programmer at this level, so what do I know? > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> If you're printing directly to the printer, you should be able to >> send it in a single step. If you're trying to send it to the printer >> and it's still only going as single records, then let us know >> specifically what steps you're doing, because that shouldn't happen. >> >> However, if you're sending it to file instead of to to a printer, as >> far as I know, there will be one file for each record. Not real >> practical in my opinion, but I am not aware of any way around it. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: CarlP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 10:37:11 -0500 >> Subject: [users] Printing merge docs >> >> WinXP Home, OO 2, Athlon 1.7GHz, Brother HL-1440 >> >> Is there a way to merge a document and its data source into a single >> file instead of individual files for each record? I tried doing this >> to allow me to duplex print (couldn't get the printer setup to work - >> I've since resolved that) but I got individual files for each record. >> I'm glad it was only a small merge of 30 or so records, not several >> thousand. >> >> Thanks, >> Carl >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
