WD2002: Page Per Sheet Order Is Reversed When You Use Reverse Print Order (274000)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Word 2002
This article was previously published under Q274000

For a Microsoft Word 2000 version of this article, see 224662.

SYMPTOMS

When you print a document in reverse print order with more than one page per sheet, the pages that are printed on each sheet and the actual pages being printed are in reverse order.

For example, if the following are all true:
  • You have four physical pages of text.

    -and-
  • Reverse print order is selected.

    -and-
  • You select to print two pages per sheet.
The result is as follows: 

 -----------------      -----------------
|                 |    |                 |
|                 |    |                 |
| Page 4   Page 3 |    | Page 2   Page 1 |
|                 |    |                 |
|                 |    |                 |
|                 |    |                 |
|                 |    |                 |
|                 |    |                 |
|                 |    |                 |
|                 |    |                 |
 -----------------      -----------------
   first sheet            second sheet

instead of 

 -----------------      -----------------
|                 |    |                 |
|                 |    |                 |
| Page 3   Page 4 |    | Page 1   Page 2 |
|                 |    |                 |
|                 |    |                 |
|                 |    |                 |
|                 |    |                 |
|                 |    |                 |
|                 |    |                 |
|                 |    |                 |
 -----------------      -----------------
   first sheet            second sheet

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

To turn on the Reverse Print Order feature, follow these steps:
  1. On the Tools menu, click Options.
  2. On the Print tab, click to select Reverse print order.
To set the number of pages per sheet, follow these steps:
  1. On the File menu, click Print.
  2. In the Zoom section, in the Pages per sheet box, select the number of pages per sheet that you want.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:7/27/2006
Keywords:kbbug kbpending KB274000
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