Microsoft KB Archive/274000

= WD2002: Page Per Sheet Order Is Reversed When You Use Reverse Print Order =

Article ID: 274000

Article Last Modified on 7/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2002 Standard Edition

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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:

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

instead of

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



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.

Additional query words: WD2002

Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB274000

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