Hi,

I have a simple issue - I want to print a letter that may or may not run onto more than one page.

I don't use a header or footer and I use a single "Content" field for the text of the letter. Rather than obtain an answer to this specific approach, I would like to know what is the recognised approach for printing variable-length documents, without printing blank pages if you specify print "All" on the print settings.

I don't want to continually have to specify how many pages I want to print out after I've modified the letter.

Thanks.

In layout mode, select the object(s) and choose Format | Sliding/Printing | Sliding Up Based on | All Above. As an aside, some printers have a setting to disallow printing blank pages.

Mr. Transpower missed an important additional step: Make sure that "Also reduce the size of the enclosing part" is checked.

Another method that really does work quite well, if you can create your letter with a single text block and merge fields, your letter sliding and printing will be more predictable.

Thanks for both your suggestions.

What I have done is to create a field for inputting the text and then placed a merge field (same field name) directly beneath it.

Both fields go down beyond the first page, but the text-only field is configured to not print.

It works well.

Thanks,

Roger.