You’ll be prompted to name this new custom preset, I’d suggest you name it “2-sided printing”.įrom this point on, when you want to print a document double-sided, follow this 2-step process instead of the 3-step process above: That takes you back to the main print window.Īt this point, click open the 2nd item “Presets” and choose the option “Save Current Settings as Preset…”.

What you do is complete steps 1-3 above, but then click the Cancel button instead of the Print button. Unfortunately, this change isn’t saved to the document, every time you want to print something you have to do this stupid 3-step operation. There is a way to cut it down just a tad though, by creating a preset option. Your document will print out double-sided.

Click open the Two-sided menu box and choose “Long-edge binding” (this flips the page on the long edge).

Click open the 3rd item, Copies & Pages, then click the Layout menu item.

That opens up the main print window with the document ready to print. The software engineers at Microsoft apparently think it’s ok to bury the 2-sided printing option down in the weeds of print/printer settings. I think it’s unnecessarily obtuse, and double-sided printing in Word (or any MS Office type of file) should be straightforward and on the main print dialogue box. Microsoft Word for Mac operates a bit differently than it does on the Windows computer platform. Some pre-print windows in other programs on my Mac have a button that says “printer” which you can use to get 2-sided. When I print a Word document I’ve created on my Macbook Pro, it does not and it always comes out 1-sided.

My printer prints 2-sided (auto-duplex), and most of the things I print give me the option to do so. Mac Word 2-sided Printing: a reader asks…

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