Troubleshoot printing a two-page layout or booklet

My publication is missing parts of objects that straddle a two-page spread

Most printers have a nonprintable region around the edge of the paper. The region is usually between 0.25 and 0.5 inches wide. Anything in that region won't be printed.

If you don't want objects straddling the gutter, you should determine your printer's nonprintable region and reposition objects to avoid it.

How?

  1. On the Microsoft Windows taskbar, click the Start button, point to Accessories, and then click WordPad.
  2. On the File menu, click Page Setup.
  3. Set the Left, Right, Top and Bottom margin boxes to zero. The margins will be automatically reset to the minimum margin that is supported by the printer.
  4. Note the minimum margins.
  5. Open a publication in Microsoft Publisher.
  6. On the Arrange menu, click Layout Guides.
  7. Under Margin Guides, enter the margins for Left, Right, Top, and Bottom.
  8. Click OK.

Your layout guides now show where the the location of the nonprintable. Make sure that all objects are inside of that border.

I printed a publication that has facing pages, but it printed as single pages

Do one of the following: