Postcard Layout in Pages

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Postcard Layout in Pages

I'm using an Avery postcard template to print 4 postcards per page. I'm writing different postcards to different people. Is there an easy obvious way to match the picture on the back of each card to the correct text on the front? This seems like the kind of thing that could be handled by a computer and double-sided printing rather than me trying to figure out where each picture will land when I turn the paper over to run it through the printer again.

MacBook Air (M2, 2022)

Posted on Sep 19, 2024 10:30 PM

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Answer 1

Sep 20, 2024 2:36 PM in response to HartofAlaska

I do not do Mail merge then or now. The Mail merge that was implemented in Pages '09 is not the same Mail merge that is in Pages v14.2 and you will be at the mercy of how Apple allows you to do Mail merge now.

Add, change, or delete a merge field in Pages on Mac - Apple Support

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Sep 20, 2024 5:55 AM in response to HartofAlaska

I recommend that you use the online Avery Design & Print tool for your duplex Postcard layout effort. You are oversimplifying what you think Pages can do. The Avery solution, if it can do what you want, will save you hours of Pages frustration.

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HartofAlaska Author

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Sep 20, 2024 1:38 PM in response to VikingOSX

Thanks. It looks like that will do the trick. It's not as elegant as an Apple solution would be, but since Apple can't do it at all, that makes it much, much better.

If you've got the time, I've got another Pages question. It looks like almost 20 years ago, someone on this forum asked about using Pages mail merge on a template like this one. The problem was that there were multiple mail merge text boxes on one page and changing one changed them all. I'm having that problem now. In all this time, has a work-around been developed?

Thanks again for your answer to my first question.

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