(Double-sided printing is also called duplex, back to back, front and back, or two-sided printing.) (Mac) Print double-sided in Acrobat DC, Acrobat Reader DC Currently, the print settings in macOS take precedence over the print settings in Acrobat or Acrobat Reader. How to print double sided on Word. Microsoft Word (or any other Microsoft Office software) behaves a bit differently that lots of other apps since it outputs its own custom printing dialog window, which might get confusing at first if you’ve ever printed anything on Mac before.

If your printer is capable of duplex printing, you can direct Word 2016 to print your document on both sides of a sheet of paper. If your printer is so blessed, follow these steps:

How To Print Double Sided

1. Press Ctrl+P when you’re ready to print the document.

   Ensure that the document has just been saved.

2. Click the Duplex Printing button on the Print screen.

   Refer to the figure for the button’s location.

   Use the Duplex Printing button to print on both sides of the page.

3. Choose Print on Both Sides, Flip Pages on Long Sides.

   Don’t bother with the Short Sides option unless you plan on binding your document that way.

   If you don’t see the Print on Both Sides options, you have to manually print.

4. Make other settings as necessary on the Print screen.

5. Click the big Print button to print your document.

   Both sides of the page are printed.

Microsoft Word Mac Double Sided Printing Software

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Word (Windows actually) isn’t that smart when it comes to knowing which printers are duplex and which aren’t. Alas, when Windows doesn’t recognize your duplex printer as such, there’s little you can do.