This method would use single record data merge, with 2 pages (front and back) for the master merge doc. The data file is sliced into quarters and transposed with multiple records in one row representing 4 records.Ģnd Step: build merge template with all the placeholders positioned like the following:

Here is an example for 16 postcards/records for a 4 up cut and stack imposition: But requires resorting your data file to accommodate the cut and stack imposition. Keep in mind, with Indesign Data Merge, you have one or the other: a multiple record merge that steps and repeats - but only one sided. Before I get to this step I need to be able to accomplish the task listed in the first paragraph. The problem is complicated by the fact that the finished document needs to be printed in mail sort order which means I will also need some help obtaining a script that will arrange the records correctly so the finished printed document can be produced in cut and stack order. I can set up one record to give me what I want on the 13x19 sheet and get he multi-record functionality to put 8 per page on the sheet the way I want ONLY when I do not set up the back side (page 2), when I do that the mult-record option is disabled. However, I want to place them 8 up on a 13x19 sheet size, which means that page 2 has to have the back side of the card in the opposite position (no facing pages). I can lay it out as a 4圆 2 sided document, set up the data merge fields and preview it and see the data base changes as I cycle through the records and create a new document with all the files needed.

A little background to help: I have a 2 sided 4圆 postcard with bleed that is being driven by a text file that contains variable data.

Mail merge on indesign