Double sided numerical (001-300) tickets, Please Help!

Create an Excel file in which on the first sheet in Cell A1, you insert the word Front and in Cell B1 you insert the word Back

Then in cell A2 inset 1 and in Cell B2 insert 300

Then in cell A3 insert =A2+1 and in cell B3 insert = B2-1

Then copy cells A3 and B3 down until you reach row 301

Save and close this file

You should then have two columns of numbers, the first containing 1 - 300 and the second containing 300 - 1

Now in a Word document, insert a 1 column, 1 row table that has the cell dimensions that you require for your tickets.  The row height will need to be such that six such rows will fit on the table and it might actually be best to start with a 6 row table, to make sure that 6 and only 6 will fit on one page.  Once you have that right, delete the second through the sixth rows of the table.  Then go to the Mailings tab of the ribbon and click on the Start Mail Merge drop down and select Directory.  Then use the Select Recipients item to browse to and select the Excel workbook that you created with the columns of numbers.  Then in the table (from which you can remove the boundaries by using CTRL+ALT+u) insert the text for your tickets and in the desired place, insert the Front mergefield.  Press ALT+F9 to toggle on the display of the field codes and in place of the «Front», you will see { MERGEFIELD Front }.  Before the closing }, insert \# 000 so that you have

{ MERGEFIELD Front \# 000 }

Press ALT+F9 to toggle off the display of the Mergefields

Then execute that merge to a new document, and if everything was right, that document should contain 50 pages, each with 6 tickets on it.

If that's OK, go back to the mail merge main document and alter the text if required to that which you want on the back of the tickets and replace the «Front» mergefield with the one for Back.  (you will need to add the \# 000 formatting switch to that field as well). Then execute the merge again to another new document.  That document should also contain 50 pages, each one with 6 tickets on it.

Now, print the first 50 page document, turn the paper over and put it back in your printer and then print the second 50 page document.