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Default Numbers in columns do not print but can be seen in Web View

Your first suggestion worked fine. Is this a bug? Why are users with the
same OS, Office Version, Printers, Drivers, etc seeing the table contents
differently?

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

OK. Does setting the table width to 100% and reducing the cell margins
make a difference?

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Chris Barbosa" wrote in message
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These machines are Exactly the same, they all have the same printer

drivers
installed via a login script. The user can nominate which printer is

default
but that does not change the drivers. All the printer are HP 9000 (1

is an
8050) series using PS drivers.

I get the same issue on my workstation, which is a different model, I

use an
HP 2420 printer but users in that same group, with everything the

same, some
see the table data without switching to WebView or fitting the

contents to
window.

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Are we talking exactly the same printer model? Identical printer

drivers
installed? If not, it might make a big difference. See
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/TextReflow.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Chris Barbosa" wrote in message
...
Each user is set up the same way with the same group of printers.
Users have
different default printers, depending on which one they are

closest
to, but
the printers are generally the same model.

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Are all computers using the same printer? The printer driver can
certainly affect the page layout.

To have a table adjust to the margin width, set its "Preferred
width" to
100% in Table | Table Properties, Table tab. See also
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFm...ableToPage.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Chris Barbosa" wrote in message
...
Thank you Stefan,

This worked like a charm. This issue is happening

inconsistantly
on
about
20 different installations of Office 2003. What I mean is,

some
users
open
the document and the data is viewable and printable without
switching
to
WebView, some users cannot see the data unless they change the
view.

These workstations where rolled out using Ghost software so

they
are
exactly
the same except for the machine name.

Why is this view issue happening for some and not others? Is
there a
way
to "fit to window" automatically?

Thank you again,

Chris B

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

You can resize the table to fit the margins: On the Table

menu,
click
AutoFit, and then click AutoFit to Window.

If this makes the columns too narrow, you may want to change

the
page
orientation to Landscape (in File | Page Setup) and then

repeat
the
procedure. Note that you can change the orientation for just

the
table, by
selecting it and then, in the Page Setup dialog box, making

sure
to
choose
"Selected text" for "Apply to" before clicking OK.

When you've got the appropriate dimensions for the table,

click
Table |
AutoFit | Fixed Column Width to fix the column widths.

FWIW, the point of Web Layout view is that it should display

the
document as
a web page, which has no margins (or paper size, for that
matter).

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Chris Barbosa" wrote:

We are using Word 2003 and are working with a document

that
has a
table with
numbers in each column and row. The numbers extend beyond

the
column border
so we cannot see the full value unless we switch to "web

view"
or
change each
column width, which pushes the document out of the margins

and
ruins the
formatting.

Switching to Web View allows us to see the full number

value
of
each row and
the margins are preserved, that is, the margins do not

change
at
all.

The pressing issue is how do we print the document like it
looks
in Web
View, (the document prints just like the "print view", no
suprise
there)
without changing the margins?

Web view seems to pull this off without changing the

margins
(??!?).
Printing and proofing documents of this nature is part of

the
service we
provide to clients so altering the formatting is not an
option.
This
document "may" have been converted from HTML.

Please advise.

Chris B