No, no. Don't change the paper size in Word. Just feed a sheet of Letter
paper through the printer to see where it prints. If the printer is printing
in some different location from where Word thinks the envelope is, then you
may be able to adjust either where you feed the envelope or the setting in
Word. If not, then you have no recourse but to set the envelope up on a
sheet of paper, adjusting the margins accordingly. Some printers handle
custom sizes better than others; some printer drivers allow you to define
custom sizes in the printer Properties, and if you can't do that, then you
usually do have to treat the custom size as if it were Letter or A4 (in my
case this doesn't necessarily mean abandoning custom document sizes in Word,
just feeding the envelopes or cards from one side instead of in the center
using the centering guides).
There does seem to be something odd about your problem, though. Have we
already established that the address is not formatted as "Hidden"?
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Words into Type
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"Wayne Wengert" wrote in message
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Suzanne;
Interesting suggestion. I tried changing to ltr size and on the Print
Layout
window I see just the name and it is centered on the page as it should be
but print preiew is still blank. However, if I create a new document and
enter some text, preiew is fine. Really weird?
Wayne
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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Have you tried printing on a full-size sheet of paper to see if Word and
the
printer have different ideas about where the envelope is?
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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Wayne Wengert" wrote in message
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I tried that and still get a blank print?
Wayne
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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On the Envelope Options tab of the Envelope Options dialog, you do
not
have
"From left" and "From top" settings for "Delivery address" and
"Return
address"?
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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Wayne Wengert" wrote in message
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Thanks for the suggestion but that doesn't offer a way to specify
horizontal
and vertical positiong of the name?
Wayne
"A DeLew" wrote in message
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Have you tried the envelope printing options in Word 2003.
ToolsLetters
and MailingsEnvelopes and LabelsEnvelope tabOptionsScroll to
bottom
and choose Custom, in the pop-up window enter your custom
dimensions.
Note
in the Custom tab you can also change the orientation of the
envelope.