[summa]

I had the exact same problem the other day; I tried to print a .doc document
using the latest version of Word 2007 beta, and the the display was fine, in
printing the font became huge and it took about 4 pages to print what was
supposed to be a one page document.

In exploring this, I also found that it even displayed fine in the print
preview, until it was sent to the printer where upon a warning messge popped
up stating that the document extended beyond printable area. Here even if I
cancelled, the print preview now displayed the amount of text that would be
printed on the first page, usually cutting the text in half vertically...but
stragely this still displayed in the same sized font. However if I attempted
to print this, it printed in a huge font.

Within Word 2007 beta, I manually made sure the font was the correct size,
i.e. select all and then manually input a 12 font size. it still printed
huge, no change. Then, I did a save as, and then Converted the document to a
..docx, which got me out of compatibility mode as well, and this printed
fine...So Long As I Did NOT Open Print Properties as I went to print. If as I
went to print, I hit the properties button to the printer, say to use fast
and economical printing, then this document would now revert to printing too
large.

I have no way of just getting a .doc to print directly from Word 2007 beta
without converting it to a .docx. Anyone know of anyway to do this?