If it's not showing up in Print Preview, then it's probably not something
Word knows about. That suggests it's coming from the printer driver. Either
the printer driver has gone berserk or (remote possibility) a "watermark"
has been defined in the printer Properties. The latter would be worth
investigating, but if that doesn't turn up anything (for example, if your
printer isn't capable of creating its own watermark), and if this is
happening on all documents, then I would suggest deleting and reinstalling
the printer.

If it's happening just on this document, then it's possible it's a rare form
of corruption where something has been inserted in the document in XML. You
may be able to see it by viewing the document in Web Layout view. If you
can, try selecting Format | Background | No Fill (although this would not be
printing unless you had that option enabled in Word 2003, in which case
you'd see it in Print Preview).

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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"tom" wrote in message
...
no, it only shows up in the actual print out.

by the way, saw you are from Fairhope...I grew up in Huntsville.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Is this text displayed in Print Preview?

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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"tom" wrote in message
...
I am revising a Word doc that includes 3 tabled columns of text. It
looks
great on normal print view and on print preview, however when printed,
the
2nd column appears to have unknown text printed/overlayed on top of
the
existing 2nd column text and then there is other unknown text that
print
to
the outside of the 3 column print. It's as if there is hidden tables
that
are printing in addition to the existing table text. Any clues would
be
most
helpful.
Thanks,
Tom