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funky blank box after 'print' command
After a print command in a big merged document, I get this odd little box
that is completely blank but won't go away unless I click "ok" about four times. What is it, what does it want, how can I make it go away? |
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funky blank box after 'print' command
Do you mean a { PRINT } field or do you mean after you initiate the merge ?
If it's a PRINT field, can you tell us what is in it? Is the "odd little box" a dialog box or what? e.g. does it have a close button in the top right corner, a title etc. -- Peter Jamieson http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk "elk" wrote in message ... After a print command in a big merged document, I get this odd little box that is completely blank but won't go away unless I click "ok" about four times. What is it, what does it want, how can I make it go away? |
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funky blank box after 'print' command
I wish I could attach a screen shot of this box. It is a small box, it says
"Microsoft Office Word" in the title bar, with a red "X" and "help" question mark in the upper right hand corner, a blank area in which I can type, and "OK" and "Cancel" buttons in the lower right corner. That's all there is. I am working with a large mail merge document, and this box appears around the same time that Word insists on repagination after I click "OK" to begin printing any part of the document. "Peter Jamieson" wrote: Do you mean a { PRINT } field or do you mean after you initiate the merge ? If it's a PRINT field, can you tell us what is in it? Is the "odd little box" a dialog box or what? e.g. does it have a close button in the top right corner, a title etc. -- Peter Jamieson http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk "elk" wrote in message ... After a print command in a big merged document, I get this odd little box that is completely blank but won't go away unless I click "ok" about four times. What is it, what does it want, how can I make it go away? |
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funky blank box after 'print' command
Does your document have any macros in it? Or is it attached to a template
that has macros in it? More likely, does it have any ASK or FILLIN fields in it (if youre unfamiliar with fields, use Alt-F9 to display the field codes, which would look something like { ASK "stuff" } or { FILLIN "stuff" }) ? If it does, it's possible that they are not in the main dbody of the document - e.g. might be in a header/footer, or perhaps a text box, so have a good look around, or write some VBA to look for them (I can provide something if necessary). -- Peter Jamieson http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk "elk" wrote in message ... I wish I could attach a screen shot of this box. It is a small box, it says "Microsoft Office Word" in the title bar, with a red "X" and "help" question mark in the upper right hand corner, a blank area in which I can type, and "OK" and "Cancel" buttons in the lower right corner. That's all there is. I am working with a large mail merge document, and this box appears around the same time that Word insists on repagination after I click "OK" to begin printing any part of the document. "Peter Jamieson" wrote: Do you mean a { PRINT } field or do you mean after you initiate the merge ? If it's a PRINT field, can you tell us what is in it? Is the "odd little box" a dialog box or what? e.g. does it have a close button in the top right corner, a title etc. -- Peter Jamieson http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk "elk" wrote in message ... After a print command in a big merged document, I get this odd little box that is completely blank but won't go away unless I click "ok" about four times. What is it, what does it want, how can I make it go away? |
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funky blank box after 'print' command
It may have macros - but this is a problem that only cropped up when I
upgraded to Word 2007. There are no 'ask' or 'fillin' form-type fields. The data source is an Access table (rather, several of them). It's a pretty big ginormous document, with multiple sections & a TOC, etc., but it never did this before upgrading to W07. |
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funky blank box after 'print' command
Ok, I'm not sure any of the following are relevant, but...
a. which version of Word/Access did you upgrade from? b. did you have to go through Word's data source selection dialog box to select your Access table/query after you upgraded? c. if you can tell, are you connecting via DDE, ODBC or OLE DB d. did you also upgrade to Access 2007? e. does your query use wildcards? -- Peter Jamieson http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk "elk" wrote in message ... It may have macros - but this is a problem that only cropped up when I upgraded to Word 2007. There are no 'ask' or 'fillin' form-type fields. The data source is an Access table (rather, several of them). It's a pretty big ginormous document, with multiple sections & a TOC, etc., but it never did this before upgrading to W07. |
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