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Default Printer Not Resetting - Word 2003
User has 2 printers installed on the PC, 1 local and 1 network. Her default
system printer is the local printer. She will print document A on the Network printer, because she needs several copies, and then go to print a single copy of document B. When she prints document B, it will print to the network printer instead of the local printer. We tried: Turning off Word Editor for Outlook, Closing Word between prints, Reinstall/Repair of Office. When you close and reopen word, it prints to the network default. We haven't seen any problems with any of the other office products, like Outlook or Excel, just Word. The PC is running Windows XP SP2 and Office 2003 SP2. I did find that Word is supposed to hold the printer information between prints, but this seems a little ridiculous. Any help would be appreciated. |
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Default Printer Not Resetting - Word 2003
Whenever you change the printer in Word's Print dialog, the newly selected
printer becomes the active printer until you change it again or restart Word (at which time the Windows default printer again becomes active). There is no way around this behavior if you use the FilePrintDefault button on the Standard toolbar. You can, however, add a button that will change printers, print a document, and change printers back, allowing you to print a specific document from a specific printer. This does require a macro. See http://www.gmayor.com/fax_from_word.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Scribe6" wrote in message ... User has 2 printers installed on the PC, 1 local and 1 network. Her default system printer is the local printer. She will print document A on the Network printer, because she needs several copies, and then go to print a single copy of document B. When she prints document B, it will print to the network printer instead of the local printer. We tried: Turning off Word Editor for Outlook, Closing Word between prints, Reinstall/Repair of Office. When you close and reopen word, it prints to the network default. We haven't seen any problems with any of the other office products, like Outlook or Excel, just Word. The PC is running Windows XP SP2 and Office 2003 SP2. I did find that Word is supposed to hold the printer information between prints, but this seems a little ridiculous. Any help would be appreciated. |
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Default Printer Not Resetting - Word 2003
That's what I was afraid of. It is what it is, right? Thanks for the
direction. Hope you avoided the bad weather last night near Prattville. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Whenever you change the printer in Word's Print dialog, the newly selected printer becomes the active printer until you change it again or restart Word (at which time the Windows default printer again becomes active). There is no way around this behavior if you use the FilePrintDefault button on the Standard toolbar. You can, however, add a button that will change printers, print a document, and change printers back, allowing you to print a specific document from a specific printer. This does require a macro. See http://www.gmayor.com/fax_from_word.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Scribe6" wrote in message ... User has 2 printers installed on the PC, 1 local and 1 network. Her default system printer is the local printer. She will print document A on the Network printer, because she needs several copies, and then go to print a single copy of document B. When she prints document B, it will print to the network printer instead of the local printer. We tried: Turning off Word Editor for Outlook, Closing Word between prints, Reinstall/Repair of Office. When you close and reopen word, it prints to the network default. We haven't seen any problems with any of the other office products, like Outlook or Excel, just Word. The PC is running Windows XP SP2 and Office 2003 SP2. I did find that Word is supposed to hold the printer information between prints, but this seems a little ridiculous. Any help would be appreciated. |
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Default Printer Not Resetting - Word 2003
Or, you can Customize your toolbar to replace the "Print" button
(which sends your document to the printer without giving you the chance to change anything) with the "Print ..." button, which has the same icon but is the equivalent of Ctrl-P, opening the Print dialog so you can specify everything about the print job. On Feb 18, 5:14*pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Whenever you change the printer in Word's Print dialog, the newly selected printer becomes the active printer until you change it again or restart Word (at which time the Windows default printer again becomes active). There is no way around this behavior if you use the FilePrintDefault button on the Standard toolbar. You can, however, add a button that will change printers, print a document, and change printers back, allowing you to print a specific document from a specific printer. This does require a macro. Seehttp://www..gmayor.com/fax_from_word.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Scribe6" wrote in message ... User has 2 printers installed on the PC, 1 local and 1 network. *Her default system printer is the local printer. *She will print document A on the Network printer, because she needs several copies, and then go to print a single copy of document B. *When she prints document B, it will print to the network printer instead of the local printer. We tried: Turning off Word Editor for Outlook, Closing Word between prints, Reinstall/Repair of Office. *When you close and reopen word, it prints to the network default. *We haven't seen any problems with any of the other office products, like Outlook or Excel, just Word. The PC is running Windows XP SP2 and Office 2003 SP2. *I did find that Word is supposed to hold the printer information between prints, but this seems a little ridiculous. *Any help would be appreciated.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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Default Printer Not Resetting - Word 2003
Yes, luckily we're far from Prattville, though I understand there was some
damage down at the beaches here. We got a lot of wind, some electrical activity, and what seemed like torrential rain (because it was blowing sideways) but turned out to be less than half an inch. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Scribe6" wrote in message ... That's what I was afraid of. It is what it is, right? Thanks for the direction. Hope you avoided the bad weather last night near Prattville. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Whenever you change the printer in Word's Print dialog, the newly selected printer becomes the active printer until you change it again or restart Word (at which time the Windows default printer again becomes active). There is no way around this behavior if you use the FilePrintDefault button on the Standard toolbar. You can, however, add a button that will change printers, print a document, and change printers back, allowing you to print a specific document from a specific printer. This does require a macro. See http://www.gmayor.com/fax_from_word.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Scribe6" wrote in message ... User has 2 printers installed on the PC, 1 local and 1 network. Her default system printer is the local printer. She will print document A on the Network printer, because she needs several copies, and then go to print a single copy of document B. When she prints document B, it will print to the network printer instead of the local printer. We tried: Turning off Word Editor for Outlook, Closing Word between prints, Reinstall/Repair of Office. When you close and reopen word, it prints to the network default. We haven't seen any problems with any of the other office products, like Outlook or Excel, just Word. The PC is running Windows XP SP2 and Office 2003 SP2. I did find that Word is supposed to hold the printer information between prints, but this seems a little ridiculous. Any help would be appreciated. |
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