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Is it possible to rotate an entire page by 90 degrees?
I am trying to print a document on A5 sheets. Unfortunately the paper jams
in my printer because it is half the "standard" page width for my printer. I would like to fix this by putting the page into the printer sideways, so the bottom edge is the full width of the printer. In order to do this, I would need to rotate the entire page by 90 degrees. Is this possible in Word 2003? It doesn't look as if my printer has this capability. |
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Is it possible to rotate an entire page by 90 degrees?
Robert S wrote:
I am trying to print a document on A5 sheets. Unfortunately the paper jams in my printer because it is half the "standard" page width for my printer. I would like to fix this by putting the page into the printer sideways, so the bottom edge is the full width of the printer. In order to do this, I would need to rotate the entire page by 90 degrees. Is this possible in Word 2003? It doesn't look as if my printer has this capability. In the dialog at File Page Setup Layout, select Landscape orientation. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Is it possible to rotate an entire page by 90 degrees?
I'm not sure changing to Landscape orientation would help much since most
printers feed landscape documents in portrait orientation and just rotate the print. You may, however, be able to fool Word into accepting a "landscape" orientation with greater height than width (or a "portrait" orientation with greater width than height, which is easier to think about). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Robert S wrote: I am trying to print a document on A5 sheets. Unfortunately the paper jams in my printer because it is half the "standard" page width for my printer. I would like to fix this by putting the page into the printer sideways, so the bottom edge is the full width of the printer. In order to do this, I would need to rotate the entire page by 90 degrees. Is this possible in Word 2003? It doesn't look as if my printer has this capability. In the dialog at File Page Setup Layout, select Landscape orientation. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Is it possible to rotate an entire page by 90 degrees?
Thinking about this some more, I think both things are required. The
Landscape orientation rotates the page image 90 degrees, so the lines of type will continue to be parallel to the short side of the paper when the paper is physically turned. But you also need to swap the height and width measurements of the paper in the Page Setup dialog (and possibly also in the printer driver's paper size definition) so the print area will have the proper size. Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: I'm not sure changing to Landscape orientation would help much since most printers feed landscape documents in portrait orientation and just rotate the print. You may, however, be able to fool Word into accepting a "landscape" orientation with greater height than width (or a "portrait" orientation with greater width than height, which is easier to think about). "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Robert S wrote: I am trying to print a document on A5 sheets. Unfortunately the paper jams in my printer because it is half the "standard" page width for my printer. I would like to fix this by putting the page into the printer sideways, so the bottom edge is the full width of the printer. In order to do this, I would need to rotate the entire page by 90 degrees. Is this possible in Word 2003? It doesn't look as if my printer has this capability. In the dialog at File Page Setup Layout, select Landscape orientation. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Is it possible to rotate an entire page by 90 degrees?
On May 6, 1:19*pm, "Jay Freedman" wrote:
Thinking about this some more, I think both things are required. The Landscape orientation rotates the page image 90 degrees, so the lines of type will continue to be parallel to the short side of the paper when the paper is physically turned. No it doesn't! But you also need to swap the height and width measurements of the paper in the Page Setup dialog (and possibly also in the printer driver's paper size definition) so the print area will have the proper size. Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: I'm not sure changing to Landscape orientation would help much since most printers feed landscape documents in portrait orientation and just rotate the print. You may, however, be able to fool Word into accepting a "landscape" orientation with greater height than width (or a "portrait" orientation with greater width than height, which is easier to think about). "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Robert S wrote: I am trying to print a document on A5 sheets. *Unfortunately the paper jams in my printer because it is half the "standard" page width for my printer. I would like to fix this by putting the page into the printer sideways, so the bottom edge is the full width of the printer. *In order to do this, I would need to rotate the entire page by 90 degrees. *Is this possible in Word 2003? *It doesn't look as if my printer has this capability. In the dialog at File Page Setup Layout, select Landscape orientation. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP * * * *FAQ:http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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Is it possible to rotate an entire page by 90 degrees?
Doesn't what?
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "grammatim" wrote in message ... On May 6, 1:19 pm, "Jay Freedman" wrote: Thinking about this some more, I think both things are required. The Landscape orientation rotates the page image 90 degrees, so the lines of type will continue to be parallel to the short side of the paper when the paper is physically turned. No it doesn't! But you also need to swap the height and width measurements of the paper in the Page Setup dialog (and possibly also in the printer driver's paper size definition) so the print area will have the proper size. Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: I'm not sure changing to Landscape orientation would help much since most printers feed landscape documents in portrait orientation and just rotate the print. You may, however, be able to fool Word into accepting a "landscape" orientation with greater height than width (or a "portrait" orientation with greater width than height, which is easier to think about). "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Robert S wrote: I am trying to print a document on A5 sheets. Unfortunately the paper jams in my printer because it is half the "standard" page width for my printer. I would like to fix this by putting the page into the printer sideways, so the bottom edge is the full width of the printer. In order to do this, I would need to rotate the entire page by 90 degrees. Is this possible in Word 2003? It doesn't look as if my printer has this capability. In the dialog at File Page Setup Layout, select Landscape orientation. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ:http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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Is it possible to rotate an entire page by 90 degrees?
Beats me. :-)
I've now done the real experiment instead of the gedankenexperiment, and it works. I set the page orientation to Landscape. Since I'm working with US Letter paper instead of A4, I chose a width of 5.5" and a height of 8.5" for a half sheet. The printer feeds the 8.5" side first. When I take the paper out of the printer and turn it 90 degrees so the 5.5" side is the top, the text appears in the correct orientation. I didn't have to play any games with custom page definitions in my printer driver's dialog, but some printers may require that. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Tue, 6 May 2008 18:27:16 -0500, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Doesn't what? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "grammatim" wrote in message ... On May 6, 1:19 pm, "Jay Freedman" wrote: Thinking about this some more, I think both things are required. The Landscape orientation rotates the page image 90 degrees, so the lines of type will continue to be parallel to the short side of the paper when the paper is physically turned. No it doesn't! But you also need to swap the height and width measurements of the paper in the Page Setup dialog (and possibly also in the printer driver's paper size definition) so the print area will have the proper size. Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: I'm not sure changing to Landscape orientation would help much since most printers feed landscape documents in portrait orientation and just rotate the print. You may, however, be able to fool Word into accepting a "landscape" orientation with greater height than width (or a "portrait" orientation with greater width than height, which is easier to think about). "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Robert S wrote: I am trying to print a document on A5 sheets. Unfortunately the paper jams in my printer because it is half the "standard" page width for my printer. I would like to fix this by putting the page into the printer sideways, so the bottom edge is the full width of the printer. In order to do this, I would need to rotate the entire page by 90 degrees. Is this possible in Word 2003? It doesn't look as if my printer has this capability. In the dialog at File Page Setup Layout, select Landscape orientation. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ:http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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Is it possible to rotate an entire page by 90 degrees?
If you simply insert a Landscape section into a Portrait document, the
text box doesn't rotate. (That would defeat the purpose of a Landscape section.) If you insert a Landscape section and give it two text boxes of the desired size side by side (either by 2 columns with a pretty big space between, or by reducing the text box and adding another), then the desired result is achieved. On May 6, 9:03*pm, Jay Freedman wrote: Beats me. :-) I've now done the real experiment instead of the gedankenexperiment, and it works. I set the page orientation to Landscape. Since I'm working with US Letter paper instead of A4, I chose a width of 5.5" and a height of 8.5" for a half sheet. The printer feeds the 8.5" side first. When I take the paper out of the printer and turn it 90 degrees so the 5.5" side is the top, the text appears in the correct orientation. I didn't have to play any games with custom page definitions in my printer driver's dialog, but some printers may require that. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP * * * *FAQ:http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Tue, 6 May 2008 18:27:16 -0500, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Doesn't what? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "grammatim" wrote in message ... On May 6, 1:19 pm, "Jay Freedman" wrote: Thinking about this some more, I think both things are required. The Landscape orientation rotates the page image 90 degrees, so the lines of type will continue to be parallel to the short side of the paper when the paper is physically turned. No it doesn't! But you also need to swap the height and width measurements of the paper in the Page Setup dialog (and possibly also in the printer driver's paper size definition) so the print area will have the proper size. Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: I'm not sure changing to Landscape orientation would help much since most printers feed landscape documents in portrait orientation and just rotate the print. You may, however, be able to fool Word into accepting a "landscape" orientation with greater height than width (or a "portrait" orientation with greater width than height, which is easier to think about). "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Robert S wrote: I am trying to print a document on A5 sheets. Unfortunately the paper jams in my printer because it is half the "standard" page width for my printer. I would like to fix this by putting the page into the printer sideways, so the bottom edge is the full width of the printer. In order to do this, I would need to rotate the entire page by 90 degrees. Is this possible in Word 2003? It doesn't look as if my printer has this capability. In the dialog at File Page Setup Layout, select Landscape orientation. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ:http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- |
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Is it possible to rotate an entire page by 90 degrees?
Please reread the original post. There was no mention of text boxes, or of two
pages per sheet. The OP wants to print single pages on A5 sheets (half the size of the more common A4 sheet). On Tue, 6 May 2008 20:35:25 -0700 (PDT), grammatim wrote: If you simply insert a Landscape section into a Portrait document, the text box doesn't rotate. (That would defeat the purpose of a Landscape section.) If you insert a Landscape section and give it two text boxes of the desired size side by side (either by 2 columns with a pretty big space between, or by reducing the text box and adding another), then the desired result is achieved. On May 6, 9:03*pm, Jay Freedman wrote: Beats me. :-) I've now done the real experiment instead of the gedankenexperiment, and it works. I set the page orientation to Landscape. Since I'm working with US Letter paper instead of A4, I chose a width of 5.5" and a height of 8.5" for a half sheet. The printer feeds the 8.5" side first. When I take the paper out of the printer and turn it 90 degrees so the 5.5" side is the top, the text appears in the correct orientation. I didn't have to play any games with custom page definitions in my printer driver's dialog, but some printers may require that. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP * * * *FAQ:http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Tue, 6 May 2008 18:27:16 -0500, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Doesn't what? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "grammatim" wrote in message ... On May 6, 1:19 pm, "Jay Freedman" wrote: Thinking about this some more, I think both things are required. The Landscape orientation rotates the page image 90 degrees, so the lines of type will continue to be parallel to the short side of the paper when the paper is physically turned. No it doesn't! But you also need to swap the height and width measurements of the paper in the Page Setup dialog (and possibly also in the printer driver's paper size definition) so the print area will have the proper size. Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: I'm not sure changing to Landscape orientation would help much since most printers feed landscape documents in portrait orientation and just rotate the print. You may, however, be able to fool Word into accepting a "landscape" orientation with greater height than width (or a "portrait" orientation with greater width than height, which is easier to think about). "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Robert S wrote: I am trying to print a document on A5 sheets. Unfortunately the paper jams in my printer because it is half the "standard" page width for my printer. I would like to fix this by putting the page into the printer sideways, so the bottom edge is the full width of the printer. In order to do this, I would need to rotate the entire page by 90 degrees. Is this possible in Word 2003? It doesn't look as if my printer has this capability. In the dialog at File Page Setup Layout, select Landscape orientation. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ:http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- |
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Is it possible to rotate an entire page by 90 degrees?
That was fine. I was objecting to your assertion in your follow-up
posting that " Landscape orientation rotates the page image 90 degrees, so the lines of type will continue to be parallel to the short side of the paper when the paper is physically turned." On May 7, 8:14*am, Jay Freedman wrote: Please reread the original post. There was no mention of text boxes, or of two pages per sheet. The OP wants to print single pages on A5 sheets (half the size of the more common A4 sheet). On Tue, 6 May 2008 20:35:25 -0700 (PDT), grammatim wrote: If you simply insert a Landscape section into a Portrait document, the text box doesn't rotate. (That would defeat the purpose of a Landscape section.) If you insert a Landscape section and give it two text boxes of the desired size side by side (either by 2 columns with a pretty big space between, or by reducing the text box and adding another), then the desired result is achieved. On May 6, 9:03*pm, Jay Freedman wrote: Beats me. :-) I've now done the real experiment instead of the gedankenexperiment, and it works. I set the page orientation to Landscape. Since I'm working with US Letter paper instead of A4, I chose a width of 5.5" and a height of 8.5" for a half sheet. The printer feeds the 8.5" side first. When I take the paper out of the printer and turn it 90 degrees so the 5.5" side is the top, the text appears in the correct orientation. I didn't have to play any games with custom page definitions in my printer driver's dialog, but some printers may require that. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP * * * *FAQ:http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Tue, 6 May 2008 18:27:16 -0500, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Doesn't what? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "grammatim" wrote in message .... On May 6, 1:19 pm, "Jay Freedman" wrote: Thinking about this some more, I think both things are required. The Landscape orientation rotates the page image 90 degrees, so the lines of type will continue to be parallel to the short side of the paper when the paper is physically turned. No it doesn't! But you also need to swap the height and width measurements of the paper in the Page Setup dialog (and possibly also in the printer driver's paper size definition) so the print area will have the proper size. Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: I'm not sure changing to Landscape orientation would help much since most printers feed landscape documents in portrait orientation and just rotate the print. You may, however, be able to fool Word into accepting a "landscape" orientation with greater height than width (or a "portrait" orientation with greater width than height, which is easier to think about). "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Robert S wrote: I am trying to print a document on A5 sheets. Unfortunately the paper jams in my printer because it is half the "standard" page width for my printer. I would like to fix this by putting the page into the printer sideways, so the bottom edge is the full width of the printer. In order to do this, I would need to rotate the entire page by 90 degrees. Is this possible in Word 2003? It doesn't look as if my printer has this capability. In the dialog at File Page Setup Layout, select Landscape orientation. -- Regards, Jay Freedman |
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Is it possible to rotate an entire page by 90 degrees?
Shall we all agree that thinking about this in the abstract is likely to
cause headaches? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "grammatim" wrote in message ... That was fine. I was objecting to your assertion in your follow-up posting that " Landscape orientation rotates the page image 90 degrees, so the lines of type will continue to be parallel to the short side of the paper when the paper is physically turned." On May 7, 8:14 am, Jay Freedman wrote: Please reread the original post. There was no mention of text boxes, or of two pages per sheet. The OP wants to print single pages on A5 sheets (half the size of the more common A4 sheet). On Tue, 6 May 2008 20:35:25 -0700 (PDT), grammatim wrote: If you simply insert a Landscape section into a Portrait document, the text box doesn't rotate. (That would defeat the purpose of a Landscape section.) If you insert a Landscape section and give it two text boxes of the desired size side by side (either by 2 columns with a pretty big space between, or by reducing the text box and adding another), then the desired result is achieved. On May 6, 9:03 pm, Jay Freedman wrote: Beats me. :-) I've now done the real experiment instead of the gedankenexperiment, and it works. I set the page orientation to Landscape. Since I'm working with US Letter paper instead of A4, I chose a width of 5.5" and a height of 8.5" for a half sheet. The printer feeds the 8.5" side first. When I take the paper out of the printer and turn it 90 degrees so the 5.5" side is the top, the text appears in the correct orientation. I didn't have to play any games with custom page definitions in my printer driver's dialog, but some printers may require that. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ:http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Tue, 6 May 2008 18:27:16 -0500, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Doesn't what? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "grammatim" wrote in message ... On May 6, 1:19 pm, "Jay Freedman" wrote: Thinking about this some more, I think both things are required. The Landscape orientation rotates the page image 90 degrees, so the lines of type will continue to be parallel to the short side of the paper when the paper is physically turned. No it doesn't! But you also need to swap the height and width measurements of the paper in the Page Setup dialog (and possibly also in the printer driver's paper size definition) so the print area will have the proper size. Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: I'm not sure changing to Landscape orientation would help much since most printers feed landscape documents in portrait orientation and just rotate the print. You may, however, be able to fool Word into accepting a "landscape" orientation with greater height than width (or a "portrait" orientation with greater width than height, which is easier to think about). "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Robert S wrote: I am trying to print a document on A5 sheets. Unfortunately the paper jams in my printer because it is half the "standard" page width for my printer. I would like to fix this by putting the page into the printer sideways, so the bottom edge is the full width of the printer. In order to do this, I would need to rotate the entire page by 90 degrees. Is this possible in Word 2003? It doesn't look as if my printer has this capability. In the dialog at File Page Setup Layout, select Landscape orientation. -- Regards, Jay Freedman |
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