[Guy Delaney[_2_]]

I have Microsoft Office 2003 fully patched on my computer. When I try to
print from Excel of Word, a "Save the file as" shows up and wants me to save
the file with as a *.xps file. No matter what I do, I cannot get any of my
documents to print.

Any suggestions?

[JoAnn Paules]

Change the printer driver to a printer you have access to.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"Guy Delaney" wrote in message
...
I have Microsoft Office 2003 fully patched on my computer. When I try to
print from Excel of Word, a "Save the file as" shows up and wants me to
save the file with as a *.xps file. No matter what I do, I cannot get any
of my documents to print.

Any suggestions?

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

It sounds like your default printer is set to XPS--a Microsoft format
similar in concept to PDF. So, when you try to print, Excel is trying to
create an XPS file.

If this is happening for all applications , you need to go into the Control
Panel for Windows, and set the default printer to your actual physical
printer.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"Guy Delaney" wrote in message
...
I have Microsoft Office 2003 fully patched on my computer. When I try to
print from Excel of Word, a "Save the file as" shows up and wants me to
save the file with as a *.xps file. No matter what I do, I cannot get any
of my documents to print.

Any suggestions?

[mazorj]

Sometimes I have had a newly installed program give me a "must specify
printer" message even though I have a default printer set to go.
Re-saving the settings through the Printer utility (or specifying
another default printer) wouldn't clear up the problem, nor would
closing and re-opening the program. But most of the time, restarting
the computer and re-opening the program fixed the issue. Once or
twice I had to reinstall the program (or "Repair the application" if
that option was offered) then reboot then restart the application. I
don't know why this happens but fortunately the problems have been
self-repairing using the above procedures.


"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message
...
It sounds like your default printer is set to XPS--a Microsoft
format similar in concept to PDF. So, when you try to print, Excel
is trying to create an XPS file.

If this is happening for all applications , you need to go into the
Control Panel for Windows, and set the default printer to your
actual physical printer.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com

"Guy Delaney" wrote in message
...
I have Microsoft Office 2003 fully patched on my computer. When I
try to print from Excel of Word, a "Save the file as" shows up and
wants me to save the file with as a *.xps file. No matter what I do,
I cannot get any of my documents to print.

Any suggestions?