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Word 2002 borders do not print anywhere in document
Hi,
I am in the process of formatting a Microsoft Word 2002 document. The problem is with the use of borders that are underneath text, are used as a box around text within the printable area of a document or used as an overline above the text to improve the page layout. For example: at the top of a document within the printed area you may wish to do the following. Chapter Title ----------------------------------------------------------------- Normally, in order to draw this line I would use a border however if I use a border it will show up in the "print preview" but it will not print. In another example, if I wanted to place a border around the text completely forming a box and saving the document this will not print either, i.e. _________ |dfsdfsd| (Of course, the box using borders would be better formed) --------- In the final example, if I wish to use a border in the footer above the text as follows: __________________________________________________ _______ Bla Bla Bla Bla It will show up in the print preview but it will not print even if the margins and the footer dimension (distance from bottom edge) are correct. So after all these tests what it tells me is that I am unable to use borders in my documents... The printer that I am using is a HP desk Jet 540. The strange thing is that if I create a table and save the document the table will print out but not those borders as mentioned above. **Work arounds.... This problem can be worked-around by using a line object or a picture in any of these places. However this does not solve the problem of why the borders do not print. Does anybody know why these borders are not printing? Is this problem fixed in 2003? |
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Alex: It's not a Word shortcoming. It's definitely something to do with your
machine or your printer. With such an old printer, I'd be replacing that first. You can get a comparable one at Walmart for like $50 these days. Anyway, I would try to fix in this order and only go to the next item if the previous one didn't work: a) make sure that you have the most recent printer driver for that printer and your operating system b) make sure you've got ink c) clean your hard drive (http://www.officearticles.com/misc/h...hard_drive.htm) d) troubleshoot Word (http://www.officearticles.com/word/s...osoft_word.htm) e) buy new printer ************ Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "Alex_Rodriguez" wrote in message oups.com... Hi, I am in the process of formatting a Microsoft Word 2002 document. The problem is with the use of borders that are underneath text, are used as a box around text within the printable area of a document or used as an overline above the text to improve the page layout. For example: at the top of a document within the printed area you may wish to do the following. Chapter Title ----------------------------------------------------------------- Normally, in order to draw this line I would use a border however if I use a border it will show up in the "print preview" but it will not print. In another example, if I wanted to place a border around the text completely forming a box and saving the document this will not print either, i.e. _________ |dfsdfsd| (Of course, the box using borders would be better formed) --------- In the final example, if I wish to use a border in the footer above the text as follows: __________________________________________________ _______ Bla Bla Bla Bla It will show up in the print preview but it will not print even if the margins and the footer dimension (distance from bottom edge) are correct. So after all these tests what it tells me is that I am unable to use borders in my documents... The printer that I am using is a HP desk Jet 540. The strange thing is that if I create a table and save the document the table will print out but not those borders as mentioned above. **Work arounds.... This problem can be worked-around by using a line object or a picture in any of these places. However this does not solve the problem of why the borders do not print. Does anybody know why these borders are not printing? Is this problem fixed in 2003? |
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