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Default Outside printable area problem

Rachel and Suzanne,

A complication arose for me. Everytime I save, close and then reopen the
doc, the margin has reverted back to 2.57. Arrgh.

I don't think the driver solution will work for me since my users will be
using a variety of printers.

Regards,
Marcia

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Interesting workaround, and useful to know. The 2.67" margin is
characteristic of a conflict between Word 2002/2003 and the HP drivers for
certain LaserJet printers. One workaround is to use the Windows driver
instead, but this usually doesn't offer as many options as the HP driver.
Many users have reported that the drivers at
http://www.hp.com/pond/ljbeta/index.html solve the problem.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"RFrechette" wrote in message
news
Never mind.

I changed the paper from Letter to Legal size, then changed it back. And
now it's working fine. I was even able to add my header and footer back

and
change the footer margin back to .25".

If you do have any ideas as to how I actually messed this up to begin

with,
I'd appreciate it hearing them so I don't do it again.

Thanks.

Rachel

"RFrechette" wrote:

I have created a Word document that WAS printing fine. I am using 8.5 x

11
paper and my margins are top: 1.00", bottom: 1.00", left: 1.25", right:
1.25". The page consists of shapes, lines, and text boxes. All are

above
the 1" bottom margin.

I then added a header and a footer and changed the footer margin to .25
instead of .5.

After changing the footer margin, when I tried to exit out of the page

setup
dialog box, it gave me the message "One or more margins are set outside

the
printable area of the page. Choose the fix button to increase the
appropriate margins."

If I hit the Fix button, it changes my bottom margin to 2.67". If I hit

the
Ignore buttom, it keeps my 1" bottom margin but then when I print it

cuts off
the bottom 2.57 inches of my page.

I then deleted my header and footer and reset the footer margin back to

..5.
It is still giving me the same problem.

I don't understand what I did to cause this. Can someone please help

me?

Thanks so much.

Rachel