On Jan 9, 11:14*pm, Jay Freedman wrote:
On Wed, 9 Jan 2008 16:09:56 -0800 (PST), trvlnmny
wrote:
I am working with W XP and Word 2003. Whenever I start a new document
in Word I get a blank page that has a footer that contains the file
name, full path, and the date of printing. I think that at one time I
set up a template with this information in the footer. This has been
working fine as anytime I am asked about a paper document I know
where
it is stored and when it was printed.
Now I am trying to print a full page of Avery 8160 labels. When I do
this the last row of labels print on a second sheet. I am guessing
this is because the footer information is causing the page break. I
have tried deleting the fields from the footer but this does not
help.
I would appreciate any help available.
Thanks.
Your suspicion is correct -- the problem is caused by having a footer
in the Normal.dot template, which is always used as the base for label
documents when you go through the Labels dialog.
The part that's not obvious is that once you create a header or footer
in any template or document, you can never delete the paragraph mark
even if you select the whole footer and press Delete. That throws off
the spacing for the labels.
To fix this, find your Normal.dot template (probably in the folder
%appdata%\Microsoft\Templates, but check the location in Tools
Options File Locations User Templates) and rename it to something
like CustomNormal.dot. Restart Word, and it will create a pristine
Normal.dot that has no footer at all.
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Regards,
Jay Freedman
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Jay,
That did it, thanks for your help. It does lead me to a second
question. How do I now open new documents and use the CustomNormal
template.
Thanks again.