[Joe McGuire]

I have a long Word 2003 document with all pages in portrait orientation
except one. That page contains a table the size of which requires landscape
orientation. I have always done this by inserting section breaks before and
after this page. But now for some reason I can't get the orientation to
change either on-screen or in my printer. When I check the page orientation
in that page (section) it is set to landscape. Suspecting typical Word
corruption (this document was made from previous versons of the same stuff)
I did the usual copy-and-paste all but the last few empty paragraphs. Gt eh
same problem in the new document. Any suggestions? In the alternative,
maybe I should revise this particular page and rotate the table 45 degrees.
That way the orientation can be the same as the rest of the document and
maybe I'd need one less section break. Is there a way to do that?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

When you view the page in Print Layout view or Print Preview, does it appear
to be landscape? If you inserted the table *before* setting the page
orientation, it will have been inserted at portrait margin width, and the
table width will not change when you change the orientation unless you have
the preferred table width set to 100%.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Joe McGuire" wrote in message
...
I have a long Word 2003 document with all pages in portrait orientation
except one. That page contains a table the size of which requires
landscape orientation. I have always done this by inserting section breaks
before and after this page. But now for some reason I can't get the
orientation to change either on-screen or in my printer. When I check the
page orientation in that page (section) it is set to landscape. Suspecting
typical Word corruption (this document was made from previous versons of
the same stuff) I did the usual copy-and-paste all but the last few empty
paragraphs. Gt eh same problem in the new document. Any suggestions? In
the alternative, maybe I should revise this particular page and rotate the
table 45 degrees. That way the orientation can be the same as the rest of
the document and maybe I'd need one less section break. Is there a way to
do that?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

When you view the page in Print Layout view or Print Preview, does it appear
to be landscape? If you inserted the table *before* setting the page
orientation, it will have been inserted at portrait margin width, and the
table width will not change when you change the orientation unless you have
the preferred table width set to 100%.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Joe McGuire" wrote in message
...
I have a long Word 2003 document with all pages in portrait orientation
except one. That page contains a table the size of which requires
landscape orientation. I have always done this by inserting section breaks
before and after this page. But now for some reason I can't get the
orientation to change either on-screen or in my printer. When I check the
page orientation in that page (section) it is set to landscape. Suspecting
typical Word corruption (this document was made from previous versons of
the same stuff) I did the usual copy-and-paste all but the last few empty
paragraphs. Gt eh same problem in the new document. Any suggestions? In
the alternative, maybe I should revise this particular page and rotate the
table 45 degrees. That way the orientation can be the same as the rest of
the document and maybe I'd need one less section break. Is there a way to
do that?

[Joe McGuire]

In Print Layout or Print Preview it appears to be portrait. It also prints
that way, with the table continuing past the right edge of the paper. The
formatting appears to be in this order after 38 pages of portrait
orientation:
*Section Break (next page)
*Page Setup (this section only): orie ntation-landscape (this is at the top
of the mis-oriented page)
*Beginnning of table

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
When you view the page in Print Layout view or Print Preview, does it
appear to be landscape? If you inserted the table *before* setting the
page orientation, it will have been inserted at portrait margin width, and
the table width will not change when you change the orientation unless you
have the preferred table width set to 100%.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Joe McGuire" wrote in message
...
I have a long Word 2003 document with all pages in portrait orientation
except one. That page contains a table the size of which requires
landscape orientation. I have always done this by inserting section
breaks before and after this page. But now for some reason I can't get
the orientation to change either on-screen or in my printer. When I check
the page orientation in that page (section) it is set to landscape.
Suspecting typical Word corruption (this document was made from previous
versons of the same stuff) I did the usual copy-and-paste all but the last
few empty paragraphs. Gt eh same problem in the new document. Any
suggestions? In the alternative, maybe I should revise this particular
page and rotate the table 45 degrees. That way the orientation can be the
same as the rest of the document and maybe I'd need one less section
break. Is there a way to do that?

[Joe McGuire]

In Print Layout or Print Preview it appears to be portrait. It also prints
that way, with the table continuing past the right edge of the paper. The
formatting appears to be in this order after 38 pages of portrait
orientation:
*Section Break (next page)
*Page Setup (this section only): orie ntation-landscape (this is at the top
of the mis-oriented page)
*Beginnning of table

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
When you view the page in Print Layout view or Print Preview, does it
appear to be landscape? If you inserted the table *before* setting the
page orientation, it will have been inserted at portrait margin width, and
the table width will not change when you change the orientation unless you
have the preferred table width set to 100%.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Joe McGuire" wrote in message
...
I have a long Word 2003 document with all pages in portrait orientation
except one. That page contains a table the size of which requires
landscape orientation. I have always done this by inserting section
breaks before and after this page. But now for some reason I can't get
the orientation to change either on-screen or in my printer. When I check
the page orientation in that page (section) it is set to landscape.
Suspecting typical Word corruption (this document was made from previous
versons of the same stuff) I did the usual copy-and-paste all but the last
few empty paragraphs. Gt eh same problem in the new document. Any
suggestions? In the alternative, maybe I should revise this particular
page and rotate the table 45 degrees. That way the orientation can be the
same as the rest of the document and maybe I'd need one less section
break. Is there a way to do that?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

On the Paper tab of Page Setup, make sure that the dimensions of the page
are not reversed (i.e. width 8.5" and height 11" instead of the reverse).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Joe McGuire" wrote in message
...
In Print Layout or Print Preview it appears to be portrait. It also
prints that way, with the table continuing past the right edge of the
paper. The formatting appears to be in this order after 38 pages of
portrait orientation:
*Section Break (next page)
*Page Setup (this section only): orie ntation-landscape (this is at the
top of the mis-oriented page)
*Beginnning of table

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
When you view the page in Print Layout view or Print Preview, does it
appear to be landscape? If you inserted the table *before* setting the
page orientation, it will have been inserted at portrait margin width,
and the table width will not change when you change the orientation
unless you have the preferred table width set to 100%.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Joe McGuire" wrote in message
...
I have a long Word 2003 document with all pages in portrait orientation
except one. That page contains a table the size of which requires
landscape orientation. I have always done this by inserting section
breaks before and after this page. But now for some reason I can't get
the orientation to change either on-screen or in my printer. When I
check the page orientation in that page (section) it is set to landscape.
Suspecting typical Word corruption (this document was made from previous
versons of the same stuff) I did the usual copy-and-paste all but the
last few empty paragraphs. Gt eh same problem in the new document. Any
suggestions? In the alternative, maybe I should revise this particular
page and rotate the table 45 degrees. That way the orientation can be the
same as the rest of the document and maybe I'd need one less section
break. Is there a way to do that?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

On the Paper tab of Page Setup, make sure that the dimensions of the page
are not reversed (i.e. width 8.5" and height 11" instead of the reverse).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Joe McGuire" wrote in message
...
In Print Layout or Print Preview it appears to be portrait. It also
prints that way, with the table continuing past the right edge of the
paper. The formatting appears to be in this order after 38 pages of
portrait orientation:
*Section Break (next page)
*Page Setup (this section only): orie ntation-landscape (this is at the
top of the mis-oriented page)
*Beginnning of table

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
When you view the page in Print Layout view or Print Preview, does it
appear to be landscape? If you inserted the table *before* setting the
page orientation, it will have been inserted at portrait margin width,
and the table width will not change when you change the orientation
unless you have the preferred table width set to 100%.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Joe McGuire" wrote in message
...
I have a long Word 2003 document with all pages in portrait orientation
except one. That page contains a table the size of which requires
landscape orientation. I have always done this by inserting section
breaks before and after this page. But now for some reason I can't get
the orientation to change either on-screen or in my printer. When I
check the page orientation in that page (section) it is set to landscape.
Suspecting typical Word corruption (this document was made from previous
versons of the same stuff) I did the usual copy-and-paste all but the
last few empty paragraphs. Gt eh same problem in the new document. Any
suggestions? In the alternative, maybe I should revise this particular
page and rotate the table 45 degrees. That way the orientation can be the
same as the rest of the document and maybe I'd need one less section
break. Is there a way to do that?

[Joe McGuire]

Thanks! Interesting. They are"reversed"--I put thatin quotes because the
paper is actually 8.5 in wide and 11 in high, as it goes into the printer.
But I noticed that the paper size somehow changed from "letter" in the
prievious section to "custom" here. Restoring it to "letter" fixed the
problem . Now to find out how that happened.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
On the Paper tab of Page Setup, make sure that the dimensions of the page
are not reversed (i.e. width 8.5" and height 11" instead of the reverse).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Joe McGuire" wrote in message
...
In Print Layout or Print Preview it appears to be portrait. It also
prints that way, with the table continuing past the right edge of the
paper. The formatting appears to be in this order after 38 pages of
portrait orientation:
*Section Break (next page)
*Page Setup (this section only): orie ntation-landscape (this is at the
top of the mis-oriented page)
*Beginnning of table

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
When you view the page in Print Layout view or Print Preview, does it
appear to be landscape? If you inserted the table *before* setting the
page orientation, it will have been inserted at portrait margin width,
and the table width will not change when you change the orientation
unless you have the preferred table width set to 100%.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Joe McGuire" wrote in message
...
I have a long Word 2003 document with all pages in portrait orientation
except one. That page contains a table the size of which requires
landscape orientation. I have always done this by inserting section
breaks before and after this page. But now for some reason I can't get
the orientation to change either on-screen or in my printer. When I
check the page orientation in that page (section) it is set to
landscape. Suspecting typical Word corruption (this document was made
from previous versons of the same stuff) I did the usual copy-and-paste
all but the last few empty paragraphs. Gt eh same problem in the new
document. Any suggestions? In the alternative, maybe I should revise
this particular page and rotate the table 45 degrees. That way the
orientation can be the same as the rest of the document and maybe I'd
need one less section break. Is there a way to do that?

[Joe McGuire]

Thanks! Interesting. They are"reversed"--I put thatin quotes because the
paper is actually 8.5 in wide and 11 in high, as it goes into the printer.
But I noticed that the paper size somehow changed from "letter" in the
prievious section to "custom" here. Restoring it to "letter" fixed the
problem . Now to find out how that happened.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
On the Paper tab of Page Setup, make sure that the dimensions of the page
are not reversed (i.e. width 8.5" and height 11" instead of the reverse).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Joe McGuire" wrote in message
...
In Print Layout or Print Preview it appears to be portrait. It also
prints that way, with the table continuing past the right edge of the
paper. The formatting appears to be in this order after 38 pages of
portrait orientation:
*Section Break (next page)
*Page Setup (this section only): orie ntation-landscape (this is at the
top of the mis-oriented page)
*Beginnning of table

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
When you view the page in Print Layout view or Print Preview, does it
appear to be landscape? If you inserted the table *before* setting the
page orientation, it will have been inserted at portrait margin width,
and the table width will not change when you change the orientation
unless you have the preferred table width set to 100%.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Joe McGuire" wrote in message
...
I have a long Word 2003 document with all pages in portrait orientation
except one. That page contains a table the size of which requires
landscape orientation. I have always done this by inserting section
breaks before and after this page. But now for some reason I can't get
the orientation to change either on-screen or in my printer. When I
check the page orientation in that page (section) it is set to
landscape. Suspecting typical Word corruption (this document was made
from previous versons of the same stuff) I did the usual copy-and-paste
all but the last few empty paragraphs. Gt eh same problem in the new
document. Any suggestions? In the alternative, maybe I should revise
this particular page and rotate the table 45 degrees. That way the
orientation can be the same as the rest of the document and maybe I'd
need one less section break. Is there a way to do that?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Right. But for landscape, the page (as viewed) is 11" wide and 8.5" high. It
is mysterious how these settings could have gotten changed, however, if all
you did was change the Margins tab setting from Portrait to Landscape.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Joe McGuire" wrote in message
...
Thanks! Interesting. They are"reversed"--I put thatin quotes because the
paper is actually 8.5 in wide and 11 in high, as it goes into the printer.
But I noticed that the paper size somehow changed from "letter" in the
prievious section to "custom" here. Restoring it to "letter" fixed the
problem . Now to find out how that happened.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
On the Paper tab of Page Setup, make sure that the dimensions of the page
are not reversed (i.e. width 8.5" and height 11" instead of the reverse).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Joe McGuire" wrote in message
...
In Print Layout or Print Preview it appears to be portrait. It also
prints that way, with the table continuing past the right edge of the
paper. The formatting appears to be in this order after 38 pages of
portrait orientation:
*Section Break (next page)
*Page Setup (this section only): orie ntation-landscape (this is at the
top of the mis-oriented page)
*Beginnning of table

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
When you view the page in Print Layout view or Print Preview, does it
appear to be landscape? If you inserted the table *before* setting the
page orientation, it will have been inserted at portrait margin width,
and the table width will not change when you change the orientation
unless you have the preferred table width set to 100%.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Joe McGuire" wrote in message
...
I have a long Word 2003 document with all pages in portrait orientation
except one. That page contains a table the size of which requires
landscape orientation. I have always done this by inserting section
breaks before and after this page. But now for some reason I can't get
the orientation to change either on-screen or in my printer. When I
check the page orientation in that page (section) it is set to
landscape. Suspecting typical Word corruption (this document was made
from previous versons of the same stuff) I did the usual copy-and-paste
all but the last few empty paragraphs. Gt eh same problem in the new
document. Any suggestions? In the alternative, maybe I should revise
this particular page and rotate the table 45 degrees. That way the
orientation can be the same as the rest of the document and maybe I'd
need one less section break. Is there a way to do that?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Right. But for landscape, the page (as viewed) is 11" wide and 8.5" high. It
is mysterious how these settings could have gotten changed, however, if all
you did was change the Margins tab setting from Portrait to Landscape.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Joe McGuire" wrote in message
...
Thanks! Interesting. They are"reversed"--I put thatin quotes because the
paper is actually 8.5 in wide and 11 in high, as it goes into the printer.
But I noticed that the paper size somehow changed from "letter" in the
prievious section to "custom" here. Restoring it to "letter" fixed the
problem . Now to find out how that happened.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
On the Paper tab of Page Setup, make sure that the dimensions of the page
are not reversed (i.e. width 8.5" and height 11" instead of the reverse).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Joe McGuire" wrote in message
...
In Print Layout or Print Preview it appears to be portrait. It also
prints that way, with the table continuing past the right edge of the
paper. The formatting appears to be in this order after 38 pages of
portrait orientation:
*Section Break (next page)
*Page Setup (this section only): orie ntation-landscape (this is at the
top of the mis-oriented page)
*Beginnning of table

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
When you view the page in Print Layout view or Print Preview, does it
appear to be landscape? If you inserted the table *before* setting the
page orientation, it will have been inserted at portrait margin width,
and the table width will not change when you change the orientation
unless you have the preferred table width set to 100%.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Joe McGuire" wrote in message
...
I have a long Word 2003 document with all pages in portrait orientation
except one. That page contains a table the size of which requires
landscape orientation. I have always done this by inserting section
breaks before and after this page. But now for some reason I can't get
the orientation to change either on-screen or in my printer. When I
check the page orientation in that page (section) it is set to
landscape. Suspecting typical Word corruption (this document was made
from previous versons of the same stuff) I did the usual copy-and-paste
all but the last few empty paragraphs. Gt eh same problem in the new
document. Any suggestions? In the alternative, maybe I should revise
this particular page and rotate the table 45 degrees. That way the
orientation can be the same as the rest of the document and maybe I'd
need one less section break. Is there a way to do that?