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Why doesn't page layout view match print preview?
In page layout carriage returns and information in some tables can be seen,
but in print preview they are not. i.e. blank cells in the tables and no "space" between paragraphs. Why? |
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Why doesn't page layout view match print preview?
Molly wrote:
In page layout carriage returns and information in some tables can be seen, but in print preview they are not. i.e. blank cells in the tables and no "space" between paragraphs. Why? You have nonprinting characters displayed (http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm). Click the ¶ button on the toolbar to turn them off. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Why doesn't page layout view match print preview?
The 'characters' you are seeing in Print Layout View (which is an *editing*
mode)are non-printing characters which account for white-space in the document and are only visible in that view if you have the Show/Hide ¶ feature turned on. Being able to accurately determine what causes the spacing in a document facilitates editing & revising it's content. Print Preview is *not* an editing mode, so it shows only what will actually appear on the printed page. For more, you may find this useful; http://word.mvps.org/FAQS/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm HTH |:) "Molly" wrote: In page layout carriage returns and information in some tables can be seen, but in print preview they are not. i.e. blank cells in the tables and no "space" between paragraphs. Why? |
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Why doesn't page layout view match print preview?
Print Preview is *not* an editing mode, so it shows only what will
actually appear on the printed page. Although you *can* edit in Print Preview if you turn the Magnifier off. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "CyberTaz" wrote in message ... The 'characters' you are seeing in Print Layout View (which is an *editing* mode)are non-printing characters which account for white-space in the document and are only visible in that view if you have the Show/Hide ¶ feature turned on. Being able to accurately determine what causes the spacing in a document facilitates editing & revising it's content. Print Preview is *not* an editing mode, so it shows only what will actually appear on the printed page. For more, you may find this useful; http://word.mvps.org/FAQS/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm HTH |:) "Molly" wrote: In page layout carriage returns and information in some tables can be seen, but in print preview they are not. i.e. blank cells in the tables and no "space" between paragraphs. Why? |
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Why doesn't page layout view match print preview?
Because they are designed for different purposes. Print view shows an
approximation of how the printed page will look, but lets you see non-printing characters like paragraph marks or table gridlines to make it easier to edit. Print Preview tries to be as close as possible to your printed page. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Molly" wrote in message ... In page layout carriage returns and information in some tables can be seen, but in print preview they are not. i.e. blank cells in the tables and no "space" between paragraphs. Why? |
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Why doesn't page layout view match print preview?
Someone at MS should be keelhauled for this!
-- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Print Preview is *not* an editing mode, so it shows only what will actually appear on the printed page. Although you *can* edit in Print Preview if you turn the Magnifier off. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "CyberTaz" wrote in message ... The 'characters' you are seeing in Print Layout View (which is an *editing* mode)are non-printing characters which account for white-space in the document and are only visible in that view if you have the Show/Hide ¶ feature turned on. Being able to accurately determine what causes the spacing in a document facilitates editing & revising it's content. Print Preview is *not* an editing mode, so it shows only what will actually appear on the printed page. For more, you may find this useful; http://word.mvps.org/FAQS/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm HTH |:) "Molly" wrote: In page layout carriage returns and information in some tables can be seen, but in print preview they are not. i.e. blank cells in the tables and no "space" between paragraphs. Why? |
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Why doesn't page layout view match print preview?
Why? Most users never discover it, and those who do seem to value the
feature. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... Someone at MS should be keelhauled for this! -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Print Preview is *not* an editing mode, so it shows only what will actually appear on the printed page. Although you *can* edit in Print Preview if you turn the Magnifier off. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "CyberTaz" wrote in message ... The 'characters' you are seeing in Print Layout View (which is an *editing* mode)are non-printing characters which account for white-space in the document and are only visible in that view if you have the Show/Hide ¶ feature turned on. Being able to accurately determine what causes the spacing in a document facilitates editing & revising it's content. Print Preview is *not* an editing mode, so it shows only what will actually appear on the printed page. For more, you may find this useful; http://word.mvps.org/FAQS/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm HTH |:) "Molly" wrote: In page layout carriage returns and information in some tables can be seen, but in print preview they are not. i.e. blank cells in the tables and no "space" between paragraphs. Why? |
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Why doesn't page layout view match print preview?
I've used it myself.
Nevertheless, it adds complexity with minor gain. It changes a view-only screen to an editing screen that has limited function, doesn't show non-printing characters that do make a difference in editing just seem unnecessary. If instead the time that went into that went into fixing numbering.... I guess it is a question of priorities. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Why? Most users never discover it, and those who do seem to value the feature. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... Someone at MS should be keelhauled for this! -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Print Preview is *not* an editing mode, so it shows only what will actually appear on the printed page. Although you *can* edit in Print Preview if you turn the Magnifier off. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "CyberTaz" wrote in message ... The 'characters' you are seeing in Print Layout View (which is an *editing* mode)are non-printing characters which account for white-space in the document and are only visible in that view if you have the Show/Hide ¶ feature turned on. Being able to accurately determine what causes the spacing in a document facilitates editing & revising it's content. Print Preview is *not* an editing mode, so it shows only what will actually appear on the printed page. For more, you may find this useful; http://word.mvps.org/FAQS/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm HTH |:) "Molly" wrote: In page layout carriage returns and information in some tables can be seen, but in print preview they are not. i.e. blank cells in the tables and no "space" between paragraphs. Why? |
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Why doesn't page layout view match print preview?
The first time I tried it, back in maybe Word 97, the insertion point was
not shown, so you couldn't even be sure *where* you were editing. That spoiled me for it right away, and I've used it maybe once or twice since. The sort of situation when it definitely comes in handy is when you're paging through a very long document (several hundred pages) to check page layout and spot a typo on a page. If you switch back to Normal or Print Layout view, you go back to page 1 (or wherever you started) and have to relocate the page where you spotted the error, which can be very time-consuming. Or you can just click in and fix it, then move on. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... I've used it myself. Nevertheless, it adds complexity with minor gain. It changes a view-only screen to an editing screen that has limited function, doesn't show non-printing characters that do make a difference in editing just seem unnecessary. If instead the time that went into that went into fixing numbering.... I guess it is a question of priorities. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Why? Most users never discover it, and those who do seem to value the feature. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... Someone at MS should be keelhauled for this! -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Print Preview is *not* an editing mode, so it shows only what will actually appear on the printed page. Although you *can* edit in Print Preview if you turn the Magnifier off. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "CyberTaz" wrote in message ... The 'characters' you are seeing in Print Layout View (which is an *editing* mode)are non-printing characters which account for white-space in the document and are only visible in that view if you have the Show/Hide ¶ feature turned on. Being able to accurately determine what causes the spacing in a document facilitates editing & revising it's content. Print Preview is *not* an editing mode, so it shows only what will actually appear on the printed page. For more, you may find this useful; http://word.mvps.org/FAQS/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm HTH |:) "Molly" wrote: In page layout carriage returns and information in some tables can be seen, but in print preview they are not. i.e. blank cells in the tables and no "space" between paragraphs. Why? |
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Why doesn't page layout view match print preview?
Good point.
-- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... The first time I tried it, back in maybe Word 97, the insertion point was not shown, so you couldn't even be sure *where* you were editing. That spoiled me for it right away, and I've used it maybe once or twice since. The sort of situation when it definitely comes in handy is when you're paging through a very long document (several hundred pages) to check page layout and spot a typo on a page. If you switch back to Normal or Print Layout view, you go back to page 1 (or wherever you started) and have to relocate the page where you spotted the error, which can be very time-consuming. Or you can just click in and fix it, then move on. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... I've used it myself. Nevertheless, it adds complexity with minor gain. It changes a view-only screen to an editing screen that has limited function, doesn't show non-printing characters that do make a difference in editing just seem unnecessary. If instead the time that went into that went into fixing numbering.... I guess it is a question of priorities. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Why? Most users never discover it, and those who do seem to value the feature. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... Someone at MS should be keelhauled for this! -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Print Preview is *not* an editing mode, so it shows only what will actually appear on the printed page. Although you *can* edit in Print Preview if you turn the Magnifier off. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "CyberTaz" wrote in message ... The 'characters' you are seeing in Print Layout View (which is an *editing* mode)are non-printing characters which account for white-space in the document and are only visible in that view if you have the Show/Hide ¶ feature turned on. Being able to accurately determine what causes the spacing in a document facilitates editing & revising it's content. Print Preview is *not* an editing mode, so it shows only what will actually appear on the printed page. For more, you may find this useful; http://word.mvps.org/FAQS/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm HTH |:) "Molly" wrote: In page layout carriage returns and information in some tables can be seen, but in print preview they are not. i.e. blank cells in the tables and no "space" between paragraphs. Why? |
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Why doesn't page layout view match print preview?
....and the ¶s aren't displayed there either.
Regards |:) "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Good point. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... The first time I tried it, back in maybe Word 97, the insertion point was not shown, so you couldn't even be sure *where* you were editing. That spoiled me for it right away, and I've used it maybe once or twice since. The sort of situation when it definitely comes in handy is when you're paging through a very long document (several hundred pages) to check page layout and spot a typo on a page. If you switch back to Normal or Print Layout view, you go back to page 1 (or wherever you started) and have to relocate the page where you spotted the error, which can be very time-consuming. Or you can just click in and fix it, then move on. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... I've used it myself. Nevertheless, it adds complexity with minor gain. It changes a view-only screen to an editing screen that has limited function, doesn't show non-printing characters that do make a difference in editing just seem unnecessary. If instead the time that went into that went into fixing numbering.... I guess it is a question of priorities. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Why? Most users never discover it, and those who do seem to value the feature. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... Someone at MS should be keelhauled for this! -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Print Preview is *not* an editing mode, so it shows only what will actually appear on the printed page. Although you *can* edit in Print Preview if you turn the Magnifier off. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "CyberTaz" wrote in message ... The 'characters' you are seeing in Print Layout View (which is an *editing* mode)are non-printing characters which account for white-space in the document and are only visible in that view if you have the Show/Hide ¶ feature turned on. Being able to accurately determine what causes the spacing in a document facilitates editing & revising it's content. Print Preview is *not* an editing mode, so it shows only what will actually appear on the printed page. For more, you may find this useful; http://word.mvps.org/FAQS/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm HTH |:) "Molly" wrote: In page layout carriage returns and information in some tables can be seen, but in print preview they are not. i.e. blank cells in the tables and no "space" between paragraphs. Why? |
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