[Frank Martin]

I have WinXP & Word2003.

We have a new printer and so I want all the
*old* documents to open on this one.

I have configured the "Normal.dot" for all
future documents, but how do I get all the
old ones to work with this new printer?

This new printer is fussy in that it requires
the formatting of Word to point to its
"Tray1", otherwise it refuses to work.

Please help, Frank

[Gordon]

"Frank Martin" wrote in message
...
I have WinXP & Word2003.

We have a new printer and so I want all the *old* documents to open on
this one.

I have configured the "Normal.dot" for all future documents, but how do I
get all the old ones to work with this new printer?

This new printer is fussy in that it requires the formatting of Word to
point to its "Tray1", otherwise it refuses to work.


Word doesn't "point" to any sort of tray - that's the function of the
Printer setup. As long as this new printer is set as default, and the Paper
Source in the Printer setup is set as tray 1, then you shouldn't need to
change anything else....

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

It's also helpful to make sure that Word is set to print to the default tray
(AutoSelect); this setting is on the Paper tab of Page Setup.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Gordon" wrote in message
...
"Frank Martin" wrote in message
...
I have WinXP & Word2003.

We have a new printer and so I want all the *old* documents to open on
this one.

I have configured the "Normal.dot" for all future documents, but how do
I
get all the old ones to work with this new printer?

This new printer is fussy in that it requires the formatting of Word to
point to its "Tray1", otherwise it refuses to work.


Word doesn't "point" to any sort of tray - that's the function of the
Printer setup. As long as this new printer is set as default, and the
Paper
Source in the Printer setup is set as tray 1, then you shouldn't need to
change anything else....

[Frank Martin]

Thank you. I have tried this to no avail.
The page setup wants "tray 1" in the dialogue
even though this is present in the printer
setup. The printer is a copier/printer
combination "Sharp AR5316".

It caused no end of trouble finding this out,
and the Normal.dot template fixed it for all
future documents, though all past ones have
now to be set manually.

Regards.


"Suzanne S. Barnhill"
wrote in message
...
It's also helpful to make sure that Word is
set to print to the default tray
(AutoSelect); this setting is on the Paper
tab of Page Setup.

--
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.

"Gordon" wrote
in message
...
"Frank Martin" wrote
in message
...
I have WinXP & Word2003.

We have a new printer and so I want all
the *old* documents to open on
this one.

I have configured the "Normal.dot" for
all future documents, but how do
I
get all the old ones to work with this
new printer?

This new printer is fussy in that it
requires the formatting of Word to
point to its "Tray1", otherwise it
refuses to work.


Word doesn't "point" to any sort of tray -
that's the function of the
Printer setup. As long as this new printer
is set as default, and the
Paper
Source in the Printer setup is set as tray
1, then you shouldn't need to
change anything else....