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Word in Works/Word in Office???
I have a new computer...XP...have a 2 month trial of
Microsoft Office which includes Word. I have a permanent installation of Works which also contains Word. The other day I made up some labels on the Office Word and they were perfect....made up some more today on the Works Word and they printed half off the label. It took me a long time to figure what I had done differently. I don't want to have to purchase Office.....1) why are the two Words different? and 2) How can I get my labels to print properly on the Works Word? |
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Since the most recent version of Word available in Works Suite is Word 2002,
and since a new Office install would be Office 2003, you are in fact using two different versions of Word. But that would not necessarily explain the difference in label layout. -- 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. "Mabers" wrote in message ... I have a new computer...XP...have a 2 month trial of Microsoft Office which includes Word. I have a permanent installation of Works which also contains Word. The other day I made up some labels on the Office Word and they were perfect....made up some more today on the Works Word and they printed half off the label. It took me a long time to figure what I had done differently. I don't want to have to purchase Office.....1) why are the two Words different? and 2) How can I get my labels to print properly on the Works Word? |
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O.K. That sounds reasonable.....but....I have just worked
over 1/2 hour messing with the labels setup in Works Word, and I cannot fix the problem. All the margin measurements appear to be the same in both Works and Office. Any ideas? -----Original Message----- Since the most recent version of Word available in Works Suite is Word 2002, and since a new Office install would be Office 2003, you are in fact using two different versions of Word. But that would not necessarily explain the difference in label layout. -- 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. "Mabers" wrote in message ... I have a new computer...XP...have a 2 month trial of Microsoft Office which includes Word. I have a permanent installation of Works which also contains Word. The other day I made up some labels on the Office Word and they were perfect....made up some more today on the Works Word and they printed half off the label. It took me a long time to figure what I had done differently. I don't want to have to purchase Office.....1) why are the two Words different? and 2) How can I get my labels to print properly on the Works Word? . |
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On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 17:22:29 -0800, "Mabers"
wrote: O.K. That sounds reasonable.....but....I have just worked over 1/2 hour messing with the labels setup in Works Word, and I cannot fix the problem. All the margin measurements appear to be the same in both Works and Office. Any ideas? I always end up fighting with Word over labels too and IMO it's just not worth the trouble. I use Avery products, so it's much easier (for me) to use the Avery Wizard. http://www.avery.com/us/software/index.jsp |
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Hmmmmm.....I thought that might be an option so downloaded
the software and it downloaded into Word in Office!!!! So.....I was no better off. Now what? -----Original Message----- On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 17:22:29 -0800, "Mabers" wrote: O.K. That sounds reasonable.....but....I have just worked over 1/2 hour messing with the labels setup in Works Word, and I cannot fix the problem. All the margin measurements appear to be the same in both Works and Office. Any ideas? I always end up fighting with Word over labels too and IMO it's just not worth the trouble. I use Avery products, so it's much easier (for me) to use the Avery Wizard. http://www.avery.com/us/software/index.jsp . |
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The most likely explanation for your original problem - the Avery wizard is
an answer to a question you haven't asked - is that the page setup paper size does not match the printer driver paper size. Ensure also that there is no zoom setting in the print options. It is also entirely likely that you will have a different version of normal.dot for each of the Word versions. If normal.dot has a header (even an empty one), it will throw out the alignment of the labels by the height of the header. You can check this by temporarily renaming normal.dot to oldnormal.dot. Word will recereate a new default version. Locate it from tools options file locations usedr templates. Note that it is a hidden file so you will need to set Windows Explorer to show hidden files in order to see it. (tools folder options view in that application) -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org mabers wrote: Hmmmmm.....I thought that might be an option so downloaded the software and it downloaded into Word in Office!!!! So.....I was no better off. Now what? -----Original Message----- On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 17:22:29 -0800, "Mabers" wrote: O.K. That sounds reasonable.....but....I have just worked over 1/2 hour messing with the labels setup in Works Word, and I cannot fix the problem. All the margin measurements appear to be the same in both Works and Office. Any ideas? I always end up fighting with Word over labels too and IMO it's just not worth the trouble. I use Avery products, so it's much easier (for me) to use the Avery Wizard. http://www.avery.com/us/software/index.jsp . |
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Thanks....but....I am having trouble with the
instructions! (That's on me, not you!) 1)Paper size in printer driver is 8.5 x 11 and in both 'Words' it is 4.25 x 5, the size of the #2160 labels. 2) Zoom setting is 100% in both 'Words'. (????) 3)What question did I not ask? 4)In Word 2002 (the one in Works) Tools...Options...does not show a File Locations option. In Word 2003 (the one in Office), it does.....navigated to User templates....Avery, and I'm lost after that. Because I downloaded Avery Wizard, has it taken over from the microsoft templates in Word 2003 (where it downloaded to)????? Boy, am I confused!!!! -----Original Message----- The most likely explanation for your original problem - the Avery wizard is an answer to a question you haven't asked - is that the page setup paper size does not match the printer driver paper size. Ensure also that there is no zoom setting in the print options. It is also entirely likely that you will have a different version of normal.dot for each of the Word versions. If normal.dot has a header (even an empty one), it will throw out the alignment of the labels by the height of the header. You can check this by temporarily renaming normal.dot to oldnormal.dot. Word will recereate a new default version. Locate it from tools options file locations usedr templates. Note that it is a hidden file so you will need to set Windows Explorer to show hidden files in order to see it. (tools folder options view in that application) -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org mabers wrote: Hmmmmm.....I thought that might be an option so downloaded the software and it downloaded into Word in Office!!!! So.....I was no better off. Now what? -----Original Message----- On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 17:22:29 -0800, "Mabers" wrote: O.K. That sounds reasonable.....but....I have just worked over 1/2 hour messing with the labels setup in Works Word, and I cannot fix the problem. All the margin measurements appear to be the same in both Works and Office. Any ideas? I always end up fighting with Word over labels too and IMO it's just not worth the trouble. I use Avery products, so it's much easier (for me) to use the Avery Wizard. http://www.avery.com/us/software/index.jsp . . |
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