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Problems with Word 2003 after intalling Win XP
I had been using Word 2003 with Win 2K and upgraded the system to Win
XP/SP 2. Although the Windows installation said that my settings would be preserved, some obviously were changed or deleted completely. One of these was the settings for Word. I have the Regional Settings and Language set to use Japanese for non-Unicode fonts. With this, Word had everthing set to Japanese settings. I changed the units of measurement to inches but the rulers still display in milimeters (I tried going into print setup and changing the paper size to Letter from A4 but it did not help). Also, when I open a new document, it defaults to a Japanese font and shows the language as Japanese. I can change the font to Times New Roman (which is set as the default for Latin text) but then the language is shown as Arabic. I changed the language (using the Language tab in Tools) to English but when I open a new document or make any formatting changes, it shifts back to the Japanese fornt and then, when I change the font to TNR, it shows Arabic again. How can I get Word to work right again? |
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Graham Mayor wrote: The ruler issue is probably covered by http://www.gmayor.com/Character_Units.htm I don't know anything about Japanese compatibility Thank you. That took care of the ruler. WRT the language. Although it shows Arabic when I shift to TNR from the Japanese font, I discovered that it switches to English as soon as I start to type so it is does not appear to be a problem. However, it is strange behavior. |
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It's probably because when you switch, the Language AutoDetection won't work
out the language until it has seen sufficient input to determine this. A guess is that Arabic is first in the list so it defaults to it until it knows. -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP wrote in message ps.com... Graham Mayor wrote: The ruler issue is probably covered by http://www.gmayor.com/Character_Units.htm I don't know anything about Japanese compatibility Thank you. That took care of the ruler. WRT the language. Although it shows Arabic when I shift to TNR from the Japanese font, I discovered that it switches to English as soon as I start to type so it is does not appear to be a problem. However, it is strange behavior. |
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Terry Farrell wrote: It's probably because when you switch, the Language AutoDetection won't work out the language until it has seen sufficient input to determine this. A guess is that Arabic is first in the list so it defaults to it until it knows. That may be it but as I said, since it does switch, it is not a major problem. It just seemed to be strange behavior. I have discovered another problem with Japanese. When I try to print a Japanese document with Word 2003, the texts prints as almost microprint in a small box in the center of the top of the page. If I print the same document using Wordpad, it prints normally and also prints normally with WordPerfect 12. English prints fine. |
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I'd say that was a printer driver issue.
Terry wrote in message oups.com... Terry Farrell wrote: It's probably because when you switch, the Language AutoDetection won't work out the language until it has seen sufficient input to determine this. A guess is that Arabic is first in the list so it defaults to it until it knows. That may be it but as I said, since it does switch, it is not a major problem. It just seemed to be strange behavior. I have discovered another problem with Japanese. When I try to print a Japanese document with Word 2003, the texts prints as almost microprint in a small box in the center of the top of the page. If I print the same document using Wordpad, it prints normally and also prints normally with WordPerfect 12. English prints fine. |
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Terry Farrell wrote: I'd say that was a printer driver issue. I have discovered another problem with Japanese. When I try to print a Japanese document with Word 2003, the texts prints as almost microprint in a small box in the center of the top of the page. If I print the same document using Wordpad, it prints normally and also prints normally with WordPerfect 12. English prints fine. If it were a printer driver issue, I should have the same problem when I print from other programs. However, it only happens with Word. Also, in one document that was doing this, I found an embedded "HTML Preformatted" style. When I deleted this, it printed normally. However, I checked two other documents that exhibited this behavior but did not find that style. |
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"If it were a printer driver issue, I should have the same problem
when I print from other programs." Unfortunately this is a very common & logical - but invalid - assumption. It only take a moment to check, and you may sometimes be surprised Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 12/25/06 9:45 AM, in article , " wrote: Terry Farrell wrote: I'd say that was a printer driver issue. I have discovered another problem with Japanese. When I try to print a Japanese document with Word 2003, the texts prints as almost microprint in a small box in the center of the top of the page. If I print the same document using Wordpad, it prints normally and also prints normally with WordPerfect 12. English prints fine. If it were a printer driver issue, I should have the same problem when I print from other programs. However, it only happens with Word. Also, in one document that was doing this, I found an embedded "HTML Preformatted" style. When I deleted this, it printed normally. However, I checked two other documents that exhibited this behavior but did not find that style. |
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Problems with Word 2003 after intalling Win XP
Not necessarily. Word and Publisher both have strong ties to printer
drivers. The "wrong" one could work in everything else but end up screwing something up in either of those programs. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 wrote in message oups.com... Terry Farrell wrote: I'd say that was a printer driver issue. I have discovered another problem with Japanese. When I try to print a Japanese document with Word 2003, the texts prints as almost microprint in a small box in the center of the top of the page. If I print the same document using Wordpad, it prints normally and also prints normally with WordPerfect 12. English prints fine. If it were a printer driver issue, I should have the same problem when I print from other programs. However, it only happens with Word. Also, in one document that was doing this, I found an embedded "HTML Preformatted" style. When I deleted this, it printed normally. However, I checked two other documents that exhibited this behavior but did not find that style. |
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