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Making a Word document "printer neutral"
Hello,
I was given a Word 2003 form to fix. Currently, it prints differently on different printers (sometimes cutting off the margins or moving content onto another page). Beyond ensuring that the margins are correctly set and tables correctly set, how can I make the form "printer neutral" so it prints with the same layout regardless of the printer that's used? Thank you! |
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Making a Word document "printer neutral"
Printer information is not saved with the document so it reformats according
to the ability of the printer driver and available fonts. http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TextReflow.htm. If you want to ensure that the document remains the same whowver views it, then use PDF format, for which you will need extra software. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org hjneedshelp wrote: Hello, I was given a Word 2003 form to fix. Currently, it prints differently on different printers (sometimes cutting off the margins or moving content onto another page). Beyond ensuring that the margins are correctly set and tables correctly set, how can I make the form "printer neutral" so it prints with the same layout regardless of the printer that's used? Thank you! |
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Making a Word document "printer neutral"
To add one bit to Graham's reply, the default margin settings in Word (1" all around) will work on many forms, but 2.7" on the
bottom may be needed for some inkjets. If you can setup your form for that you may have a good chance of success, unless you have international needs where Word's A4/letter auto resizing may also kick in. As forms are often laid out to go closer to the edges of the paper than that, Word may not be the best solution of the MS Office Product family if layout consistency is the key need. ============== "hjneedshelp" wrote in message ... Hello, I was given a Word 2003 form to fix. Currently, it prints differently on different printers (sometimes cutting off the margins or moving content onto another page). Beyond ensuring that the margins are correctly set and tables correctly set, how can I make the form "printer neutral" so it prints with the same layout regardless of the printer that's used? Thank you! -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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First of all, "1" all around" is not the default for margins in Word 2003;
by default, the left and right margins are 1.25". And even an inkjet should not need more than a 1" bottom margin. It's the 0.5" footer margin that may be cutting it close on some inkjets. Any document that claims to need a 2.7" margin (more likely the tell-tale 2.67") is suffering from a printer driver bug that can be remedied in various ways, especially by getting one of the drivers at http://www.hp.com/pond/ljbeta/index.html -- 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. "Bob Buckland ?:-)" 75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com wrote in message ... To add one bit to Graham's reply, the default margin settings in Word (1" all around) will work on many forms, but 2.7" on the bottom may be needed for some inkjets. If you can setup your form for that you may have a good chance of success, unless you have international needs where Word's A4/letter auto resizing may also kick in. As forms are often laid out to go closer to the edges of the paper than that, Word may not be the best solution of the MS Office Product family if layout consistency is the key need. ============== "hjneedshelp" wrote in message ... Hello, I was given a Word 2003 form to fix. Currently, it prints differently on different printers (sometimes cutting off the margins or moving content onto another page). Beyond ensuring that the margins are correctly set and tables correctly set, how can I make the form "printer neutral" so it prints with the same layout regardless of the printer that's used? Thank you! -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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Thank you Graham, Bob, and Suzanne!!! Your responses helped me understand
the situation. Thank you so much. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: First of all, "1" all around" is not the default for margins in Word 2003; by default, the left and right margins are 1.25". And even an inkjet should not need more than a 1" bottom margin. It's the 0.5" footer margin that may be cutting it close on some inkjets. Any document that claims to need a 2.7" margin (more likely the tell-tale 2.67") is suffering from a printer driver bug that can be remedied in various ways, especially by getting one of the drivers at http://www.hp.com/pond/ljbeta/index.html -- 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. "Bob Buckland ?:-)" 75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com wrote in message ... To add one bit to Graham's reply, the default margin settings in Word (1" all around) will work on many forms, but 2.7" on the bottom may be needed for some inkjets. If you can setup your form for that you may have a good chance of success, unless you have international needs where Word's A4/letter auto resizing may also kick in. As forms are often laid out to go closer to the edges of the paper than that, Word may not be the best solution of the MS Office Product family if layout consistency is the key need. ============== "hjneedshelp" wrote in message ... Hello, I was given a Word 2003 form to fix. Currently, it prints differently on different printers (sometimes cutting off the margins or moving content onto another page). Beyond ensuring that the margins are correctly set and tables correctly set, how can I make the form "printer neutral" so it prints with the same layout regardless of the printer that's used? Thank you! -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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Suzanne,
The 2.67 margin was tied to the paper handling capability of older inkjets (i.e. the way they held the paper as it passed through the printer. They (especially HP printers) could not reliably hold the paper correctly beyond a certain point. Changing a driver on those printers to one that allows smaller margins in the settings is not advisable, and if a document is created for an audience you don't know then you can't rely on what you might think it needs. ============ "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... First of all, "1" all around" is not the default for margins in Word 2003; by default, the left and right margins are 1.25". And even an inkjet should not need more than a 1" bottom margin. It's the 0.5" footer margin that may be cutting it close on some inkjets. Any document that claims to need a 2.7" margin (more likely the tell-tale 2.67") is suffering from a printer driverbug that can be remedied in various ways, especially by getting one of the drivers at http://www.hp.com/pond/ljbeta/index.html -- Suzanne S. Barnhill |
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I find it extremely difficult to believe than any inkjet of any age required
that large a bottom margin. My father has an aged DeskJet 600 that will print to the bottom of the page. -- 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. "Bob Buckland ?:-)" 75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com wrote in message ... Suzanne, The 2.67 margin was tied to the paper handling capability of older inkjets (i.e. the way they held the paper as it passed through the printer. They (especially HP printers) could not reliably hold the paper correctly beyond a certain point. Changing a driver on those printers to one that allows smaller margins in the settings is not advisable, and if a document is created for an audience you don't know then you can't rely on what you might think it needs. ============ "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... First of all, "1" all around" is not the default for margins in Word 2003; by default, the left and right margins are 1.25". And even an inkjet should not need more than a 1" bottom margin. It's the 0.5" footer margin that may be cutting it close on some inkjets. Any document that claims to need a 2.7" margin (more likely the tell-tale 2.67") is suffering from a printer driverbug that can be remedied in various ways, especially by getting one of the drivers at http://www.hp.com/pond/ljbeta/index.html -- Suzanne S. Barnhill |
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