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Master Document Prints Incorrectly; Subdocuments Print Correctly.
When viewing a Master Document in Print Preview, it appears to have the
correct margins, styles, spacing, etc. When I print it, the margins are incorrect, forcing the text far to the right, cutting off the right side of the text, the fonts are incorrect, etc. When I print one of the Subdocuments individually, everything prints correctly. I have attempted to print the Master Document from different computers on our network, and on different printers. The Master Document prints incorrectly in all cases. I've attempted to create and assign a new template to the Master Document, copying settings from one of the individual Subdocuments, with no success. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Jason |
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Master Document Prints Incorrectly; Subdocuments Print Correctly.
Sorry, I don't have an answer because I don't use Master Documents. However,
you may need the reason I don't more than you need an answer. "Master Document" is a term of art in Word referring to a "feature" that not only doesn't work but also destroys documents. The consensus (with the limited exception of Steve Hudson) among those offering advice on these newsgroups is that using the Master Document feature is a good way to destroy your document. It can destroy parts of your document that you are not even working on! I think John McGhie said it succinctly when he said that there are two kinds of Master Documents: Those that are corrupt and those that will be corrupt soon. See http://www.addbalance.com/word/masterdocuments.htm for information on the Master Document feature and workarounds. See http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...ocsCorrupt.htm for more information on what goes wrong, and http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...MasterDocs.htm for ideas on how to salvage what you can. See http://www.techwr-l.com/techwhirl/ma...masterdocs.doc for Steve Hudson's instructions if you are willing to follow them very carefully. -- 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. "Jason" wrote in message ... When viewing a Master Document in Print Preview, it appears to have the correct margins, styles, spacing, etc. When I print it, the margins are incorrect, forcing the text far to the right, cutting off the right side of the text, the fonts are incorrect, etc. When I print one of the Subdocuments individually, everything prints correctly. I have attempted to print the Master Document from different computers on our network, and on different printers. The Master Document prints incorrectly in all cases. I've attempted to create and assign a new template to the Master Document, copying settings from one of the individual Subdocuments, with no success. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Jason |
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Master Document Prints Incorrectly; Subdocuments Print Correct
Hey Charles,
Thanks for the links; the information was helpful. My document isn't all that large, so I'll be creating one document to save myself the trouble. Thanks again, Jason "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Sorry, I don't have an answer because I don't use Master Documents. However, you may need the reason I don't more than you need an answer. "Master Document" is a term of art in Word referring to a "feature" that not only doesn't work but also destroys documents. The consensus (with the limited exception of Steve Hudson) among those offering advice on these newsgroups is that using the Master Document feature is a good way to destroy your document. It can destroy parts of your document that you are not even working on! I think John McGhie said it succinctly when he said that there are two kinds of Master Documents: Those that are corrupt and those that will be corrupt soon. See http://www.addbalance.com/word/masterdocuments.htm for information on the Master Document feature and workarounds. See http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...ocsCorrupt.htm for more information on what goes wrong, and http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...MasterDocs.htm for ideas on how to salvage what you can. See http://www.techwr-l.com/techwhirl/ma...masterdocs.doc for Steve Hudson's instructions if you are willing to follow them very carefully. -- 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. "Jason" wrote in message ... When viewing a Master Document in Print Preview, it appears to have the correct margins, styles, spacing, etc. When I print it, the margins are incorrect, forcing the text far to the right, cutting off the right side of the text, the fonts are incorrect, etc. When I print one of the Subdocuments individually, everything prints correctly. I have attempted to print the Master Document from different computers on our network, and on different printers. The Master Document prints incorrectly in all cases. I've attempted to create and assign a new template to the Master Document, copying settings from one of the individual Subdocuments, with no success. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Jason |
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Master Document Prints Incorrectly; Subdocuments Print Correctly.
Oh my God!
Thank you Charles Kenyon. For about 10 years now, I have been using Word Master layout, tearing my hair out late at night/early morning trying to get it to work with big documents that would keep corrupting - and thinking it was ME all along! I studiously followed the help files but I never thought to assume it was the nature of the beast. Last year I spent 9 months editing and laying out an 800 page, 14 chapter, 13,000 word index, 12MB one-piece file because I just gave up using Master and Sub docs -thinking I was just too stupid to use such a big concept. If only I had asked here! Many thanks to the heretics! Swami. "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... Sorry, I don't have an answer because I don't use Master Documents. However, you may need the reason I don't more than you need an answer. "Master Document" is a term of art in Word referring to a "feature" that not only doesn't work but also destroys documents. The consensus (with the limited exception of Steve Hudson) among those offering advice on these newsgroups is that using the Master Document feature is a good way to destroy your document. It can destroy parts of your document that you are not even working on! I think John McGhie said it succinctly when he said that there are two kinds of Master Documents: Those that are corrupt and those that will be corrupt soon. See http://www.addbalance.com/word/masterdocuments.htm for information on the Master Document feature and workarounds. See http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...ocsCorrupt.htm for more information on what goes wrong, and http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...MasterDocs.htm for ideas on how to salvage what you can. See http://www.techwr-l.com/techwhirl/ma...masterdocs.doc for Steve Hudson's instructions if you are willing to follow them very carefully. -- 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. "Jason" wrote in message ... When viewing a Master Document in Print Preview, it appears to have the correct margins, styles, spacing, etc. When I print it, the margins are incorrect, forcing the text far to the right, cutting off the right side of the text, the fonts are incorrect, etc. When I print one of the Subdocuments individually, everything prints correctly. I have attempted to print the Master Document from different computers on our network, and on different printers. The Master Document prints incorrectly in all cases. I've attempted to create and assign a new template to the Master Document, copying settings from one of the individual Subdocuments, with no success. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Jason |
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Master Document Prints Incorrectly; Subdocuments Print Correct
You are welcome. Some subjects like land mines you don't want to know too
well. It is enough to know to stay away if you can. -- 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. "Jason" wrote in message ... Hey Charles, Thanks for the links; the information was helpful. My document isn't all that large, so I'll be creating one document to save myself the trouble. Thanks again, Jason "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Sorry, I don't have an answer because I don't use Master Documents. However, you may need the reason I don't more than you need an answer. "Master Document" is a term of art in Word referring to a "feature" that not only doesn't work but also destroys documents. The consensus (with the limited exception of Steve Hudson) among those offering advice on these newsgroups is that using the Master Document feature is a good way to destroy your document. It can destroy parts of your document that you are not even working on! I think John McGhie said it succinctly when he said that there are two kinds of Master Documents: Those that are corrupt and those that will be corrupt soon. See http://www.addbalance.com/word/masterdocuments.htm for information on the Master Document feature and workarounds. See http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...ocsCorrupt.htm for more information on what goes wrong, and http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...MasterDocs.htm for ideas on how to salvage what you can. See http://www.techwr-l.com/techwhirl/ma...masterdocs.doc for Steve Hudson's instructions if you are willing to follow them very carefully. -- 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. "Jason" wrote in message ... When viewing a Master Document in Print Preview, it appears to have the correct margins, styles, spacing, etc. When I print it, the margins are incorrect, forcing the text far to the right, cutting off the right side of the text, the fonts are incorrect, etc. When I print one of the Subdocuments individually, everything prints correctly. I have attempted to print the Master Document from different computers on our network, and on different printers. The Master Document prints incorrectly in all cases. I've attempted to create and assign a new template to the Master Document, copying settings from one of the individual Subdocuments, with no success. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Jason |
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