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Three of us are updating a monthly newsletter. When I receive their copies
via emails I see things differently to them and vice versa.

For example, a text box will overflow when I see it but they create it and
see it correctly. If I change the lines in a table making them draw lines
instead of typed ones and move them around slightly to line them up they see
them all to one side?

I have not checked this out with them as yet but if we are all running
different versions of Word could this be the reason?

TIA

B.W.



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It's not so much different versions of Word as different printer
drivers. You should all install the driver for the one printer that
will eventually be used to print. (You don't have to have the physical
printer, just the software.) See
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TextReflow.htm.

If it's an electronic newsletter, you can't control what printer
driver your readers will have. In that case, it's better to publish
the document as PDF.

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On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 09:36:50 +1000, "B.W."
(del xxx) wrote:

Three of us are updating a monthly newsletter. When I receive their copies
via emails I see things differently to them and vice versa.

For example, a text box will overflow when I see it but they create it and
see it correctly. If I change the lines in a table making them draw lines
instead of typed ones and move them around slightly to line them up they see
them all to one side?

I have not checked this out with them as yet but if we are all running
different versions of Word could this be the reason?

TIA

B.W.


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Hi B.W.,

Differences in installed fonts, different printer drivers being used under File=Print (you don't have to actually need to have a
specific printer to use the driver there, just don't print with it if you don't have it g) and different versions of Word (as well
as different paper sizes (i.e. if one of you is using letter size and another A4) can all affect how Word reflows the text (i.e.
Word isn't a page layout software package), but a text document reflow package).

=============
"B.W." (del xxx) wrote in message ...
Three of us are updating a monthly newsletter. When I receive their copies
via emails I see things differently to them and vice versa.

For example, a text box will overflow when I see it but they create it and
see it correctly. If I change the lines in a table making them draw lines
instead of typed ones and move them around slightly to line them up they see
them all to one side?

I have not checked this out with them as yet but if we are all running
different versions of Word could this be the reason?

TIA

B.W.
--
I hope this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office system products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends


LINKS to the 2007 Office System

1. Free MS Office 2007 book from MS Press, 213 pages:
http://microsoft.com/learning/office...oksfrommspress

2.. Office 2007 Beta 2 Online Test Drive, Downloadable beta,
e-learning courses, doucmentation and movies:
http://microsoft.com/office/preview

3. Send 2007 Office System Beta 2 feedback directly to the MS Office 2007 product team with this feedback tool:
http://sas.office.microsoft.com/

4. Try the 2007 OfficeOnline preview website , without Office2007

a. Install the ActiveX access control
http://office.microsoft.com/search/r...XT101650581033

b. then visit
http://officebeta.iponet.net



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Thank you for that information.

So if we find out what printer, make and model finally prints out the
newsletter, which then gets photocopied. Install it's driver on all our
machines, how then do we go about opening the documents onscreen but using
that driver?

TIA

B.W

"Bob Buckland ?:-)" 75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com wrote
in message ...
Hi B.W.,

Differences in installed fonts, different printer drivers being used under
File=Print (you don't have to actually need to have a
specific printer to use the driver there, just don't print with it if you
don't have it g) and different versions of Word (as well
as different paper sizes (i.e. if one of you is using letter size and
another A4) can all affect how Word reflows the text (i.e.
Word isn't a page layout software package), but a text document reflow
package).

=============
"B.W." (del xxx) wrote in message
...
Three of us are updating a monthly newsletter. When I receive their
copies
via emails I see things differently to them and vice versa.

For example, a text box will overflow when I see it but they create it and
see it correctly. If I change the lines in a table making them draw lines
instead of typed ones and move them around slightly to line them up they
see
them all to one side?

I have not checked this out with them as yet but if we are all running
different versions of Word could this be the reason?

TIA

B.W.
--
I hope this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office system products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends


LINKS to the 2007 Office System

1. Free MS Office 2007 book from MS Press, 213 pages:
http://microsoft.com/learning/office...oksfrommspress

2.. Office 2007 Beta 2 Online Test Drive, Downloadable beta,
e-learning courses, doucmentation and movies:
http://microsoft.com/office/preview

3. Send 2007 Office System Beta 2 feedback directly to the MS Office 2007
product team with this feedback tool:
http://sas.office.microsoft.com/

4. Try the 2007 OfficeOnline preview website , without Office2007

a. Install the ActiveX access control

http://office.microsoft.com/search/r...XT101650581033

b. then visit
http://officebeta.iponet.net





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Hi B.W.

Open the file. File Print. Choose your printer. Click Close (not OK).

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word


"B.W." (del xxx) wrote in message
...
Thank you for that information.

So if we find out what printer, make and model finally prints out the
newsletter, which then gets photocopied. Install it's driver on all our
machines, how then do we go about opening the documents onscreen but using
that driver?

TIA

B.W

"Bob Buckland ?:-)" 75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com wrote
in message ...
Hi B.W.,

Differences in installed fonts, different printer drivers being used
under File=Print (you don't have to actually need to have a
specific printer to use the driver there, just don't print with it if you
don't have it g) and different versions of Word (as well
as different paper sizes (i.e. if one of you is using letter size and
another A4) can all affect how Word reflows the text (i.e.
Word isn't a page layout software package), but a text document reflow
package).

=============
"B.W." (del xxx) wrote in message
...
Three of us are updating a monthly newsletter. When I receive their
copies
via emails I see things differently to them and vice versa.

For example, a text box will overflow when I see it but they create it
and
see it correctly. If I change the lines in a table making them draw
lines
instead of typed ones and move them around slightly to line them up they
see
them all to one side?

I have not checked this out with them as yet but if we are all running
different versions of Word could this be the reason?

TIA

B.W.
--
I hope this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office system products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends


LINKS to the 2007 Office System

1. Free MS Office 2007 book from MS Press, 213 pages:

http://microsoft.com/learning/office...oksfrommspress

2.. Office 2007 Beta 2 Online Test Drive, Downloadable beta,
e-learning courses, doucmentation and movies:
http://microsoft.com/office/preview

3. Send 2007 Office System Beta 2 feedback directly to the MS Office
2007 product team with this feedback tool:
http://sas.office.microsoft.com/

4. Try the 2007 OfficeOnline preview website , without Office2007

a. Install the ActiveX access control

http://office.microsoft.com/search/r...XT101650581033

b. then visit
http://officebeta.iponet.net









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Sorry I haven't explained myself very well. I don't need to print the
document just see it correctly, someone else prints it for copying.

But I think what is meant that we should all install a printer with it's
driver of the printer actually being used to print the final copy. By
having that driver on all our machines the three documents would have that
driver formatted within the docs and we should all see them the same????

It doesn't have anything to do with the printer driver of the printer of the
creator of all the docs (a fourth party) does it? It should be the printer
driver of the final printout????

TIA

B.W.


"Shauna Kelly" wrote in message
...
Hi B.W.

Open the file. File Print. Choose your printer. Click Close (not OK).

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word


"B.W." (del xxx) wrote in message
...
Thank you for that information.

So if we find out what printer, make and model finally prints out the
newsletter, which then gets photocopied. Install it's driver on all our
machines, how then do we go about opening the documents onscreen but
using that driver?

TIA

B.W

"Bob Buckland ?:-)" 75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com
wrote in message ...
Hi B.W.,

Differences in installed fonts, different printer drivers being used
under File=Print (you don't have to actually need to have a
specific printer to use the driver there, just don't print with it if
you don't have it g) and different versions of Word (as well
as different paper sizes (i.e. if one of you is using letter size and
another A4) can all affect how Word reflows the text (i.e.
Word isn't a page layout software package), but a text document reflow
package).

=============
"B.W." (del xxx) wrote in message
...
Three of us are updating a monthly newsletter. When I receive their
copies
via emails I see things differently to them and vice versa.

For example, a text box will overflow when I see it but they create it
and
see it correctly. If I change the lines in a table making them draw
lines
instead of typed ones and move them around slightly to line them up they
see
them all to one side?

I have not checked this out with them as yet but if we are all running
different versions of Word could this be the reason?

TIA

B.W.
--
I hope this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office system products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends

LINKS to the 2007 Office System

1. Free MS Office 2007 book from MS Press, 213 pages:

http://microsoft.com/learning/office...oksfrommspress

2.. Office 2007 Beta 2 Online Test Drive, Downloadable beta,
e-learning courses, doucmentation and movies:
http://microsoft.com/office/preview

3. Send 2007 Office System Beta 2 feedback directly to the MS Office
2007 product team with this feedback tool:
http://sas.office.microsoft.com/

4. Try the 2007 OfficeOnline preview website , without Office2007

a. Install the ActiveX access control

http://office.microsoft.com/search/r...XT101650581033

b. then visit
http://officebeta.iponet.net









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Shauna was explaining how to select the printer driver without actually
printing.

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"B.W." (del xxx) wrote in message
...
Sorry I haven't explained myself very well. I don't need to print the
document just see it correctly, someone else prints it for copying.

But I think what is meant that we should all install a printer with it's
driver of the printer actually being used to print the final copy. By
having that driver on all our machines the three documents would have that
driver formatted within the docs and we should all see them the same????

It doesn't have anything to do with the printer driver of the printer of

the
creator of all the docs (a fourth party) does it? It should be the

printer
driver of the final printout????

TIA

B.W.


"Shauna Kelly" wrote in message
...
Hi B.W.

Open the file. File Print. Choose your printer. Click Close (not OK).

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word


"B.W." (del xxx) wrote in message
...
Thank you for that information.

So if we find out what printer, make and model finally prints out the
newsletter, which then gets photocopied. Install it's driver on all

our
machines, how then do we go about opening the documents onscreen but
using that driver?

TIA

B.W

"Bob Buckland ?:-)" 75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com
wrote in message ...
Hi B.W.,

Differences in installed fonts, different printer drivers being used
under File=Print (you don't have to actually need to have a
specific printer to use the driver there, just don't print with it if
you don't have it g) and different versions of Word (as well
as different paper sizes (i.e. if one of you is using letter size and
another A4) can all affect how Word reflows the text (i.e.
Word isn't a page layout software package), but a text document reflow
package).

=============
"B.W." (del xxx) wrote in message
...
Three of us are updating a monthly newsletter. When I receive their
copies
via emails I see things differently to them and vice versa.

For example, a text box will overflow when I see it but they create it
and
see it correctly. If I change the lines in a table making them draw
lines
instead of typed ones and move them around slightly to line them up

they
see
them all to one side?

I have not checked this out with them as yet but if we are all running
different versions of Word could this be the reason?

TIA

B.W.
--
I hope this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office system products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends

LINKS to the 2007 Office System

1. Free MS Office 2007 book from MS Press, 213 pages:

http://microsoft.com/learning/office...oksfrommspress

2.. Office 2007 Beta 2 Online Test Drive, Downloadable beta,
e-learning courses, doucmentation and movies:
http://microsoft.com/office/preview

3. Send 2007 Office System Beta 2 feedback directly to the MS Office
2007 product team with this feedback tool:
http://sas.office.microsoft.com/

4. Try the 2007 OfficeOnline preview website , without Office2007

a. Install the ActiveX access control

http://office.microsoft.com/search/r...XT101650581033

b. then visit
http://officebeta.iponet.net










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You have surmised correctly. You don't have to have the actual printer in
order to install the drivers for it. So if you can find out what printer
will actually be used, you could each install that printer's drivers.
Then, whenever you work on that type of document, be sure you remember to
"set" that printer for that document, as Shauna has explained.

That way each of you will be seeing, especially in Print Preview, exactly
what the actual printer will see when it prints that document. Not only
will each of you then be seeing the same thing, but you'll also be seeing
exactly what will be printed.

Two things to remember: Put your OWN printer back for your own document
printingg, and of course, install the "special" printer driver for your
collaboration efforts.

Just rephrasing using different words, hopefully to add clarity. Hope I
haven't confused anything!

Pop`


B.W. wrote:
Sorry I haven't explained myself very well. I don't need to print the
document just see it correctly, someone else prints it for copying.

But I think what is meant that we should all install a printer with
it's driver of the printer actually being used to print the final
copy. By having that driver on all our machines the three documents
would have that driver formatted within the docs and we should all
see them the same????


Well, you need THAT printer driver in effect WHILE you edit/view the related
documents.


It doesn't have anything to do with the printer driver of the printer
of the creator of all the docs (a fourth party) does it? It should
be the printer driver of the final printout????


Best case, YES. That would be ideal. If you all had the same printer
driver working, you might all stil SEE the same thing, but ... you might not
be seeing it as the ACTUAL pritnner will print, if you haven't used THAT
printer's driver.


TIA

B.W.


"Shauna Kelly" wrote in
message ...
Hi B.W.

Open the file. File Print. Choose your printer. Click Close (not
OK). Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word


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Great, thank you everybody.

B.W.

"Pop`" wrote in message
...
You have surmised correctly. You don't have to have the actual printer in
order to install the drivers for it. So if you can find out what printer
will actually be used, you could each install that printer's drivers.
Then, whenever you work on that type of document, be sure you remember
to "set" that printer for that document, as Shauna has explained.

That way each of you will be seeing, especially in Print Preview, exactly
what the actual printer will see when it prints that document. Not only
will each of you then be seeing the same thing, but you'll also be seeing
exactly what will be printed.

Two things to remember: Put your OWN printer back for your own document
printingg, and of course, install the "special" printer driver for your
collaboration efforts.

Just rephrasing using different words, hopefully to add clarity. Hope I
haven't confused anything!

Pop`


B.W. wrote:
Sorry I haven't explained myself very well. I don't need to print the
document just see it correctly, someone else prints it for copying.

But I think what is meant that we should all install a printer with
it's driver of the printer actually being used to print the final
copy. By having that driver on all our machines the three documents
would have that driver formatted within the docs and we should all
see them the same????


Well, you need THAT printer driver in effect WHILE you edit/view the
related documents.


It doesn't have anything to do with the printer driver of the printer
of the creator of all the docs (a fourth party) does it? It should
be the printer driver of the final printout????


Best case, YES. That would be ideal. If you all had the same printer
driver working, you might all stil SEE the same thing, but ... you might
not be seeing it as the ACTUAL pritnner will print, if you haven't used
THAT printer's driver.


TIA

B.W.


"Shauna Kelly" wrote in
message ...
Hi B.W.

Open the file. File Print. Choose your printer. Click Close (not
OK). Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word


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