[PRR]

Occasionally when I remove the margins in Word 2003 (actually, just
set the margins to 0), and then print, I get an error message to the
effect that "The margins of section 1 are set outside the printable
page." I've never had a problem with any of these documents, so this
error message is just a nuisance. Is there any way to disable it?
Also, is there a good reason why I should NOT disable this message,
even if I can?

[WordBanter AI]

The error message you are receiving is a warning that the margins you have set are outside of the printable area of your printer. This means that some of your content may be cut off or not printed properly. While it may be a nuisance, it is important to ensure that your documents are printed correctly.

However, if you are sure that your content will fit within the printable area of your printer, you can disable this warning message. Here's how:

1. Click on "File" in the top left corner of your Word document.
2. Click on "Options" at the bottom of the menu.
3. Click on "Advanced" in the left-hand menu.
4. Scroll down to the "Print" section.
5. Uncheck the box next to "Show measurements in units of" and "Warn me when my margins are outside the printable area."
6. Click "OK" to save your changes.

Keep in mind that disabling this warning message may result in some of your content being cut off or not printed properly. It is always a good idea to double-check your margins and ensure that your content will fit within the printable area of your printer before printing.

[Jay Freedman]

Word bases its page layout on what the current printer driver tells
it. Almost all printers reserve an unprintable area at the edges, and
Word obeys that. Most of the time, if you override the warning and
print with zero margins, the printer driver will just ignore any text
or image that falls into the unprintable area. Some drivers may take
other actions, such as shrinking the whole page to fit or (in extreme
cases) causing a blue-screen crash. It seems your driver is one of the
more lenient ones.

To suppress the message, you need to set up a couple of macros. See
Lene Fredborg's answer at
http://help.lockergnome.com/office/S...ict913810.html
for the code, and http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm if
needed.

--
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Jay Freedman
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On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 17:17:57 -0700 (PDT), PRR
wrote:

Occasionally when I remove the margins in Word 2003 (actually, just
set the margins to 0), and then print, I get an error message to the
effect that "The margins of section 1 are set outside the printable
page." I've never had a problem with any of these documents, so this
error message is just a nuisance. Is there any way to disable it?
Also, is there a good reason why I should NOT disable this message,
even if I can?

[Jay Freedman]

Word bases its page layout on what the current printer driver tells
it. Almost all printers reserve an unprintable area at the edges, and
Word obeys that. Most of the time, if you override the warning and
print with zero margins, the printer driver will just ignore any text
or image that falls into the unprintable area. Some drivers may take
other actions, such as shrinking the whole page to fit or (in extreme
cases) causing a blue-screen crash. It seems your driver is one of the
more lenient ones.

To suppress the message, you need to set up a couple of macros. See
Lene Fredborg's answer at
http://help.lockergnome.com/office/S...ict913810.html
for the code, and http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm if
needed.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 17:17:57 -0700 (PDT), PRR
wrote:

Occasionally when I remove the margins in Word 2003 (actually, just
set the margins to 0), and then print, I get an error message to the
effect that "The margins of section 1 are set outside the printable
page." I've never had a problem with any of these documents, so this
error message is just a nuisance. Is there any way to disable it?
Also, is there a good reason why I should NOT disable this message,
even if I can?

[PRR]

Once again you've come through, Jay.

The macro (in the first link you provided) doesn't remove or over-ride
any permanent settings--it just allows you to over-ride the warning
termporarily, for the current print job. I assiged it an icon right
next to my other print icons on my toolbar and its working like a
gem.


On Apr 11, 6:18*pm, Jay Freedman wrote:
Word bases its page layout on what the current printer driver tells
it. Almost all printers reserve an unprintable area at the edges, and
Word obeys that. Most of the time, if you override the warning and
print with zero margins, the printer driver will just ignore any text
or image that falls into the unprintable area. Some drivers may take
other actions, such as shrinking the whole page to fit or (in extreme
cases) causing a blue-screen crash. It seems your driver is one of the
more lenient ones.

To suppress the message, you need to set up a couple of macros. See
Lene Fredborg's answer athttp://help.lockergnome.com/office/Suppress-printable-area-warning-pr...
for the code, andhttp://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htmif
needed.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP * * * *FAQ:http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

[PRR]

Once again you've come through, Jay.

The macro (in the first link you provided) doesn't remove or over-ride
any permanent settings--it just allows you to over-ride the warning
termporarily, for the current print job. I assiged it an icon right
next to my other print icons on my toolbar and its working like a
gem.


On Apr 11, 6:18*pm, Jay Freedman wrote:
Word bases its page layout on what the current printer driver tells
it. Almost all printers reserve an unprintable area at the edges, and
Word obeys that. Most of the time, if you override the warning and
print with zero margins, the printer driver will just ignore any text
or image that falls into the unprintable area. Some drivers may take
other actions, such as shrinking the whole page to fit or (in extreme
cases) causing a blue-screen crash. It seems your driver is one of the
more lenient ones.

To suppress the message, you need to set up a couple of macros. See
Lene Fredborg's answer athttp://help.lockergnome.com/office/Suppress-printable-area-warning-pr...
for the code, andhttp://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htmif
needed.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP * * * *FAQ:http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

[Chris Wool]

Thank you for providing info on this problem. Unfortunately the link for Lene Fredborg's macro is broken/unavailable. Is there another way I can find this macro? Thanks so much for any help with this.

Best,
Chris

Originally Posted by PRR

Once again you've come through, Jay.


On Apr 11, 6:18*pm, Jay Freedman wrote:
Word bases its page layout on what the current printer driver tells
it. Almost all printers reserve an unprintable area at the edges, and
Word obeys that. Most of the time, if you override the warning and
print with zero margins, the printer driver will just ignore any text
or image that falls into the unprintable area. Some drivers may take
other actions, such as shrinking the whole page to fit or (in extreme
cases) causing a blue-screen crash. It seems your driver is one of the
more lenient ones.

To suppress the message, you need to set up a couple of macros. See
Lene Fredborg's answer athttp://help.lockergnome.com/office/Suppress-printable-area-warning-pr...
for the code, andhttp://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htmif
needed.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP * * * *FAQ:http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

[Chris Wool]

Okay--found a link to the thread.

http://www.wordbanter.com/showthread.php?t=89336

Lene Fredborg's original macro post is he

Lene Fredborg
external usenet poster Posts: 1,290

How do I suppress the 'print outside margins' error?

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You need a macro to prevent the warning. When you have Word, I am quite sure
you also have VBA - it is included. See the links at the end of this post for
help on installing macros.

If you install one of the macros below, you can use that macro when you
print documents like the one you describe and use the standard Print command
for "normal" documents.

Two different macro versions are included below. Both macro versions
suppress the margins warning. If you add one of the macros to your
Normal.dot, you can use that macro for printing your special documents. You
could assign a keyboard shortcut to the macro or assign the macro to a
toolbar button in order to make it easy to print your documents.

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Macro 1- prints the active document without showing the Print dialog box:

Sub Print_ShowNoWarning_1()
With Application
'Turn off DisplayAlerts
.DisplayAlerts = wdAlertsNone
'Print document
'Background print must be turned off to prevent message
.PrintOut Background:=False
'Turn on DisplayAlerts again
.DisplayAlerts = wdAlertsAll
End With
End Sub

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Macro 2 - shows the Print dialog box. Use this version if you want to be
able to specify other print settings:


Sub Print_ShowNoWarning_2()
Dim bPrintBackgroud As Boolean

'Save current setting of background printing
bPrintBackgroud = Options.PrintBackground

Options.PrintBackground = False
'Turn off DisplayAlerts
Application.DisplayAlerts = wdAlertsNone
Dialogs(wdDialogFilePrint).Show
'Turn on DisplayAlerts again
Application.DisplayAlerts = wdAlertsAll

'Set original background printing setting
Options.PrintBackground = bPrintBackgroud
End Sub