Re: Why is Word chopping off my header and footer when printing/previewing/making PDF?

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From: Beth Rosengard (bethrosengard_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 10/25/04 

Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 14:40:06 -0700

Hi Mike,

It looks to me as if your header and footer are set up to be within .5 inch
of the edges of the paper, which is less than the margin limitations of most
printers. Are you using the same printer now as when you were in Word 2001?
Since Word takes its cue from the printer it's formatted for, this could
explain it.

Go to Page Setup and be sure "Format For" is set to the right printer. If
you no longer have the old printer available and the current printer won't
print within .5 inch from the edge of the page, then you'll just have to
change the margins of your document.

P.S. Most people won't open an attachment on a newsgroup. The only reason
I saw yours is because Entourage allows me to view an attachment without
opening it. You're best off posting an image to a website and giving the
URL for it. Otherwise, it's best to stick to a verbal description. 

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Beth Rosengard
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On 10/25/04 2:21 PM, in article BDA2E6A8.3165%mlevin@forsyth.org, "Michael
Levin" <mlevin@forsyth.org> wrote:
> Hi all. I'm running Word v.X on Mac OS X. I've got a document which contains
> a header and footer. This printed fine on Word 2001 on Mac OS 9. Now, it
> displays just fine when I'm working on the file, but if I try to do a print
> preview, or make a PDF, or actually print the thing, the bottom footer is
> completely missing, and the top one has a few pixels chopped off the top. I
> think I must just have a setting wrong somewhere. Could someone clue me in
> as to what I need to set and where, to enable it to view/print the whole
> page including headers/footers? A sample Word document is attached, in case
> it helps to see what I'm talking about. I've also attached PDF versions of
> what I see in the main Word view, and in print preview, in case it doesn't
> look wrong on your machine the way it looks on mine. Thanks in advance!!!
> 
> - Mike Levin
>

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