Re: Landscape Orientation not oriented properly

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Thanks for the explanation. I don't suppose there's a work-around for this dilema? (Well, other than switching operating systems or printing off someone else's computer) My immediate need for the right-side-up printing has passed, but will there be a way to correctly orient horizontal pages the next time I need to print a draft? I've always been a huge fan of Word (and my company uses it for everything), I would hate to think that there will never be a solution to such a simple issue (at least what seems like a simple issue).



CyberTaz wrote:
OK � This is what I've been told but even MacBU doesn't have an *absolute*
explanation, so don't take this as a "who-struck-John" response :-)

Office 2008 apps are Carbon-based& employ a custom page setup routine
utilizing options provided by the printer driver as passed along by the OS.
It "appears" that Apple has dropped support for the reverse landscape option
in Carbon-based custom print dialog extensions. The net result is that even
though the printer has the capability it isn't being included in the options
available to some programs � Office apps are among those.

This explanation seems to make sense because both Word 2004& 2008 have the
option available when running on Tiger (10.4.11) but the exact same versions
of Office do not have the option when running on Leopard (10.5.8).

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 8/28/09 12:40 PM, in article C6BD80DB.528A1%onlygeneraltaz1@xxxxxxxxxxxx,
"CyberTaz" wrote:

Well, this is interesting :>\

I hadn't noticed this before because I rarely print from my MBP which is
running Leopard 10.5.8, but I now see that in Word (12.2.0) there are only
the single Portrait& Landscape icons in Page Setup. However, on my G5
running Tiger (10.4.11) with the exact same version of Office& the exact
same printer drivers there are the *2* Landscape icons.

I'll check into this& see if I can come up with an explanation.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
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