Re: Word printing problem

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From: rck (musonthemt.SPAM_ME_NOT_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 05/08/04


Date: Sat, 08 May 2004 17:47:40 GMT

I started Word in safe mode, opened a document and clicked print and chose 2
copies. It printed one. For what it's worth, Publisher which is part of
Office Pro 2000, will print any number of copies. Should I still edit the
Registry?

Bob

"Sandy" <imrantoocool@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:a1f401c43498$a54ac2b0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>
> Bob,
>
> Try to start word in safe mode. To do that click the
> Start button in the bottom left of your screen, selecting
> Run, and typing: winword.exe /a. Now try to print in
> word. What happens?
>
> If that works...you have a corrupt registry key for Word
> in the registry. To fix that followe these insrtuctions:-
>
> Please be aware that deleting the wrong thing in the
> registry could stop your machine from functioning
> altogether! But as long as you're careful and follow the
> instructions exactly, you will not have any problems. So
> take a deep breath, and:
>
> 1. Click the "Start" button at the bottom-left of your
> screen, select Run, type Regedit and click OK.
>
> 2. Expand "HKEY_CURRENT_USER", then expand "Software",
> then "Microsoft", then "Office", then "9.0", then "Word",
> and you'll see a folder called "Data".
>
> 3. Either right-click on the "Data" folder, or (see
> discussion above), right-click on the "Toolbars" value in
> the right-hand pane. Now select "Rename". Go ahead and
> rename this to olddata. You will also see a folder that
> says options. Rename this also to oldoptions and hit
> enter, make sure they have been sucessfully renamed and
> now close the registry window.
>
> 4. Go back into Word, and you should find that you will
> be able to print again.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Sandy Frager
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I have MS-Office Pro 2000. Word won't print more than
> one copy no matter
> >what I choose for the quantity. I've had three different
> printers, a Brother
> >Laser HL-1440, an Okidata inkjet and an HP $1000 laser
> printer. I downloaded
> >the latest drivers for each one over the years and tried
> every configuration
> >I could think of. The problem remains. If I want 5
> copies, I must click on
> >print, then wait for the copy to print, click again and
> print them one at a
> >time. During that time, I had Win 98, Win 2000 and now
> Win XP. The only
> >common thing is Word. Is there I bug I should know about?
> >
> >Bob
> >
> >
> >.
> >



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