Re: Template Displayed on Screen Differs From what Prints on Paper

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I'd be interested to see the document in question if you want to send it to my email.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Nash_deVille" <NashdeVille@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:C69976BD-EEB2-42AC-91D6-85C262CFB908@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I understand the concept of grip space, and usable area on a page of paper in
the printer. For the following reasons, I think it is rational to rule that
out as the culprit. The part that's cutting off is in the center of the page
about 3/4" to 1" down from the top edge of the paper. There is other
printing that is working properly immediately adjacent to the problem spot,
1/2" from the top edge of the paper, and across to 1/4" from the right edge
which is all printing fine, just as expected. The PDF printing settings are
set to "do not reduce" "do not scale to fit" and prints correctly. When the
correctly printed PDF and the badly printed word document are stacked and
held to the light, the position is identical except for the unprinted text on
the word document. So far, it's a real puzzler.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

I really do think what you're running into is the printer's unprintable
area. If you are going to print to a desktop printer, this is just something
you will have to work around. You can print to a PDF and get the whole
thing, but when you print the PDF, Acrobat is just going to scale it to get
it all on the page within the printer's capabilities.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Nash_deVille" <NashdeVille@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:F4DAAB90-BA01-48F9-98AB-088827F71217@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi Suzanne,
>
> Thanks for your help with my questions - I really appreciate it a lot.
>
> I tested the print preview as you suggested, and the document print
> previews
> perfectly, but the problem of the text in the text box cutting off > about
> half
> of the first letter remains.
>
> I tried moving the text box to the center of the page, where the body > of
> the
> letter would usually go, and it does not cut off there. It prints the > way
> it
> looks on the screen.
>
> I hope to have a few minutes to try some of the different techniques > you
> describe for setting up a letterhead template so I can reach a real
> resolution instead of relying on my workaround of save as PDF, print > PDF.
>
> Any other thoughts on how to solve this problem would be welcomed.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Nash_deVille
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>
>> Well, first of all, you don't need the section break; see
>> http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Letterhead.htm for the correct
>> procedure.
>> And in the second place, you don't need the text box; if you apply the
>> appropriate wrapping to your logo, you have exactly the same placement
>> options as a text box.
>>
>> But the reason it isn't printing as you want probably has to do with >> the
>> printer's unprintable area. Are you seeing it cut off in Print >> Preview?
>> If
>> so, then that's the issue. Most printers have a finite, irreducible
>> unprintable area required for the mechanics of paper handling.
>>
>> -- >> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>> Words into Type
>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>> http://word.mvps.org
>>
>> "Nash_deVille" <NashdeVille@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in >> message
>> news:487B782E-7AC5-428D-A90E-8A53DF780C28@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Word 2007
>> > Vista Home Premium x64 64 bit
>> >
>> > Word Template has teh following characteristics
>> >
>> > It is letterhead
>> > created a logo in a text box to control positioning precisely
>> > created a section break continuous and typed in text of address
>> > in next section added standard body elements.
>> >
>> > Looks perfect on screen.
>> >
>> > When printing the first character of the logo in the text box is cut
>> > off.
>> > I have tried every layout manipulation I can think of but it still >> > is
>> > not
>> > giving me WYSIWYG printing.
>> >
>> > I previously did this exact operation successfully in Word XP. I
>> > thought
>> > it
>> > might be a conversion issue, so I recreated a new template in Word >> > 2007
>> > from
>> > scratch, and the problem remains the same.
>> >
>> > Any insights would be much appreciated.
>> >
>> > Nash
>> >
>>
>>
>



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