Template Displayed on Screen Differs From what Prints on Paper

Alas, that is not my email address. You can see mine in my profile, which I
think you access by clicking on my name in any of my posts (I don't use the
Communities portal, so I'm a little vague on that). Best, however, to send
it to ssbarnhill at gmail dot com.

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

"Nash_deVille" wrote in message
...
I have emailed it to the email address through the Contact Us page of your
website in your signature block.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

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

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

"Nash_deVille" wrote in message
...
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.

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

"Nash_deVille" wrote in
message
...
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" wrote in
message
...
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

Never mind. Our Webmaster forwarded your document to me. It looks fine to
me, even in Print Preview, but I will work with it and return it to you.

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

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
Alas, that is not my email address. You can see mine in my profile, which
I think you access by clicking on my name in any of my posts (I don't use
the Communities portal, so I'm a little vague on that). Best, however, to
send it to ssbarnhill at gmail dot com.

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

"Nash_deVille" wrote in message
...
I have emailed it to the email address through the Contact Us page of your
website in your signature block.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

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

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

"Nash_deVille" wrote in message
...
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.

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

"Nash_deVille" wrote in
message
...
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" wrote in
message
...
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