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Problems with booklet printing in Word 2002
I have MS Word 2002 and have set up a 32 page document to print as a
booklet. My paper size is custom - 6" wide x 7" tall, thus making the page size 3.5" wide x 6" tall.(since as a booklet it prints landscape and uses a half-page). My margins are top & bottom .5" and left & right .25" with no gutter. PROBLEM: It is very frusterating because when I print preview the document all of the text fits nicely on the page, but when I actually print the document the text is shifted over to the right edge of the page so that it will print that page that should be on the left half of the paper in the center of the paper and the page that should be printed on the right half of the paper is shifted mostly off of the paper (though about 1/3 of that text still prints on the page). I have tried printing this document on 3 different printers and have encountered the same problem. Also, I reformatted the document to print as a booklet on regular size 8.5" x 11" paper and the document printed just fine. If someone could help, please respond. If you need more info, let me know. Thanks, J. Keim |
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Also, I reformatted the document to print as a booklet on regular size
8.5" x 11" paper and the document printed just fine. I think this is going to have to be your solution. Unless your printer supports the paper size you are using (that is, has a definition for it in the driver), you are probably pushing Word to try to use a custom paper size as well as the book fold feature. Your printer may give you the option of defining a custom paper size in the driver; if so, that would be an option. Otherwise, you'll have to print on Letter paper (adjusting the margins to give you the same active text area) and trim. Note that the book fold feature automatically activates "Mirror margins"--and gets them backward, so you will need to reverse the Inside and Outside margin settings to make this work. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "J_Keim" wrote in message lkaboutsoftware.com... I have MS Word 2002 and have set up a 32 page document to print as a booklet. My paper size is custom - 6" wide x 7" tall, thus making the page size 3.5" wide x 6" tall.(since as a booklet it prints landscape and uses a half-page). My margins are top & bottom .5" and left & right .25" with no gutter. PROBLEM: It is very frusterating because when I print preview the document all of the text fits nicely on the page, but when I actually print the document the text is shifted over to the right edge of the page so that it will print that page that should be on the left half of the paper in the center of the paper and the page that should be printed on the right half of the paper is shifted mostly off of the paper (though about 1/3 of that text still prints on the page). I have tried printing this document on 3 different printers and have encountered the same problem. Also, I reformatted the document to print as a booklet on regular size 8.5" x 11" paper and the document printed just fine. If someone could help, please respond. If you need more info, let me know. Thanks, J. Keim |
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