Formating differs from 1 pc to the next

[Martel]

I have a document that I have been working on at my home PC. It is quite long, 50+ pages. I have everything on it setup so that the page breaks are all at the right spots and the formatting is all perfect. So then i go to print it but I don't have a printer. So I take my zip disk and go to another PC with the same version of word, (2000) on it. I open it up, and all of the pagination has been messed up. I didn't save it and took it back the the first PC and opened it and everything was perfect still. Anyone have any idea what is going on here and how I can fix this?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TextReflow.htm

I have a document that I have been working on at my home PC. It is quite

long, 50+ pages. I have everything on it setup so that the page breaks are
all at the right spots and the formatting is all perfect. So then i go to
print it but I don't have a printer. So I take my zip disk and go to
another PC with the same version of word, (2000) on it. I open it up, and
all of the pagination has been messed up. I didn't save it and took it back
the the first PC and opened it and everything was perfect still. Anyone
have any idea what is going on here and how I can fix this?

 

[Martel]

So there is just no way around it. This stinks. Why doesn't Microsoft do something to fix it? I mean it has to be a big problem for a lot of businesses out there with tons of PCs and Printers....Grrrr

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I believe that Word 2003 is supposed to be more device-independent than
previous versions.

So there is just no way around it. This stinks. Why doesn't Microsoft do

something to fix it? I mean it has to be a big problem for a lot of
businesses out there with tons of PCs and Printers....Grrrr

 

[Jeff Marshall]

Hi, I have a similar yet different problem as the one Martle was having. I work as computer support at a college and the one faculty member received a paper from some students. On his computer (running Win2k and Office XP w/Frontpage) the paper appears as a little over 7 pages in length. On my computer (running WinXP and Office XP w/ Frontpage) the paper is exactly 7 pages, as it was for the students. Extra space is added to the faculty members document near the headers, footers, and some but not all images in the paper. Now the faculty member and myself both use the same departmental printer with the same drivers as our default printer. Are there other explanations as to why this difference is appearing? Thank you.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If one computer is still running Windows 2000 and the other Windows XP, you
are *not* using the same drivers.

Hi, I have a similar yet different problem as the one Martle was having.

I work as computer support at a college and the one faculty member received
a paper from some students. On his computer (running Win2k and Office XP
w/Frontpage) the paper appears as a little over 7 pages in length. On my
computer (running WinXP and Office XP w/ Frontpage) the paper is exactly 7
pages, as it was for the students. Extra space is added to the faculty
members document near the headers, footers, and some but not all images in
the paper. Now the faculty member and myself both use the same departmental
printer with the same drivers as our default printer. Are there other
explanations as to why this difference is appearing? Thank you.

 

[Steve]

In Suzanne's response she said that Word 2003 is (might be) more device
independent. I am using Word 2003 and have a similar issue, but my question
might be different: Can I save a document to a printer other than my default
printer? (Currently, as long as I have Word open, it remembers the printer I
want. But when I close down and then restart the next day, the document opens
but with the default printers' formatting.) Many thanks!

Steve

 

[Word Heretic]

G'day "Steve" <[email protected]>,

No you cannot is the simple answer.

Steve Hudson - Word Heretic
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Steve reckoned:

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Unfortunately, no, current versions of Word do not offer a way to save the
printer setting with the document. This has often been requested. Add your
vote at http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp

In Suzanne's response she said that Word 2003 is (might be) more device
independent. I am using Word 2003 and have a similar issue, but my question
might be different: Can I save a document to a printer other than my default
printer? (Currently, as long as I have Word open, it remembers the printer I
want. But when I close down and then restart the next day, the document opens
but with the default printers' formatting.) Many thanks!

Steve

driver. All printers are different and each have a specific printable area
and such.and the same identical printer driver but I don't think that would go over
very well. ;-)article Suzanne cited. IOW, Microsoft has taken steps to rectify the issue
of printers paginating differently – you simply need to implement the
methods and options they provided.Microsoft do something to fix it? I mean it has to be a big problem for a
lot of businesses out there with tons of PCs and Printers....Grrrr