MARGIN ON BOTTOM LARGER THAN AT TOP AFTER PRINTING

[Kanneily]

If i put a clipart or text in box and stretch to fit whole page, when it's
printed it doesn't seem to fit on bottom of page - there's a gap of approx
3.5cm outside the border whereas the gap on the top is 0.75cm outside the
border - using office 2000 and this has only happened since reinstalling my
computer - have i changed the settings on something else by mistake that may
have caused this?

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Will your printer allow you to print to the edge?

 

[Kanneily]

funny you should ask that because i've had problems with my word documents
too, work i'd saved that used to print out normally and now the bottom margin
has changed and i've had problems with getting my footer where it was before
- again larger gap on bottom but the margins are all set the same as far as i
know - it recognises that its A4 thats all i normally use so thats the
default size. On the publisher i just used to click on size and fold and had
no problems. What do you suggest. P.S. I'm quite a novice but a good one soo
you might have to explain in detail so i can follow. Thanks for your interest

Will your printer allow you to print to the edge?

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

If i put a clipart or text in box and stretch to fit whole page, when it's
printed it doesn't seem to fit on bottom of page - there's a gap of approx
3.5cm outside the border whereas the gap on the top is 0.75cm outside the
border - using office 2000 and this has only happened since reinstalling
my
computer - have i changed the settings on something else by mistake that
may
have caused this?

 

[JoAnn Paules]

You mentioned "reinstalling my computer". Do you mean you reformatted it? If
so, you may want to see if there are new drivers available for your printer.
Go to the manufacturer's website and see what they have.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

funny you should ask that because i've had problems with my word documents
too, work i'd saved that used to print out normally and now the bottom
margin
has changed and i've had problems with getting my footer where it was
before
- again larger gap on bottom but the margins are all set the same as far
as i
know - it recognises that its A4 thats all i normally use so thats the
default size. On the publisher i just used to click on size and fold and
had
no problems. What do you suggest. P.S. I'm quite a novice but a good one
soo
you might have to explain in detail so i can follow. Thanks for your
interest

Will your printer allow you to print to the edge?

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

If i put a clipart or text in box and stretch to fit whole page, when
it's
printed it doesn't seem to fit on bottom of page - there's a gap of
approx
3.5cm outside the border whereas the gap on the top is 0.75cm outside
the
border - using office 2000 and this has only happened since
reinstalling
my
computer - have i changed the settings on something else by mistake
that
may
have caused this?

 

[Kanneily]

Not sure what reformated means but i dont think so, but i did try to get
textbridge to work for direct scan to scan & copy and theres a browser button
on bottom right on printer on screen to go to c-drive & then kodakimg - which
wouldn't work and i'd say thats where the prob began - i'd forgotten about
that! It's a mustek scanner & epson printer and eveything was fine including
direct scan before i reinstalled windows 98se and office 2000 - i'm baffled
and waiting patiently for your next comment. Thanks Kanneily

You mentioned "reinstalling my computer". Do you mean you reformatted it? If
so, you may want to see if there are new drivers available for your printer.
Go to the manufacturer's website and see what they have.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

funny you should ask that because i've had problems with my word documents
too, work i'd saved that used to print out normally and now the bottom
margin
has changed and i've had problems with getting my footer where it was
before
- again larger gap on bottom but the margins are all set the same as far
as i
know - it recognises that its A4 thats all i normally use so thats the
default size. On the publisher i just used to click on size and fold and
had
no problems. What do you suggest. P.S. I'm quite a novice but a good one
soo
you might have to explain in detail so i can follow. Thanks for your
interest

Will your printer allow you to print to the edge?

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



If i put a clipart or text in box and stretch to fit whole page, when
it's
printed it doesn't seem to fit on bottom of page - there's a gap of
approx
3.5cm outside the border whereas the gap on the top is 0.75cm outside
the
border - using office 2000 and this has only happened since
reinstalling
my
computer - have i changed the settings on something else by mistake
that
may
have caused this?

 

[JoAnn Paules]

"Reinstalled Windows 98SE" - ding, ding, ding. Did you back up all of your
important files and then completely get rid of everything on your computer
before you did that or did you just stick the disk in and "reinstall"
Windows?

(My money is on the second option.)

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Not sure what reformated means but i dont think so, but i did try to get
textbridge to work for direct scan to scan & copy and theres a browser
button
on bottom right on printer on screen to go to c-drive & then kodakimg -
which
wouldn't work and i'd say thats where the prob began - i'd forgotten about
that! It's a mustek scanner & epson printer and eveything was fine
including
direct scan before i reinstalled windows 98se and office 2000 - i'm
baffled
and waiting patiently for your next comment. Thanks Kanneily

You mentioned "reinstalling my computer". Do you mean you reformatted it?
If
so, you may want to see if there are new drivers available for your
printer.
Go to the manufacturer's website and see what they have.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

funny you should ask that because i've had problems with my word
documents
too, work i'd saved that used to print out normally and now the bottom
margin
has changed and i've had problems with getting my footer where it was
before
- again larger gap on bottom but the margins are all set the same as
far
as i
know - it recognises that its A4 thats all i normally use so thats the
default size. On the publisher i just used to click on size and fold
and
had
no problems. What do you suggest. P.S. I'm quite a novice but a good
one
soo
you might have to explain in detail so i can follow. Thanks for your
interest

:

Will your printer allow you to print to the edge?

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



If i put a clipart or text in box and stretch to fit whole page,
when
it's
printed it doesn't seem to fit on bottom of page - there's a gap of
approx
3.5cm outside the border whereas the gap on the top is 0.75cm
outside
the
border - using office 2000 and this has only happened since
reinstalling
my
computer - have i changed the settings on something else by mistake
that
may
have caused this?

 

[Mary Sauer]

You need to completely uninstall your device drivers and then re-install. This is
probably the best solution.
Go to this web site,
How to clean up printer drivers
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/CleanPrinterDrivers.htm
It might be helpful to go to Epson and Mustek for newer drivers as well.

Open your printer folder, look at the properties there to be sure the default is A4.
Windows may have defaulted to the standard US letter size.

--
Mary Sauer MS MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/

Not sure what reformated means but i dont think so, but i did try to get
textbridge to work for direct scan to scan & copy and theres a browser button
on bottom right on printer on screen to go to c-drive & then kodakimg - which
wouldn't work and i'd say thats where the prob began - i'd forgotten about
that! It's a mustek scanner & epson printer and eveything was fine including
direct scan before i reinstalled windows 98se and office 2000 - i'm baffled
and waiting patiently for your next comment. Thanks Kanneily

You mentioned "reinstalling my computer". Do you mean you reformatted it? If
so, you may want to see if there are new drivers available for your printer.
Go to the manufacturer's website and see what they have.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

funny you should ask that because i've had problems with my word documents
too, work i'd saved that used to print out normally and now the bottom
margin
has changed and i've had problems with getting my footer where it was
before
- again larger gap on bottom but the margins are all set the same as far
as i
know - it recognises that its A4 thats all i normally use so thats the
default size. On the publisher i just used to click on size and fold and
had
no problems. What do you suggest. P.S. I'm quite a novice but a good one
soo
you might have to explain in detail so i can follow. Thanks for your
interest

:

Will your printer allow you to print to the edge?

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



If i put a clipart or text in box and stretch to fit whole page, when
it's
printed it doesn't seem to fit on bottom of page - there's a gap of
approx
3.5cm outside the border whereas the gap on the top is 0.75cm outside
the
border - using office 2000 and this has only happened since
reinstalling
my
computer - have i changed the settings on something else by mistake
that
may
have caused this?

 

[Anne Barr]

thanks for that, i'll take everything of and start again - will i need to
uninstall my printer, scanner etc too- (everything?) Post mortems are not my
thing, but if need be i'll give it a go. I have the remains of a mustek 600
that will not uninstall - will that be a problem? Will i need it's disc to
uninstall It? I am a bit of a novice as i said.
I thought if i just stuck 98se back in it would be fine but obviously not.
I'll wait for a reply before i do anything as iv'e loads to back up and no
cd-rw just floppy drive. Thanks a million - things r looking up.

"Reinstalled Windows 98SE" - ding, ding, ding. Did you back up all of your
important files and then completely get rid of everything on your computer
before you did that or did you just stick the disk in and "reinstall"
Windows?

(My money is on the second option.)

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Not sure what reformated means but i dont think so, but i did try to get
textbridge to work for direct scan to scan & copy and theres a browser
button
on bottom right on printer on screen to go to c-drive & then kodakimg -
which
wouldn't work and i'd say thats where the prob began - i'd forgotten about
that! It's a mustek scanner & epson printer and eveything was fine
including
direct scan before i reinstalled windows 98se and office 2000 - i'm
baffled
and waiting patiently for your next comment. Thanks Kanneily

You mentioned "reinstalling my computer". Do you mean you reformatted it?
If
so, you may want to see if there are new drivers available for your
printer.
Go to the manufacturer's website and see what they have.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



funny you should ask that because i've had problems with my word
documents
too, work i'd saved that used to print out normally and now the bottom
margin
has changed and i've had problems with getting my footer where it was
before
- again larger gap on bottom but the margins are all set the same as
far
as i
know - it recognises that its A4 thats all i normally use so thats the
default size. On the publisher i just used to click on size and fold
and
had
no problems. What do you suggest. P.S. I'm quite a novice but a good
one
soo
you might have to explain in detail so i can follow. Thanks for your
interest

:

Will your printer allow you to print to the edge?

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



If i put a clipart or text in box and stretch to fit whole page,
when
it's
printed it doesn't seem to fit on bottom of page - there's a gap of
approx
3.5cm outside the border whereas the gap on the top is 0.75cm
outside
the
border - using office 2000 and this has only happened since
reinstalling
my
computer - have i changed the settings on something else by mistake
that
may
have caused this?

 

[JoAnn Paules]

When you take everything off - do a COMPLETE reformat. Wipe EVERYTHING off
and start with a bare slate.

As for your Mustek scanner, believe me, when you reformat, it will no longer
be on your system. Nothing will be. We are talking about your computer being
a putty-colored paperweight until you reformat. My favorite analogy for
putting the Windows disk in to fix a problem is like the fairy tale of the
Princess and the Pea. All the extra mattresses ever did was to bury that pea
a bit deeper.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

thanks for that, i'll take everything of and start again - will i need to
uninstall my printer, scanner etc too- (everything?) Post mortems are not
my
thing, but if need be i'll give it a go. I have the remains of a mustek
600
that will not uninstall - will that be a problem? Will i need it's disc to
uninstall It? I am a bit of a novice as i said.
I thought if i just stuck 98se back in it would be fine but obviously not.
I'll wait for a reply before i do anything as iv'e loads to back up and no
cd-rw just floppy drive. Thanks a million - things r looking up.

"Reinstalled Windows 98SE" - ding, ding, ding. Did you back up all of
your
important files and then completely get rid of everything on your
computer
before you did that or did you just stick the disk in and "reinstall"
Windows?

(My money is on the second option.)

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Not sure what reformated means but i dont think so, but i did try to
get
textbridge to work for direct scan to scan & copy and theres a browser
button
on bottom right on printer on screen to go to c-drive & then kodakimg -
which
wouldn't work and i'd say thats where the prob began - i'd forgotten
about
that! It's a mustek scanner & epson printer and eveything was fine
including
direct scan before i reinstalled windows 98se and office 2000 - i'm
baffled
and waiting patiently for your next comment. Thanks Kanneily

:

You mentioned "reinstalling my computer". Do you mean you reformatted
it?
If
so, you may want to see if there are new drivers available for your
printer.
Go to the manufacturer's website and see what they have.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



funny you should ask that because i've had problems with my word
documents
too, work i'd saved that used to print out normally and now the
bottom
margin
has changed and i've had problems with getting my footer where it
was
before
- again larger gap on bottom but the margins are all set the same as
far
as i
know - it recognises that its A4 thats all i normally use so thats
the
default size. On the publisher i just used to click on size and fold
and
had
no problems. What do you suggest. P.S. I'm quite a novice but a good
one
soo
you might have to explain in detail so i can follow. Thanks for your
interest

:

Will your printer allow you to print to the edge?

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



If i put a clipart or text in box and stretch to fit whole page,
when
it's
printed it doesn't seem to fit on bottom of page - there's a gap
of
approx
3.5cm outside the border whereas the gap on the top is 0.75cm
outside
the
border - using office 2000 and this has only happened since
reinstalling
my
computer - have i changed the settings on something else by
mistake
that
may
have caused this?

 

[Mike Koewler]

An alternative to reformatting your HD - buy another one. Set it as
Master and your current HD as slave. Put Windoze and your programs on
the new HD. You'll still have access to all your data files and even
some programs that are on your old HD.

Mike

 

[JoAnn Paules]

That's pretty much what I have. I have all MS programs on C and all of the
other crap on D.

 

[Mike Koewler]

JoAnn,

I have all my programs and data files on C:, an unpartitioned drive. The
advice I got from many people was that it would decrease the HD's head
movement when searching for files. But my D: drive is one I kept that
had backed-up files and, I'm sure, thousands of files I'll never open.
It has proved useful, as it still has Win98 on it, including my fonts
file. If I open a file that uses fonts not installed, I can pluck them
from D: and transfer them to C:Windows\Fonts in a hurry. But this plan
isn't foolproof. I use a font called Ancestory SF (or something similar)
in some files. Try to find it among 250 fonts. It's real name, which
only displays in C:Windows\Fonts is yosh.ttf

BTW, I'm really disgusted at the fonts Win XP seems to install. Dozens
of things I don't need. :-(

Mike

 

[Anne Barr]

A big thanks to all who replied and a special thanks to Mary Sauer - my
printer was indeed set for US Letter 8 1/2 x 11ins instead of UK A4 210 x 297
cm - problem solved. I only found this site last week and think it's brill!
Keep up the good work all.
Kanneily

You need to completely uninstall your device drivers and then re-install. This is
probably the best solution.
Go to this web site,
How to clean up printer drivers
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/CleanPrinterDrivers.htm
It might be helpful to go to Epson and Mustek for newer drivers as well.

Open your printer folder, look at the properties there to be sure the default is A4.
Windows may have defaulted to the standard US letter size.

--
Mary Sauer MS MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
news://msnews.microsoft.com

Not sure what reformated means but i dont think so, but i did try to get
textbridge to work for direct scan to scan & copy and theres a browser button
on bottom right on printer on screen to go to c-drive & then kodakimg - which
wouldn't work and i'd say thats where the prob began - i'd forgotten about
that! It's a mustek scanner & epson printer and eveything was fine including
direct scan before i reinstalled windows 98se and office 2000 - i'm baffled
and waiting patiently for your next comment. Thanks Kanneily

You mentioned "reinstalling my computer". Do you mean you reformatted it? If
so, you may want to see if there are new drivers available for your printer.
Go to the manufacturer's website and see what they have.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



funny you should ask that because i've had problems with my word documents
too, work i'd saved that used to print out normally and now the bottom
margin
has changed and i've had problems with getting my footer where it was
before
- again larger gap on bottom but the margins are all set the same as far
as i
know - it recognises that its A4 thats all i normally use so thats the
default size. On the publisher i just used to click on size and fold and
had
no problems. What do you suggest. P.S. I'm quite a novice but a good one
soo
you might have to explain in detail so i can follow. Thanks for your
interest

:

Will your printer allow you to print to the edge?

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



If i put a clipart or text in box and stretch to fit whole page, when
it's
printed it doesn't seem to fit on bottom of page - there's a gap of
approx
3.5cm outside the border whereas the gap on the top is 0.75cm outside
the
border - using office 2000 and this has only happened since
reinstalling
my
computer - have i changed the settings on something else by mistake
that
may
have caused this?