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Is Page Layout and Print Preview the same?
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
No, though they may be very similar depending on your display options. Print
Preview displays your document as it will be printed using the currently
selected printer driver. Although it is possible to edit in Print Preview,
it's not recommended. Page Layout or Print Layout view shows you the whole
page (including margins) as Print Preview does, but it also offers a number
of other helpful display options, all selected from the View tab of Tools |
Options.
For example, you can elect to see "Text boundaries." With this option
selected, the margins of the document are represented by a dotted line.
You'll also see a dotted line around frames and text boxes even when they're
not selected (without this option enabled, you see only the hashed border of
frames and text boxes when they're selected).
You can also choose to see (or not see) nonprinting characters. See
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm.
You can suppress the display of graphics by clearing the check box for
"Drawings" and checking the box for "Picture placeholders." These graphics
will still print (and be displayed in Print Preview provided you have
"Drawing objects" checked on the Print tab of Tools | Options.
In Word 2002, you have the option of hiding the "white space" between pages
(the top and bottom margins), providing a continuous view of text that is as
efficient (spacewise) as Normal view but as WYSIWYG as Print Layout view
(drawing objects displayed).
Many users prefer not to see text boundaries and nonprinting characters in
Print Layout view. I find them helpful, and I know that when I want a
"clean" view of the page, I can switch to Print Preview.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.
Preview displays your document as it will be printed using the currently
selected printer driver. Although it is possible to edit in Print Preview,
it's not recommended. Page Layout or Print Layout view shows you the whole
page (including margins) as Print Preview does, but it also offers a number
of other helpful display options, all selected from the View tab of Tools |
Options.
For example, you can elect to see "Text boundaries." With this option
selected, the margins of the document are represented by a dotted line.
You'll also see a dotted line around frames and text boxes even when they're
not selected (without this option enabled, you see only the hashed border of
frames and text boxes when they're selected).
You can also choose to see (or not see) nonprinting characters. See
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm.
You can suppress the display of graphics by clearing the check box for
"Drawings" and checking the box for "Picture placeholders." These graphics
will still print (and be displayed in Print Preview provided you have
"Drawing objects" checked on the Print tab of Tools | Options.
In Word 2002, you have the option of hiding the "white space" between pages
(the top and bottom margins), providing a continuous view of text that is as
efficient (spacewise) as Normal view but as WYSIWYG as Print Layout view
(drawing objects displayed).
Many users prefer not to see text boundaries and nonprinting characters in
Print Layout view. I find them helpful, and I know that when I want a
"clean" view of the page, I can switch to Print Preview.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.
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Jay Freedman
M said:Is Page Layout and Print Preview the same?
No. Page Layout is a regular editing view on the View menu. Print
Preview is meant to show what the printer will produce, which is
similar but not always the same.
For example, there are two independent options for Hidden text, one on
the Tools > Options > View tab and one on the Tools > Options > Print
tab. You can have Hidden text displayed in Page Layout and not in
Print Preview, or vice versa. Another option that behaves this way is
the stuff that Track Changes can display and/or print independently.