Page Orientation will not save within a document in Publisher 2007

[revoke]

Is there a way to save the page orientation setting permanently as landscape
(or portrait) within a Publisher document (not the program, just one
document).

I've seen other solutions to this issue that say 1) just use print preview
and change it as needed, 2) set your printer by default to the orientation
you want (landscape or protriat), and 3) print to PDF.

None of these are realistic: 1) Print preview is extra steps for my staff.
They want to just open and print, or open make a small change and print, not
worry about orientation everytime, with every Publisher document. 2) Default
orientations may be different for different documents and different
PCs/printers. We don't print everything in landscape, just certain
brochures. If Publisher is simply grabbing the default printer orientation
from each machine it is opened on, then this is not acceptible. 3) PDF is
not edittable. It's fine for printing, but if staff wants to open, change a
word or two, and print, then PDF will not work.

Every other Office 2007 application appears to save page orientation
information within the document. Publisher 2007 will not, at least not for
us. So, when we open a landscape/legal brochure, it defaults to potrait if
that's what the printer is set for. I can open a Word document in landscape,
and print it out on printer set for portrait, and it prints in landscape just
fine. In other words, every other Office app overrides the printer's default
setting and saves orientation with the document.

This very annoying. Has anyone else run into this, and is there a fix?
Currently it affects every PC at my location (80+). Also of note, Publisher
2003, did save the page orientation. This issue has only happened after our
rollout of 2007.

Any help will be appreciated. If I need to clarify (I tried my best to
explain the issue), please let me know.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

You need to change the page setup to landscape, not just the print setting.

 

[revoke]

Thanks for your suggestion. I gave it a try, but it still does not hold the
settings.

For my test document I did the following:

1. I went into File --> Page Setup, and selected Legal (Landscape) 14" x
8.5"
2. Then I go to File --> Print Setup and select Landscape under Orientation
on the "Publication and Paper Settings Tab. I can print the document at
this point.
3. I save the document and close.

When I come back into Publisher and open the doc again, the Page Setup
stayed at 14" x 8.5" / Legal (Landscape), but the Print Setup reverted right
back to Portrait. This required that I manually click Landscape again in
under "Prientation" in Print Setup before printing.

Was I doing something wrong? If so, what should I try next?

Thanks again for the help.

You need to change the page setup to landscape, not just the print setting.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

Is there a way to save the page orientation setting permanently as
landscape
(or portrait) within a Publisher document (not the program, just one
document).

I've seen other solutions to this issue that say 1) just use print preview
and change it as needed, 2) set your printer by default to the orientation
you want (landscape or protriat), and 3) print to PDF.

None of these are realistic: 1) Print preview is extra steps for my
staff.
They want to just open and print, or open make a small change and print,
not
worry about orientation everytime, with every Publisher document. 2)
Default
orientations may be different for different documents and different
PCs/printers. We don't print everything in landscape, just certain
brochures. If Publisher is simply grabbing the default printer
orientation
from each machine it is opened on, then this is not acceptible. 3) PDF is
not edittable. It's fine for printing, but if staff wants to open, change
a
word or two, and print, then PDF will not work.

Every other Office 2007 application appears to save page orientation
information within the document. Publisher 2007 will not, at least not
for
us. So, when we open a landscape/legal brochure, it defaults to potrait
if
that's what the printer is set for. I can open a Word document in
landscape,
and print it out on printer set for portrait, and it prints in landscape
just
fine. In other words, every other Office app overrides the printer's
default
setting and saves orientation with the document.

This very annoying. Has anyone else run into this, and is there a fix?
Currently it affects every PC at my location (80+). Also of note,
Publisher
2003, did save the page orientation. This issue has only happened after
our
rollout of 2007.

Any help will be appreciated. If I need to clarify (I tried my best to
explain the issue), please let me know.

 

[Mary Sauer]

I'd check with the manufacturer of your printer model for an updated driver.

It is always best to completely remove a driver before your install or reinstall
a driver.

How to clean up printer drivers
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/CleanPrinterDrivers.htm

--
Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/

Thanks for your suggestion. I gave it a try, but it still does not hold the
settings.

For my test document I did the following:

1. I went into File --> Page Setup, and selected Legal (Landscape) 14" x
8.5"
2. Then I go to File --> Print Setup and select Landscape under Orientation
on the "Publication and Paper Settings Tab. I can print the document at
this point.
3. I save the document and close.

When I come back into Publisher and open the doc again, the Page Setup
stayed at 14" x 8.5" / Legal (Landscape), but the Print Setup reverted right
back to Portrait. This required that I manually click Landscape again in
under "Prientation" in Print Setup before printing.

Was I doing something wrong? If so, what should I try next?

Thanks again for the help.

You need to change the page setup to landscape, not just the print setting.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

Is there a way to save the page orientation setting permanently as
landscape
(or portrait) within a Publisher document (not the program, just one
document).

I've seen other solutions to this issue that say 1) just use print preview
and change it as needed, 2) set your printer by default to the orientation
you want (landscape or protriat), and 3) print to PDF.

None of these are realistic: 1) Print preview is extra steps for my
staff.
They want to just open and print, or open make a small change and print,
not
worry about orientation everytime, with every Publisher document. 2)
Default
orientations may be different for different documents and different
PCs/printers. We don't print everything in landscape, just certain
brochures. If Publisher is simply grabbing the default printer
orientation
from each machine it is opened on, then this is not acceptible. 3) PDF is
not edittable. It's fine for printing, but if staff wants to open, change
a
word or two, and print, then PDF will not work.

Every other Office 2007 application appears to save page orientation
information within the document. Publisher 2007 will not, at least not
for
us. So, when we open a landscape/legal brochure, it defaults to potrait
if
that's what the printer is set for. I can open a Word document in
landscape,
and print it out on printer set for portrait, and it prints in landscape
just
fine. In other words, every other Office app overrides the printer's
default
setting and saves orientation with the document.

This very annoying. Has anyone else run into this, and is there a fix?
Currently it affects every PC at my location (80+). Also of note,
Publisher
2003, did save the page orientation. This issue has only happened after
our
rollout of 2007.

Any help will be appreciated. If I need to clarify (I tried my best to
explain the issue), please let me know.