Set margins?

[Mike]

I re-installed Publisher 02 on my new computer today. I went to open an
existing file and the margins are not set. The top and bottom of the pages
are getting cut off. I looked for everything to set the margins and make it
fit. The file was perfect before and everything was displayed. I cant
figure out how to get it all in again!! The layout guides are at 0" and the
page setup gives me no options to set the margins. What happened? What do I
do?

 

[Morisot]

Hi, Mike -

They moved it to the "Arrange" menu.

M.

 

[Mary Sauer]

What settings are your printer preferences in the control panel? Do you have a
default printer selected?

 

[Mike]

What settings should they be on in the preferences? Everything is set to
default. I went to the "arrange" tab and "layout guides". Everything is set
to 0. A default printer is selected. The pages are still cut top and
bottom. Thanks!

 

[Morisot]

Hi, Mike -

Try .7 for all four of the margins in the "arrange" "layout guides" and see
if anything happens.

(If it doesn't change your publication, you might be stuck having to move
all your boundaries manually.)

M.

 

[Mike]

It did not work. How do I set them manually? I just need the top and bottom
of the page to display the content like it did before.....
Thanks!
Mike

 

[Mary Sauer]

Mike, Have you checked out your display? Go to the control panel, Display
properties folder, settings tab, advanced button, troubleshoot tab

Slide the acceleration down three notches. Does the Publisher display improve?
If so, your graphics driver needs upgrading.

Read the third FAQ here:
http://ed.mvps.org/Static.aspx?=Publisher/FAQs

 

[Ed Bennett]

What settings should they be on in the preferences? Everything is set to
default. I went to the "arrange" tab and "layout guides". Everything is set
to 0. A default printer is selected. The pages are still cut top and
bottom. Thanks!

Margin Guides are just that - guides. They in no way affect your
printable area. You should set them to help you - for instance, to tell
you how close to the edge your printer will print.

See http://ed.mvps.org/Static.aspx?=Publisher/horidiag for a tutorial on
how to find your maximum print area.

 

[Mike]

Ed,

The drivers are ok and nothing changed on the viewable area. I proceeded to
the Word Pad and tried to adjust the margins. I attempted to set all 4 to
zero and it will not let me make a change. The left and right default at a
min of .125 and top and bottom are at .563. How can I make these zero and
stay?

Thanks!
Mike

 

[Ed Bennett]

The drivers are ok and nothing changed on the viewable area. I proceeded to
the Word Pad and tried to adjust the margins. I attempted to set all 4 to
zero and it will not let me make a change. The left and right default at a
min of .125 and top and bottom are at .563. How can I make these zero and
stay?

If you don't have a printer that can print borderless, then these
margins are *immutable physical properties* of your printer, and *cannot
be changed*.

Look for a "Minimize margins" or "Borderless" option in your printer driver.

If your printer is an HP and has a borderless option, it probably won't
work with Publisher, as the drivers misreport their margins. You'll have
to export an image and print that from a graphics application instead.

 

[Morisot]

Sorry, Mike -

I misunderstood.

Did you change printers? What printer do you have set as your default printer?

Even if your publication has every margin ond text box standoff set to 0
(zero), if your printer cannot print to the edges of the page - your page
will be cutoff.

M.

 

[Mike]

Ed,

I tried setting the printer to borderless, but it is only as a "borderless
photo 8.5 x 11". I tired a couple different settings in both the printer
preferences and changing page setup under Word Pad. The print prieview on
Publisher still shows no changes. I do have an HP printer. It is the same
one I printed with prior to the new computer setup. The last time this file
was opened and printed, it was on the same printer. Not sure what to change
now????