Word 2000 printing 4x6 postcards

M

Merrill

I want to create and print 4x6" plain postcards with Word
2000. The cards are tractor feed with no space between
them. The printer is a FX-980. I created a custom size
in page setup of 6" width and 4" height. It does 2
things, 1 it shifts the whole printout to the right app
1.5" (which I can compensate for and deal with) but the
kicker is that it still wants to print a 11" page, so it
prints the 1st card ok but then feeds to what it thinks is
the next top of form. I have also set the printer menu up
manually to tell it the page length is 4". I dont get
it. Both the s/w and also the printer are set for 4"
length. I have been messing with this for hours and its
driving me crazy. It should just be cut and dry. Any
help will be appreciated greatly. I have 4000 to print.
They are all identical.

Thanks,
Merrill
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

Set the postcards up as "labels." In the Tools | Envelopes and Labels
dialog, select Dot Matrix and either find a label definition that matches or
create one based on the closest match. If you want to conserve paper, start
with a Roll rather than a Fanfold definition, and Word will treat each card
as a separate page.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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M

Merrill

Hi Suzanne,
I have tried many combinations including new labels and
tweaking existing ones. Your idea using a "roll"
definition makes sense, but when you make a new label or
tweak using "details" there is never the option
for "roll" as page length. If I tweak an existing
deinition that is defined as a "roll", asi soon as I
change the label height, the "roll" changes to "fanfold".
Oh well. You would think that if my page setup said 4"
length and the printer is manually set to a 4" length, it
would just work like it supposed to.

Merrill
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

You would think so, but alas! Word users are always discovering that what
seems logical to them is not the way Word works. <sigh>

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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
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