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Bob Buckland ?:-\)
Hi David,
The 'squished' text problem is apparently a glitch that involves Word temp files that causes Word (mainly in 2003) to lose track of
the printer it's supposed to be using (as listed in File=>Print) and seems to be related to
add-ins and temp files of Word. Your document is likely okay (i.e. not lost) just looks 'funny'
but of course any document that
is closed without saving would be 'lost'
What seems to help temporarily :
A. Going to File=>Print and
changing the printer to another one (and back)
will often clear it temporarily,
-or-
B. Switching fonts on the affected text
*BUT* before doing that
C. Clearing out old temp files will more likely be a suitable fix but it's also not permanent in some cases.
1. Close Word.
2. Cleanup and delete all left over
Word temp files using Start=>Search and the
search string of
~$*.*;*.tmp
3. Restart Word and open the same document you were
working on.
The only steps I've had where I can reproduce it is when it occurs, is to send the ~$*.* files to the recycle bin, start Word and
then check the document, then close Word, undelete/restore the ~$*.* from the recycle bin restart Word with the document and the
problem is back. When this occured it was the MS Word Redaction add-in (v1.0 or v1.1) and the printer was most often an HP.
There hasn't been enough frequency of this being reported to MS for it to be a 'solved' issue.
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Hi, I have a problem with Word 2003. I type a document and when i go to print
it, the text on each line moves to the left of the page, all the characters
on top of one another like a splodge, the printed page comes out like this
also and i lose the document unless i save it first. Any ideas on whats
causing this? any solutions greatly appreciated.
David.<<
--
Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP
*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
The 'squished' text problem is apparently a glitch that involves Word temp files that causes Word (mainly in 2003) to lose track of
the printer it's supposed to be using (as listed in File=>Print) and seems to be related to
add-ins and temp files of Word. Your document is likely okay (i.e. not lost) just looks 'funny'
but of course any document thatis closed without saving would be 'lost'
What seems to help temporarily :
A. Going to File=>Print and
changing the printer to another one (and back)
will often clear it temporarily,
-or-
B. Switching fonts on the affected text
*BUT* before doing that
C. Clearing out old temp files will more likely be a suitable fix but it's also not permanent in some cases.
1. Close Word.
2. Cleanup and delete all left over
Word temp files using Start=>Search and the
search string of
~$*.*;*.tmp
3. Restart Word and open the same document you were
working on.
The only steps I've had where I can reproduce it is when it occurs, is to send the ~$*.* files to the recycle bin, start Word and
then check the document, then close Word, undelete/restore the ~$*.* from the recycle bin restart Word with the document and the
problem is back. When this occured it was the MS Word Redaction add-in (v1.0 or v1.1) and the printer was most often an HP.
There hasn't been enough frequency of this being reported to MS for it to be a 'solved' issue.
========================
Hi, I have a problem with Word 2003. I type a document and when i go to print
it, the text on each line moves to the left of the page, all the characters
on top of one another like a splodge, the printed page comes out like this
also and i lose the document unless i save it first. Any ideas on whats
causing this? any solutions greatly appreciated.
David.<<
--
Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP
*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*