Microsoft KB Archive/126795

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Cannot Set Paper Orientation in Page Setup for StyleWriter II
Last reviewed: September 12, 1996

Article ID: Q126795

The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, version 5.0

SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Excel, if you are using an Apple StyleWriter printer with version 1.2 of the StyleWriter II printer driver, you cannot set the Orientation option with a Visual Basic macro or with a Microsoft Excel 4.0 macro.

Note that if you attempt to set the Orientation option by using a macro, you do not receive a macro error; however, running such a macro has no effect.

CAUSE
This behavior occurs because in Microsoft Excel version 5.0 for the Macintosh, if you are using a StyleWriter II printer with version 1.2 of the StyleWriter II printer driver, the Paper Orientation options (Portrait and Landscape) are disabled in Page Setup.

WORKAROUND
To set the paper orientation for the StyleWriter II, do the following:

1. From the File menu, choose Page Setup.

2. Choose Options.

3. Change the Paper Orientation in the printer driver setup and choose OK.

4. Choose OK in the Page Setup dialog box. Note that the Orientation options on the Page tab in the Page Setup dialog box are still unavailable, and there is no visible indication that the orientation has changed. Additionally, when you use the steps above to change the orientation, the change affects all other applications that use this driver.

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh version 5.0a.

MORE INFORMATION
The StyleWriter II printer driver version 1.2 is installed when you install some versions of Apple Macintosh system software, including System 7.5.

Apple Macintosh System software is manufactured by Apple Computer, Inc., a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products' performance or reliability.