Microsoft KB Archive/896558

= A Word document is printed to a paper size that is different from the paper size that you specified in the properties of your printer driver =

Article ID: 896558

Article Last Modified on 3/23/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Word 2003
 * Microsoft Word 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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SYMPTOMS
Consider the following scenario. You change the properties of your printer driver to print to a specific paper size. However, when you print a Microsoft Word document, the document is printed to a paper size that is different from the paper size that you specified in the properties of your printer driver.



CAUSE
This issue occurs because the paper size that is specified in your Word document overrides the paper size that is specified in the properties of your printer driver.



WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, do not specify the paper size in the properties of your printer driver. Instead, specify the paper size in your Word document. If there are multiple sections in your document, you must specify the paper size for each section of the document.

To do this, follow these steps:
 * 1) Start Word, and then open your document.
 * 2) Put the insertion point on the page that you want to print to a specific paper size or in the section that you want to print to a specific paper size, and then click Page Setup on the File menu.
 * 3) Click the Paper tab.
 * 4) Click the paper size that you want to use in the Paper size box.
 * 5) Perform one of the following steps in the Apply to box:
 * 6) * If you want to use the paper size that you specified in step 4 for the current section of the document only, click This section.
 * 7) * If you want to use the paper size that you specified in step 4 for the current section of the document and for all remaining sections in the document, click This point forward.
 * 8) * If you want to use the paper size that you specified in step 4 for the whole document, click Whole document.
 * 9) Perform one of the following steps in the Paper source area:
 * 10) * If your printer can automatically select the correct paper tray to use, click Default tray (Automatically selected) in the First page list and in the Other pages list.
 * 11) * If your printer cannot automatically select the correct paper tray to use, you may have to select the paper tray that contains the paper size that you selected in step 4. To do this, click the appropriate paper tray in the First page list and in the Other pages list.
 * 12) Click OK.
 * 13) Repeat steps 2 to 7 for each section of your document that you want to print to a specific paper size.

For more information about how to select paper size, click Microsoft Word Help on the Help menu, type paper size in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

Additional query words: word2003 word2002 word2000 wd2003 wd2002 wd2000 wd2k3 wd2k2 wd2k

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