Microsoft KB Archive/889007

= Table appears truncated when you print a document that contains a table column with rotated text in Word 2003 =

Article ID: 889007

Article Last Modified on 10/5/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Word 2003

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Important This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry



SYMPTOMS
When you print a document that contains rotated text in a table column in Microsoft Office Word 2003, the table may appear truncated, or cutoff, on the printout.



CAUSE
This problem may occur when a very large row height value is specified for one of the rows in the table.



RESOLUTION
This problem was first fixed in a hotfix that is now contained in a service pack. If you installed the latest Office 2003 service pack, you do not have to install the hotfix.

Service pack information
This problem is corrected in Office 2003 Service Pack 2.

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Office 2003. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

870924 How to obtain the latest service pack for Office 2003

After you install the service pack, follow the steps that are listed in the &quot;More Information&quot; section of the article to set the EnsurePrintLongVertCell registry value and to activate the hotfix.

How to obtain the hotfix
This issue is fixed in the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 1 Hotfix Package that is dated November 1, 2004. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

888242 Description of the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: November 1, 2004

After you install this hotfix, follow the steps that are listed in the &quot;More Information&quot; section of this article to set the EnsurePrintLongVertCell registry key and to activate the hotfix.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.

This problem was first corrected in Office 2003 Service Pack 2.



MORE INFORMATION
Warning If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

To enable this hotfix, follow these steps:  Quit Word 2003. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK. Locate and then click to select the following registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Word\Options

 After you select the key that is specified in step 3, point to New on the Edit menu, and then click DWORD Value. Type EnsurePrintLongVertCell, and then press ENTER.</li> Right-click EnsurePrintLongVertCell, and then click Modify.</li> In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.</li> On the File menu, click Exit to quit Registry Editor.</li></ol>

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