Microsoft KB Archive/121937

= WD: Word 98 and Word 6.x Prints Documents in Middle of Another =

Article ID: 121937

Article Last Modified on 11/21/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q121937



SYMPTOMS
When a document with multiple orientations is printed to a network printer, another user's document may print between sections of your document.

Printing a document to a PostScript (PS) file causes a separate output file each time the orientation and page size changes.

When you print to a fax driver, you are prompted for a phone number every time the orientation changes in the document.

This is also true for Master Documents with more than one subdocument.



CAUSE
Documents that contain multiple orientations and page sizes print as separate distinct print jobs in the versions of Word listed at the beginning of this article. This is a limitation of the printing architecture on the Macintosh.



WORKAROUND
When printing to a file, you can provide a unique filename for each section of your document that contains a different orientation or page size.

Note: In Word 6.x this is not an issue when using the QuickDraw GX printing architecture because it allows multiple orientations and paper sizes in the same print job. However, QuickDraw GX is no longer supported by Apple from Operating System 8.0 and later.



MORE INFORMATION
Due to the limitations of the printing architecture on the Macintosh, any files containing multiple orientations or paper sizes will print as separate jobs. In any event, if you are printing over a network, your print jobs may be mixed with other users' print jobs.

This causes confusion on network printers because an unrelated print job from another user could come between different sections of the same document.

The third-party products discussed here are manufactured by vendors independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products' performance or reliability.

Additional query words: print seperate separate file different multiple orientation page size

Keywords: kbprb kbprint KB121937

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