Microsoft KB Archive/51575

Word: Footers Do Not Appear in Print Preview or When Printed

PSS ID Number: Q51575 Article last modified on 03-07-1997

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 == Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, version 4.0 == 

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In Microsoft Word for the Macintosh version 4.0, Word may enter a mode where it thinks that the paper size is different than the paper size selected. Word may position a bottom portion, including the footer of a document, off of the page. This problem is caused by using a print reduction and switching back and forth between the Apple ImageWriter and the Apple LaserWriter.

To correct the problem, reselect the LaserWriter printer in the Chooser, and retype 100 in the reduction dialog box. The dialog box will already have 100-percent reduction in the box, but it needs to be typed again.

= MORE INFORMATION =

When switching back and forth between the LaserWriter and the ImageWriter using print reduction, it may be possible to confuse Word into thinking that it has a print reduction specified when it actually doesn’t. For example, if a situation similar to the following arises, the problem may occur:


 * 1) A document is created and a footer is typed in, with a print reduction of 75 percent specified in the Page Setup dialog box.
 * 2) When the ImageWriter is selected as the chosen printer, since there is no place to specify the print reduction, Word thinks that this document still has the formatting applied that causes the reduction.
 * 3) The file prints to the ImageWriter as if it has the previously set reduction applied. The text prints in the normal font size, but the margin settings extend off the page to the left, and below the end of the page at the bottom.
 * 4) When this document is again changed to print to the LaserWriter, the same problem occurs, but the reduction percentage will show 100 percent.

NOTE: This problem has been corrected in Microsoft Word version 5.0.

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