Microsoft KB Archive/290970

= The template layout is changed when you open a template in Word =

Article ID: 290970

Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Word 2007
 * Microsoft Office Word 2003
 * Microsoft Word 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q290970



For a Microsoft Word 2000 version of this article, see 211862.

For a Microsoft Word 97 version of this article, see 168733.



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Word 97 and later, when you open a template that was created in a version of Word earlier than Word 97, the template looks different than the way that it does in earlier versions of Word. Specifically, document formatting (for example, character spacing, line spacing, and page breaks) is not displayed or printed in the way that it is in earlier versions of Word.



CAUSE
Unlike earlier versions of Word, Microsoft Office Word 2007, Microsoft office Word 2003, Microsoft Word 2002, Microsoft Word 2000, and Word 97 do not rely on printer information (metrics) to lay out the document. Word 97 and later versions use a printer-independent layout scheme controlled by the Use printer metrics to lay out document compatibility option. This option is turned off by default.



Word 2003 and Word 2002
To use printer metrics to lay out the document (and simulate the behavior of versions of Word earler than Word 97), follow these steps:
 * 1) On the Tools menu, click Options.
 * 2) Click the Compatibility tab.
 * 3) In the Recommended options for list, click either Microsoft Word 2002 or Microsoft Office Word 2003 as appropriate.
 * 4) Click to select the Use printer metrics to lay out document check box.

The template now uses the layout scheme based on the current printer metrics.

NOTE: This is a document-specific setting and affects only the current document unless you click the Default button. If you click the Default button, all of the currently selected options on the selected tab become the defaults for all new documents based on the current template. If you click the Default button, the selection in the Recommended options for list is changed to Custom.

Word 2007
To use printer metrics to lay out the document (and simulate the behavior of versions of Word earler than Word 97), follow these steps:
 * 1) Click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Word Options.
 * 2) In the left pane, click Advanced.
 * 3) In the Compatibility options for section in the right pane, click Microsoft Office 2007 in the Lay out this document as if created in list.
 * 4) Expand Layout Options, and then click to select the Use printer metrics to lay out document check box.



MORE INFORMATION
This behavior does not occur if the document or template contains printer fonts. If the document or template contains printer fonts, the document formatting is the same, regardless of whether you open it in Word 2007, in Word 2003, in Word 2002, in Word 2000, in Word 97, or in an earlier version of Word.

Additional query words: prb

Keywords: kbprb kbtemplate kbusage KB290970

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