Microsoft KB Archive/27130

Mac Works: Printed Text Not Justified When Using Print Merge

PSS ID Number: Q27130 Article last modified on 10-23-1998

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In the Microsoft Works Word Processor module, when you print merge to a document that contains some justified formatting, some of the lines of text that contain field name placeholders do not justify properly, or may be cut off or truncated on the right side of the printed page.

When two print merge fields are positioned on the same line, the starting point of the second field depends on where the text in the first field ends. For example, a label with the “ship to” and “sold to” fields on the same line will appear to line up correctly on the first label, where the “ship to” field is 20 characters long. However, if the next “ship to” field is 30 characters long, the “sold to” field will be pushed 10 characters to the right, sometimes forcing it to wrap and put the entire “sold to” field on the next line. If the information in a field is too long to fit on a single line, the information will not wrap; instead, it will be truncated at the right margin.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Works versions 1.x, 2.0, and 3.0 for the Macintosh. This problem was corrected in Works 4.0.

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Keywords : kbprint kbbuglist kbfixlist Version : 1.0 1.1 2.0 3.0 Platform : MACINTOSH Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.