Microsoft KB Archive/138686

PUB3: Can't Find File After Printing to File

= PUB3: Can't Find File After Printing to File =

Q138686
- The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Publisher for Windows 95, version 3.0 - Microsoft Windows 95 -

SYMPTOMS

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After you create a publication and use the Print To File command, you can't locate the print file.

CAUSE

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The Print To File dialog box defaults to the folder from which you last opened a publication or inserted a text or picture file. This means, for example, that if you import a picture from a folder called C:\Pictures and then print your publication to a file, the Print To File dialog box defaults to the C:\Pictures folder. If you don't notice this, you may have a hard time finding your print file after you create it.

This dialog box is a standard Windows 95 dialog box. Publisher doesn't have any control over how it behaves.

NOTE: If you are running Publisher on Windows NT, you get a different Print To File dialog box, where you have to type in your path and file name.

RESOLUTION

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When you create a print file, you can type in a full path as part of the name you give it. For example, if the Print To File dialog box is suggesting a location of C:\Pictures, you can give your file a name such as

C:\Output\My Publication.prn

and the file will be saved to your C:\Output folder. You can also use the controls in the Print To File dialog box to choose which folder or drive you want to save to.

STATUS

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Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

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