Article ID: 178943
Article Last Modified on 8/19/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q178943
SYMPTOMS
When you print to a Hewlett-Packard (HP) LaserJet printer in Microsoft Excel, the borders may be partially or completely cropped in the printed output.
CAUSE
This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:
- The worksheet you want to print contains cells with text that is formatted at an angle.
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- You insert a page break next to cells with the angled text.
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- You print to a HP LaserJet printer.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.
MORE INFORMATION
The HP LaserJet is manufactured by Hewlett-Packard (HP), a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability.
For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
177512 OFF: How to Select a Compatible Printer Driver
REFERENCES
For more information about troubleshooting printing in Microsoft Excel, click Contents and Index on the Help menu, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel Help, and type the following text
printing, troubleshooting
and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Troubleshoot printing" topic.
Additional query words: XL97 cutoff cut off truncated fail to print XL
Keywords: kbbug kbprint kbpending KB178943
