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Subject:RE: HELP !!!!! MS Word is messing with me From:"Leila Meyer" <leila -dot- meyer -at- olantra -dot- com> To:"Bowen, Marianne" <Marianne -dot- Bowen -at- Nextel -dot- com>, "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 18 Oct 1999 12:25:52 -0600
Hi Marianne,
It might be a problem with lack of printer memory. I've had difficulties
printing table-heavy documents for this reason. Is there another printer you
can try? It might help isolate whether the problem is with Word or with the
printer.
Leila Meyer
Technical Writer
Olantra Inc.
leila -dot- meyer -at- olantra -dot- com
> I have a 60 page word document. Within the document are about 30 data
> definition tables. When I look at my tables on the screen in any layout,
> even in print preview, it looks just fine. When I print the document, many
> of the rows in my tables are doubled. In other tables Word simply
> "forgets"
> the lines between table rows. And it altogether messes up my document.
>
> I have tried copying the whole document to a new document, it did
> not work.
> I tried to just copy one of the affected tables, the problem remained. I
> turned on non-printing characters, there is nothing unusual that
> I can see.
