Very strange. Could it be the “unprintable area” for the current printer driver? Does it work better if you change printers?
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Ruler doesn’t match page size (Word 2002)
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AskWoody LoungerJuly 8, 2004 at 4:12 am #407077Viewing 3 reply threadsAuthorReplies-
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AskWoody LoungerJuly 8, 2004 at 6:11 am #848670I don’t think its printer related because all our other documents work absolutely correctly and this problem is repeatable for this file, on two different machines for two different users.
I’ll give it a go though when I get back to work as, thinking about it, we’re both pointing at the same network printer
I think I’ll also play with changing the paper size too – it can’t hurt -
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AskWoody LoungerJuly 8, 2004 at 6:11 am #848671I don’t think its printer related because all our other documents work absolutely correctly and this problem is repeatable for this file, on two different machines for two different users.
I’ll give it a go though when I get back to work as, thinking about it, we’re both pointing at the same network printer
I think I’ll also play with changing the paper size too – it can’t hurt -
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AskWoody LoungerJuly 8, 2004 at 6:12 am #848625Refer to the attached diagram. The horizontal ruler does not extend to the page width.
I’ve tried most of the tricks I know such as writing RTF, removing section breaks, cutting document to new document and still it appears short.Normally, I expect the ruler to start at the left edge of the page as grey, become white at the left margin, become grey again at the right margin and extend to the edge of the page at the right.
This one seems to stop an inch or so short and I have no idea at all -
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AskWoody LoungerJuly 8, 2004 at 6:12 am #848626Refer to the attached diagram. The horizontal ruler does not extend to the page width.
I’ve tried most of the tricks I know such as writing RTF, removing section breaks, cutting document to new document and still it appears short.Normally, I expect the ruler to start at the left edge of the page as grey, become white at the left margin, become grey again at the right margin and extend to the edge of the page at the right.
This one seems to stop an inch or so short and I have no idea at all
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