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I'm a new user of Word (2007) with a WinXP SP3 system. I've used WordPerfect
for many years. Recently, I brought into Word a letter, with my letterhead,
that I had created in WP. I deleted the body of the letter and typed a new
letter. It looked fine on screen; but when I printed it, there were all
sorts of weird spacings. For example:
extra spaces between some words (the text is left justified only)
a hypen that ran into the previous letter rather than appearing between two
letters
an em dash with a space before it
I saved the letter as a .doc file and brought it into WordPerfect. It
printed fine there.
What's likely to be the problem?
Thanks much!
Jo-Anne
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I would suspect something with the Printer driver. See if there is an
updated version available on the Printer manufacturer's website.
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Hope this helps.
Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
"Jo-Anne" <Jo-AnneATnowhere.com> wrote in message
news:O38C2OePJHA.4280[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
[Quoted Text] > I'm a new user of Word (2007) with a WinXP SP3 system. I've used
> WordPerfect for many years. Recently, I brought into Word a letter, with
> my letterhead, that I had created in WP. I deleted the body of the letter
> and typed a new letter. It looked fine on screen; but when I printed it,
> there were all sorts of weird spacings. For example:
>
> extra spaces between some words (the text is left justified only)
> a hypen that ran into the previous letter rather than appearing between
> two letters
> an em dash with a space before it
>
> I saved the letter as a .doc file and brought it into WordPerfect. It
> printed fine there.
>
> What's likely to be the problem?
>
> Thanks much!
>
> Jo-Anne
>
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Thank you for the suggestion, Doug; but I think it's something else. If I
bring into Word a full WordPerfect document rather than cutting and pasting
from a WP document, the printing is fine. I just tried playing with
cut-and-paste between WordPerfect and Word, and it looks like if I do a
"paste special" and pick unformatted text, it prints OK in Word. Nothing
else works for printing pasted material.
Jo-Anne
"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" <dkr[ at ]REMOVECAPSmvps.org> wrote in message
news:%23$ziq%23fPJHA.4648[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
[Quoted Text] >I would suspect something with the Printer driver. See if there is an
>updated version available on the Printer manufacturer's website.
>
> --
> Hope this helps.
>
> Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
> services on a paid consulting basis.
>
> Doug Robbins - Word MVP
>
> "Jo-Anne" <Jo-AnneATnowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:O38C2OePJHA.4280[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> I'm a new user of Word (2007) with a WinXP SP3 system. I've used
>> WordPerfect for many years. Recently, I brought into Word a letter, with
>> my letterhead, that I had created in WP. I deleted the body of the letter
>> and typed a new letter. It looked fine on screen; but when I printed it,
>> there were all sorts of weird spacings. For example:
>>
>> extra spaces between some words (the text is left justified only)
>> a hypen that ran into the previous letter rather than appearing between
>> two letters
>> an em dash with a space before it
>>
>> I saved the letter as a .doc file and brought it into WordPerfect. It
>> printed fine there.
>>
>> What's likely to be the problem?
>>
>> Thanks much!
>>
>> Jo-Anne
>>
>
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What does it look like on screen in Print Preview?
Terry
"Jo-Anne" <Jo-AnneATnowhere.com> wrote in message
news:OYFYg5kPJHA.4372[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
[Quoted Text] > Thank you for the suggestion, Doug; but I think it's something else. If I
> bring into Word a full WordPerfect document rather than cutting and
> pasting from a WP document, the printing is fine. I just tried playing
> with cut-and-paste between WordPerfect and Word, and it looks like if I do
> a "paste special" and pick unformatted text, it prints OK in Word. Nothing
> else works for printing pasted material.
>
> Jo-Anne
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Looks normal in Print Preview.
Jo-Anne
"Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell[ at ]msn.com> wrote in message
news:u9BjBImPJHA.588[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
[Quoted Text] > What does it look like on screen in Print Preview?
>
> Terry
>
> "Jo-Anne" <Jo-AnneATnowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:OYFYg5kPJHA.4372[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Thank you for the suggestion, Doug; but I think it's something else. If I
>> bring into Word a full WordPerfect document rather than cutting and
>> pasting from a WP document, the printing is fine. I just tried playing
>> with cut-and-paste between WordPerfect and Word, and it looks like if I
>> do a "paste special" and pick unformatted text, it prints OK in Word.
>> Nothing else works for printing pasted material.
>>
>> Jo-Anne
>
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Then it comes back to a printer driver issue. Make sure that you have the
latest driver from the manufacturer's support site, then delete and
reinstall the printer.
Terry
"Jo-Anne" <Jo-AnneATnowhere.com> wrote in message
news:u$gUfopPJHA.3748[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
[Quoted Text] > Looks normal in Print Preview.
>
> Jo-Anne
>
> "Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell[ at ]msn.com> wrote in message
> news:u9BjBImPJHA.588[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> What does it look like on screen in Print Preview?
>>
>> Terry
>>
>> "Jo-Anne" <Jo-AnneATnowhere.com> wrote in message
>> news:OYFYg5kPJHA.4372[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Thank you for the suggestion, Doug; but I think it's something else. If
>>> I bring into Word a full WordPerfect document rather than cutting and
>>> pasting from a WP document, the printing is fine. I just tried playing
>>> with cut-and-paste between WordPerfect and Word, and it looks like if I
>>> do a "paste special" and pick unformatted text, it prints OK in Word.
>>> Nothing else works for printing pasted material.
>>>
>>> Jo-Anne
>>
>
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Thank you, Terry! But why, then, does the printer work fine in all other
programs--from WordPerfect to email to webpages?
Jo-Anne
"Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell[ at ]msn.com> wrote in message
news:uhG9XypPJHA.1448[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
[Quoted Text] > Then it comes back to a printer driver issue. Make sure that you have the
> latest driver from the manufacturer's support site, then delete and
> reinstall the printer.
>
> Terry
>
> "Jo-Anne" <Jo-AnneATnowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:u$gUfopPJHA.3748[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Looks normal in Print Preview.
>>
>> Jo-Anne
>>
>> "Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell[ at ]msn.com> wrote in message
>> news:u9BjBImPJHA.588[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> What does it look like on screen in Print Preview?
>>>
>>> Terry
>>>
>>> "Jo-Anne" <Jo-AnneATnowhere.com> wrote in message
>>> news:OYFYg5kPJHA.4372[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>> Thank you for the suggestion, Doug; but I think it's something else. If
>>>> I bring into Word a full WordPerfect document rather than cutting and
>>>> pasting from a WP document, the printing is fine. I just tried playing
>>>> with cut-and-paste between WordPerfect and Word, and it looks like if I
>>>> do a "paste special" and pick unformatted text, it prints OK in Word.
>>>> Nothing else works for printing pasted material.
>>>>
>>>> Jo-Anne
>>>
>>
>>
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Because Word uses the printer differently (and much harder) than other apps.
In fact, Word won't work at all without a compatible Printer driver set as
the Windows Default. Word interrogates the printer driver constantly to work
out how the printer should print the page: every printer is different.
Terry
"Jo-Anne" <Jo-AnneATnowhere.com> wrote in message
news:OB5GZnqPJHA.728[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
[Quoted Text] > Thank you, Terry! But why, then, does the printer work fine in all other
> programs--from WordPerfect to email to webpages?
>
> Jo-Anne
>
> "Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell[ at ]msn.com> wrote in message
> news:uhG9XypPJHA.1448[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Then it comes back to a printer driver issue. Make sure that you have the
>> latest driver from the manufacturer's support site, then delete and
>> reinstall the printer.
>>
>> Terry
>>
>> "Jo-Anne" <Jo-AnneATnowhere.com> wrote in message
>> news:u$gUfopPJHA.3748[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Looks normal in Print Preview.
>>>
>>> Jo-Anne
>>>
>>> "Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell[ at ]msn.com> wrote in message
>>> news:u9BjBImPJHA.588[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>> What does it look like on screen in Print Preview?
>>>>
>>>> Terry
>>>>
>>>> "Jo-Anne" <Jo-AnneATnowhere.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:OYFYg5kPJHA.4372[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Thank you for the suggestion, Doug; but I think it's something else.
>>>>> If I bring into Word a full WordPerfect document rather than cutting
>>>>> and pasting from a WP document, the printing is fine. I just tried
>>>>> playing with cut-and-paste between WordPerfect and Word, and it looks
>>>>> like if I do a "paste special" and pick unformatted text, it prints OK
>>>>> in Word. Nothing else works for printing pasted material.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jo-Anne
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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Thank you again, Terry!
Jo-Anne
"Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell[ at ]msn.com> wrote in message
news:uIFFsXrPJHA.3876[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
[Quoted Text] > Because Word uses the printer differently (and much harder) than other
> apps. In fact, Word won't work at all without a compatible Printer driver
> set as the Windows Default. Word interrogates the printer driver
> constantly to work out how the printer should print the page: every
> printer is different.
>
> Terry
>
> "Jo-Anne" <Jo-AnneATnowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:OB5GZnqPJHA.728[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Thank you, Terry! But why, then, does the printer work fine in all other
>> programs--from WordPerfect to email to webpages?
>>
>> Jo-Anne
>>
>> "Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell[ at ]msn.com> wrote in message
>> news:uhG9XypPJHA.1448[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Then it comes back to a printer driver issue. Make sure that you have
>>> the latest driver from the manufacturer's support site, then delete and
>>> reinstall the printer.
>>>
>>> Terry
>>>
>>> "Jo-Anne" <Jo-AnneATnowhere.com> wrote in message
>>> news:u$gUfopPJHA.3748[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>> Looks normal in Print Preview.
>>>>
>>>> Jo-Anne
>>>>
>>>> "Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell[ at ]msn.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:u9BjBImPJHA.588[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>>> What does it look like on screen in Print Preview?
>>>>>
>>>>> Terry
>>>>>
>>>>> "Jo-Anne" <Jo-AnneATnowhere.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:OYFYg5kPJHA.4372[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> Thank you for the suggestion, Doug; but I think it's something else.
>>>>>> If I bring into Word a full WordPerfect document rather than cutting
>>>>>> and pasting from a WP document, the printing is fine. I just tried
>>>>>> playing with cut-and-paste between WordPerfect and Word, and it looks
>>>>>> like if I do a "paste special" and pick unformatted text, it prints
>>>>>> OK in Word. Nothing else works for printing pasted material.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jo-Anne
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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