Can someone explain this error

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I have a .doc that includes a table.

When I want to print, it says:
"The margins of section 1 are set outside the printable area of the
page...."

It then asks if I want to continue. I say yes and it seems to print just
fine.

So, what is going on? Also, what do they mean by section 1.

Mel

 

[TF]

This is a common problem and the solution is to either recreate the document
(or template if it happens with any document created from the same
(template).

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/

:I have a .doc that includes a table.
:
: When I want to print, it says:
: "The margins of section 1 are set outside the printable area of the
: page...."
:
: It then asks if I want to continue. I say yes and it seems to print just
: fine.
:
: So, what is going on? Also, what do they mean by section 1.
:
: Mel
:
:
:

 

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Terry:

That's confusing. Why should I recreate the doc?? It seems to work just
fine. The error message seems to be bogus. What am I missing?

Mel

 

[Klaus Linke]

That's confusing. Why should I recreate the doc?? It seems to work just

fine. The error message seems to be bogus. What am I missing?

Hi Mel,

You can try to fix the margins for the first section in "File > Page
setup".

Go into the *second* section, then open the dialog.

One of the settings that vanishes when you change "Apply to: This section"
to "Apply to: Whole document" is the problem.

If that doesn't help, the doc may be corrupt (which is what Terry probably
assumed).

Regards,
Klaus

 

[TF]

I assumed the latter as I am sure that you would have checked the former:
you may not see the corruption but Word does.

Terry


:> That's confusing. Why should I recreate the doc?? It seems to work just
: > fine. The error message seems to be bogus. What am I missing?
:
:
: Hi Mel,
:
: You can try to fix the margins for the first section in "File > Page
: setup".
:
: Go into the *second* section, then open the dialog.
:
: One of the settings that vanishes when you change "Apply to: This section"
: to "Apply to: Whole document" is the problem.
:
: If that doesn't help, the doc may be corrupt (which is what Terry probably
: assumed).
:
: Regards,
: Klaus
:
:

 

[Klaus Linke]

I assumed the latter as I am sure that you would have checked the former:

you may not see the corruption but Word does.

Sometimes it looks like corruption, but can be fixed anyway.
I got a file a couple of weeks ago that raised the error message "margins
outside the printable area ..." , and it turned out it had line numbers
with a large negative indent that put them outside the page (so you
couldn't see them).
After fixing that, the error disappeared.

It may have been a *sort* of corruption though: I can't see a way that this
negative indent could have been set from the user interface.

Regards,
Klaus