Can't print landscape

[SF]

I have checked the radio dial on
Print Properties / Basics / Landscape

But the paper keeps printing in portrait orientation.
What am I doing wrong?

Windows XP
Word 2000

 

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

In Word 2002 or 2003, you would click on File | Page Setup |
Margins tab | Orientation: Landscape | OK. There should be a
similar option in Word 2000. I would leave the paper orientation
set to portrait in File | Print | Properties | Basics.

 

[POP]

I have checked the radio dial on
Print Properties / Basics / Landscape

But the paper keeps printing in portrait orientation.
What am I doing wrong?

Windows XP
Word 2000

Is your printer capable of printing in landscape mode?

 

[SF]

Okay, I did a search on Google Groups for Landscape and Print and after a
bit of digging, found out that there is a known bug that causes problems
with Word 2000 and Windows XP printing landscape orientation, particularly
with the HP Laserjet series of printers. (See link below)

http://groups.google.com/group/micr...Print+landscape&rnum=4&hl=en#f93ebef96ec766bc

I tried setting the landscape option in the printer properties, but that
didn't help with regular documents, but it did allow a rather unusual
workaround.

I tried printing a calendar off the web as a landscape and it worked! So I
played with it and found that if I save my document page as an "htm" file,
then I can print it as a landscape.
But (on my system, at least) it won't work on the document I immediately
saved as an htm document (even thought that document now seems to have
changed to a web page). I had to close that particular document, then go
open the htm document I just saved, and then it worked! I hope that
description is clear. There may be someone else out there with the same
problem hoping for some kind of a workaround.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Hmm. I have a LaserJet and never had any problem printing landscape from
Word 2002.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[POP]

I've never had that problem.
I suspect either your Office needs a service pack installed, or
printer drivers need updating. WordXP (2002) is at
Since that link is so old (2002), I would suggest you check into
downloading and installing the latest updates for OfficeXP and/or
WordXP. Besides, if you notice, that's a LAN issue and you
didn't mention using LAN, I don't think.

My Word Help|About is showing SP3 and there have been hot
fixes since then; as recently as a couple of weeks ago if I
recall correctly.

Might we worth checking into.

HTH,

Pop

 

[SF]

Yes, Suzanne, the article specifies that the problem is limited specifically
to the Word 2000, Windows XP and Laserjet combo. It even gives a link to the
HP printer software beta software updates. (It was posted in 2003).

BTW, I want to personally thank you for all your excellent, competent, and
very insightful help on these message boards.
I frequently peruse down the messages and open the ones where I see that you
have posted an answer (even if the problem is foreign to me) just to see
what your input is. Keep up the good work!

 

[SF]

Thanks, POP. Will do.

I'll post back in a day or two with results.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Sorry, I misread "Windows XP" as "Word XP." I seem to be having reading
issues lately. But thanks for the vote of confidence even if my batting
average is slipping pretty badly these days.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[aalaan]

...I seem to be having reading issues lately.

Yes, in our profession that's serious Suzanne! Suggest get a cup of
coffee and/or have a second pair of eyes scan the work...

This morning I agonised for hours about 'momentos' in a manuscript. Not
in any of my dictionaries or the thesaurus. Why not? Quite obvious -
memories of (precious) moments... Hang on... Memories - that's it -
*mem*entos.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

What's bad is when you see the same mistake so often it begins to look right
(and makes the right spelling look wrong). <sigh>

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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