Jeannette

Interesting! Did not know about the open office effort. Am downloading it
now & will report back. Many thanks for the suggestion.
jd

"ray" wrote:

> On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 17:10:04 -0700, Jeannette wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > hoping for help. A big table that I set to print print out on legal paper
> > across two pages and then down (i.e. across and then down, setting to print
> > two pages across by 16 down) does not transfer over from my XP/Excel 2003
> > setup onto my new Vista-running Fujitsu Lifebook Tablet-series. When running
> > in tablet mode, the file that was working fine in XP wants to print out onto
> > some 2,300+ pages. And when I went in to look at the page setup, I got a
> > constant warning loop (bug?) of "margins don't fit" which wouldn't let me
> > click OK to get out of it, causing me to have to exit out of the doc w/out
> > saving anything and restart the doc. I did this three times w/ same results.
> >
> > I then restarted the tablet to run in normal PC mode (hoping this was
> > something to do w/ the display). This time when I opened up the doc into
> > Excel, the doc initially seemed to display better, but when I went into print
> > preview, I ran into the same problem of splintering into 2,300+ pages, and
> > the problem with the margins warning that I couldn't get out. I then ran the
> > compatibility program, to set the Vista settings back to Win XP, and
> > unchecked everything that can possibly be unchecked. Same problem: when I
> > went to print preview, the document splitering into 2,300+ pages (all blank,
> > by the way), and a constant loop (bug) of "margins don't fit" occurred until
> > I had to exit the doc and restart it, occurred three times. I went back into
> > the compatibility program twice turning things on and off without any other
> > changes in results.
> >
> > Keeping the XP settings, I then went in to reformat the doc from scratch. I
> > reformatted everything set print area, modified the column sizes which had
> > somehow gotten bigger than I had originally set them, re-set the columns to
> > print, etc. Think I figured out that the function for printing across then
> > down or setting the document to print XYZ number of pages across or down does
> > not work (i tried both settings). Whenever I set it to print out across two
> > pages, the document splinters into the 2,300+ pages again. I have cheated,
> > and set the document to print at 90% of it's size, which will allow me to
> > print it out across three pages, and then down. However, a document like
> > this won't really satisfy the users since it is too bulky. Any higher life
> > forms know a work-around? or which side of the fence to contact for help?
> > sigh. . . Otherwise am liking the Vista tablet experience.
> > Thanks,
> > Jeannette
>
> I'm certainly not guaranteeing this as a solution, but it couldn't hurt to
> try that same sheet in OpenOffice.org - it might print properly.
>
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