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MS Office Forum / Word / Page Layout / January 2008WYSIWYG problem
Hello, I am developing and populating a document using VSTO 2005 and MS Word 2003 SP2 . Within the document is a table. In the table cells are XML nodes, where I programmatically populate the XML Nodes in this table. Everything looks good on screen and in print preview, but when I print the document, part of the table border is not printing. Also, some of the text from one page will get pushed down into the next page when its printed. Thus, it is not "what you see is what you get". The borders of the table are solid line and I have printed this document to multiple different printers and printer brands (HP, Xerox, etc.) and I get the same result. However, when I print the document from Word 2007, everything prints fine. I have about 300 users who are using this application and the error I have just described is not persistent. This document was originally created using VSTO and I initially posted to that group, but when I strip away anything to do with VSTO from the document, the document not being WYSIWG still persists so I was told to post to this group from a VSTO MVP Does anyone know of a solution to this? Is this a known issue with Word 2003? I have a two page document that I could email to anyone who is willing to help. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Steve Hi Steve So you've already ruled out the VSTO solution as the cause of the problem. So let's look at the XML schema. As a diagnostic test, can I suggest that you try displaying and hiding the pink XML tags (use the XML Structure task pane - tick the box at the bottom of the pane). Does one or other make a difference? And, having hidden the pink XML tags, try showing and hiding the XML placeholders for empty tags (Tools > Templates and Add-ins > XML Schema > XML Options). If that doesn't help, un-hitch the document from the schema and remove all the pink XML tags. Do you still have the same problem? If not, then the XML tags are the problem, and I don't know a good solution. I haven't had great success with the XML tags in tables. Or to be precise, I've had real troubles with a table within an XML tag. And I gave up completely on mixing nested tables and XML tags. If you do still have the problem, then the XML tags aren't the cause. Are the tables near the edges of the page? Maybe you're running out of printable area. See: The bottom of my pages don't print http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/BottomsDontPrint.htm Or maybe, as I sometimes suspect and can never replicate, there is a problem with the table style. Try clicking in the table and applying style Table Normal. Then, add or remove borders as necessary to get the borders you need. Does that help? Or, maybe it's a printer driver problem. Make sure that the printer drivers are up to date and are for the right version of Windows. And, try printing to a PDF 'driver' such as the free PrimoPDF (www.primopdf.com). If it works when printed to the PDF, then you know it's a hardware printer driver problem. Hope this helps. If you learn the cause, please let us know in case others have similar problems in the future. Cheers Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word > Hello, > [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > > Steve Thank you for your reply Shauna. With respect to the XML nodes, I have already deleted all of the XML nodes, so the nodes aren't the reason. I know that the document is not running out of printing area because I can add a border around the entire page and the border does print. I have tried three different printers, wheare each printer is a different brand name. I also saved to Microsoft's xps file type, so i can view it in internet explorer and the problem still persists there as well. Currently, the style is normal + Times New Roman and its a requirement to keep the font in Times New Roman. I converted the file to PDF using Primo PDF and the conversion is the same as if it were printed (no WYSIWYG). Do you have any other suggestions? Steve P > Hi Steve > [quoted text clipped - 85 lines] > > > > Steve Hi Steve >Currently, the style is normal + Times New Roman and its a requirement >to keep the font in Times New Roman. That sounds like you're talking about the paragraph style(s) used in the table. What I meant was to change the table style. Select the entire table (Table > Select > Table). Using the Styles & Formatting pane, apply the "Table Normal" style. Adjust borders to suit your needs. Does that solve the problem? If so, then you could get the TNR font either by modifying the table style itself, or just adding direct formatting to the paragraphs as you are doing now. My only other suggestion would be to try making the borders thicker. If thick borders work, and thin ones don't, then you'll have an answer, even if it's not the one you want <g>. Hope this helps. Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word > Thank you for your reply Shauna. > [quoted text clipped - 129 lines] >> > >> > Steve Thank you for your reply. I resolved the issue, or rather a work around. There is another one cell table before the table where I am having problems and the flow for the one cell table had text flowing around it vs. text not flowing around it. This property should not make any difference at all for the table I am having a problem with. Word 2003 should be WYSIWYG and I believe this work-around is to a bug within Word 2003. Steve > Hi Steve > [quoted text clipped - 152 lines] > >> > > >> > Steve Hi Steve Thanks for posting back with your discovery. It might help someone else with the same problems. Shauna Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word > Thank you for your reply. > [quoted text clipped - 200 lines] >> >> > >> >> > Steve
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