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Beth Mc - 21 Jul 2004 14:24 GMT

Is there anyway to make the headers and footers NOT dim
when viewing a document online? When I print the document,
the headers/footers appear in the correct weight of print,
but when viewed on-screen, they are like a watermark.

In this digital age, more people are viewing my documents
on-screen rather than printed, so I would like to make the
header/footer text appear without dimming.

Anyone know how to fix/change this?

Thanks,
Beth

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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 21 Jul 2004 15:04 GMT

Unfortunately, this is not what Word was designed to do. The only
alternatives are to (1) instruct recipients to view your documents in Print
Preview or (2) convert the document to a PDF. The second alternative is by
far the better one.

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Beth Mc - 21 Jul 2004 16:06 GMT

Is there a way to make the document open in Print Preview?
Thanks,
Beth

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Chad DeMeyer - 21 Jul 2004 16:36 GMT

Beth,

You would have to do it with a macro. As Suzanne said, PDF is the better
option. But if your users don't have macro security set to High and are
willing to Enable macros when viewing your document, you can set up to open
in Print Preview by following these steps.

1) Tools>Macro>Macros
2) Click the "Macros in:" dropdown and select your document.
3) In "Macro name:" textbox, type "AutoOpen"
4) Click "Create" button
5) The Visual Basic Editor (VBE) window will open. Right where your cursor
is in the VBE, type
"ActiveDocument.PrintPreview"
6) Close the VBE

Your document should now open in Print Preview, assuming that macros were
enabled.

Regards,
Chad

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Beth Mc - 26 Jul 2004 17:03 GMT

The document is our company's letterhead template. Many
users will be using the document and sending it as an
attachment. When viewed on-screen in "edit" mode as most
people will view it, the color doesn't look as good as we
want it to.

Does anyone have any suggestions? Most of the users do not
have the capability to convert the letters to pdf, nor
would this be desired. Also, for most users, it would be
confusing if we added the macro for auto-open to the macro
and when they opened the template to type a letter, they
would be confused about how to get out of print preview (I
know, but it's a fact and we don't want to spend any
training budget time or money to "educate" our employees
about that small matter).

Thanks!
Beth

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