object format print

[Cynthia]

I am using Word 2007 & I have created a 1 pg document with 2 columns. I want
to put a picture in the center of the page with the text wrapping around the
picture as it goes through the column. I've applied a beveled circle edge to
the picture with a small shadow. I've shrunken the distance from text to 0 &
aligned it to the center of the page. I get it perfect & got to print, but
as soon as I send it, it shifts & the text will end up close or overlapping
on 1 side, while far away on the other. I've tried 2 different laser
printers & the same thing happened. I also tried a different border & it
still happened. Anyone have this problem?

 

[Jim]

Hi, Cynthia,

Your problem seems similar to the one I just posted (Flying photos). Your
trouble may be that the 'virtual' margins for the printer may not agree with
what Word thinks they are. Also, if you compose the page with one printer,
then pick another to actually print, all bets are off.

If you can get the image you want on the screen, I would then print to a
PDF, and then print the PDF to paper. I use a utility from the UK called
PDF-Xchange Lite, which cost only $20 or so (some years ago), and find it
much friendlier than Adobe PDF Writer. You pick your PDF 'printer' before
you put the document together, otherwise when you choose a printer other than
the one that's up when you compose, images can shift, pages can break on
different lines, etc.

Having your documents in PDF form make it easy to share them also, as the
printer that other people have on their list may do things to your Word
document when it gets there. Plus, you don't have to imbed special fonts in
the .doc.

 

[Cynthia]

Thanks for your response, Jim. I did actually try printing it in PDF & the
image moves in that too. I don't get it.

 

[Jim]

Cynthia:

Do you have the printer you want to use selected as the default printer in
the Print (setup) menu? In other words, when you finally do a Ctrl+P, is the
printer you want to use the one that shows at the top? It took me a while to
realize that all "Windows printers" are not created equal, that a Canon and
an HP will break pages on different lines, if the other printer was showing
while the document was being created, and then changed to the preferred one
just before printing.

Also, you speak of setting boundaries between text and graphics to zero.
Maybe this 'instruction' from Word is something that the printer(s) can't
deal with. Try setting it at 0.01" or some other small but finite number.

If you highlight your entire page (Ctrl+A), copy it (Crtl+C), then open a
new, blank page and paste it (Ctrl+P), do you get an exact copy of your
original, or does Word itself not follow the instructions you have embedded,
I wonder?