office accounting / how do I print on preprinted forms ?

[JAMES3]

I have Office suite 2007. I want to print several invoices on the preprinted
form that my customers like. I can not figure out how to make Word co-operate
with the printing. HELP!!

 

[Beth Melton]

It's likely you won't. :-(

While you can painstakingly setup a Word document, such as using Word form
fields and printing only the data entered in the form fields, the primary
problem is each "batch" of pre-printed forms are printed differently. Once
you get the alignment perfect another batch will be printed, or another
package of the forms will be opened, and you're back to tweaking again.
(Many times it's every 20 or so forms that stop printing correctly.) I've
tried this numerous times and my clients (and me) were never happy with the
results. The best solution is to redesign the forms in Word.

Note this has nothing to do with Word, it will occur using any word
processor.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email cannot be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out:
http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/9801.aspx#AboutTheBook

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi James,

If you're using MS Office Accounting you may want to also post in the Office Accounting discussion group through the link below and
when posting there include whether you're using MS Office Accounting Express or MS Office Professional edition.

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I have Office suite 2007. I want to print several invoices on the preprinted
form that my customers like. I can not figure out how to make Word co-operate
with the printing. HELP!!>>
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Please let us know if this has helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

LINKS
A. MS Office Accounting news/discussion group via newsreader software
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.sba.general
or
MS Office Accounting new/discussion group via browser:
http://microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/?dg=microsoft.public.sba.general


B. MS Office Accounting Community discussion/newsgroups via Web Browser
http://microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx
or
Microsoft hosted newsgroups via Outlook Express/newsreader
news://msnews.microsoft.com

 

[JAMES3]

Thanks Bob; I will follow your advise. James3

Hi James,

If you're using MS Office Accounting you may want to also post in the Office Accounting discussion group through the link below and
when posting there include whether you're using MS Office Accounting Express or MS Office Professional edition.

===========
I have Office suite 2007. I want to print several invoices on the preprinted
form that my customers like. I can not figure out how to make Word co-operate
with the printing. HELP!!>>
--
Please let us know if this has helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP


LINKS
A. MS Office Accounting news/discussion group via newsreader software
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.sba.general
or
MS Office Accounting new/discussion group via browser:
http://microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/?dg=microsoft.public.sba.general


B. MS Office Accounting Community discussion/newsgroups via Web Browser
http://microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx
or
Microsoft hosted newsgroups via Outlook Express/newsreader
news://msnews.microsoft.com