Onenote 2003 - inserting a word document - too small

[Adam]

I wanted to use a form I created as on Microsoft Word as a background in
OneNote 2003 so I can use it as a background for filling in. When I insert
it as an image it is too small. I try to resize manually, but this distorts
the writing. It also has at the top:

T

Page 1 of <file:T.Doc>
inserted from: <file://C\documents and settings....

(T is the name of the file I am trying to insert)

This defeats the purpose of using a ready made Word form as a background as
it is too small and it is an "insert" and not the whole screen. Also there
are no rulers at the top to allow it to be expanded manually to the correct
size to print. In print preview it is clearly too small and when printed
includes all the details about the file.

How can I make it snap to the full size it was in Word?

Is there a single "toggle" for this?

Adam Law

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[Erik Sojka]

Look under Tools | Options | Editing. There are two options that will help
when inserting Office documents:

"Set Document Pictures..." Set this to 100%
"Maximum Number of Docuemtn pictures..." This determines how many printed
pages of the Office document being serted will be placed on each subpage.

In your example it may not matter; I'm assuming your form is one page long.

The text above the inserted page can be manually removed.

 

[Kathy J]

Hi Adam,
I have a couple of suggestions:

First, try inserting the Word document containing the form using Insert-->
Document as Picture. This should bring your form in fairly close to full
size.

Second, if you try to select a graphic and you don't get handles, that is a
good indication that the graphic has been set as part of the background.
Right click the graphic and unselect "Set Picture as Background". This
should allow you to change the size of the graphic and then reset it as the
background.

If neither of these really answer your question, post back and we'll try
again

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[Adam]

I did as you suggested - indeed the size on the screen now looks perfect -
but if I print it it is still at 75% with the background stuff. I would like
to have what you see is what you print!

Adam

 

[Adam]

Kathy:

Thanks for your help - see my reply to Erik Sojka. I tried your idea
initially. However, if I resize manually it distorts the original text on
the inputted form I am trying to bring into OneNote. There are no rulers on
OneNote to help keep the proportionality in 2 dimensions. The Tools -
Options - Edit - resize to 100% mode changes the appearance on the screen,
but the actual size of the document on print preview/or printed page remains
the same as it was.

Help!

adam

 

[Kathy J]

Adam,
I had a thought - When you are printing, do you have "Scale to Page" turned
on? I'm wondering if it might make a difference. I can see it making a
difference either way. In your case, I think it might be shrinking it due to
a couple of things. If your graphic is bigger than OneNote thinks it should
be or if there is something to the right of it on the notes page, it may be
scaling it down. I could also see it causing a problem if there are items in
the title area that are adjusting the page width. In this case, try printing
with the title on a separate page.

One other thought: I know it doesn't help you in this situation, but just
for grins.. Could you try printing the document landscape instead of
portrait? Does that work any better?

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