Pictures moving when I print

[allison.hale]

I am trying to create a document in Word for mac OSX with graphics and
text boxes. Everything looks OK on the screen, but when I print, the
graphic moves on the page. If I change the alignment of the graphic to
"in line with text" it changes the appearance of the graphic (it looks
squished). Any suggestions?

 

[Salmon Egg]

I am trying to create a document in Word for mac OSX with graphics and
text boxes. Everything looks OK on the screen, but when I print, the
graphic moves on the page. If I change the alignment of the graphic to
"in line with text" it changes the appearance of the graphic (it looks
squished). Any suggestions?

I have not kept up with what Microsoft does. At one time, when I was merely
trying o print envelopes, MS was using fake WYSISWYG. That is they had some
kind of a graphic display of how an envelope should look when printed.
Instead of processing the data to make a graphic, they used this piece of
code. Of course there were bugs in it. Because I do not address many
envelopes these days, I just do it long hand.

BAH!

Bill.

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Allison:

When you print, Word finalises the document. When it does, everything will
settle into its final resting place.

You need to be in control of where that is

If you leave things "floating" with respect to each other, a one-character
change somewhere in the document will create mayhem. That's why we
recommend that you set everything "In line with text".

However, Text Boxes can't be set in line, they are graphics objects whose
whole purpose is to "float".

The first thing you need to understand is "Anchors". Look up graphics and
pictures in the Help, and read the bit about anchors and how to set the
Preference that turns them on so that you can see where they are.

Then make sure that everything is anchored to a paragraph ABOVE itself. All
hell breaks loose if you anchor a floating object to a paragraph that is at
or below its own position in the document

You may find it easier to use a table with hidden borders to position
things, instead of text boxes. You can set table inline with text, and
plop the pictures inline with text inside the table cells. Everything stays
where you put it and is not able to wander around.

If that doesn't suit, then you need to make a big study of the help on the
subject of graphics and anchoring and wrapping. It's complex and it will
take you a while to wrap your mind around it.

Cheers

I am trying to create a document in Word for mac OSX with graphics and
text boxes. Everything looks OK on the screen, but when I print, the
graphic moves on the page. If I change the alignment of the graphic to
"in line with text" it changes the appearance of the graphic (it looks
squished). Any suggestions?

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[John McGhie]

There's no such thing as "fake" WYSIWYG, and there never was. WYSIWYG is
either there or it is not. The more accurate your display and printer
driver, the more accurate it is.

Currently, Microsoft Word positions things within a 20th of a point on all
dimensions. Few displays can display that close: the old Mac displays were
"within one point", the new ones are within 3/4 of a point. The next
version of Word will be a lot closer, but displays won't improve much for a
while.

And Allison is not trying to print envelopes. So I am not sure how your
repeating your resentment about some problem you had in ancient times is
expected to help her?

I have not kept up with what Microsoft does. At one time, when I was merely
trying o print envelopes, MS was using fake WYSISWYG. That is they had some
kind of a graphic display of how an envelope should look when printed.
Instead of processing the data to make a graphic, they used this piece of
code. Of course there were bugs in it. Because I do not address many
envelopes these days, I just do it long hand.

BAH!

Bill.

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McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
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Nhulunbuy, NT, Australia. S12.22.1918,E136.99.5392
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]

 

[Salmon Egg]

There's no such thing as "fake" WYSIWYG, and there never was. WYSIWYG is
either there or it is not. The more accurate your display and printer
driver, the more accurate it is.

I beg to disagree. I do not know what the situation is now with newer
versions, but at the time, everything looked fine and dandy in Print
Preview, but it was not the same on the printed envelope. IIRC the bar code
on the address didn't show up at all in the WYSIWYG view.

Bill

 

[John McGhie]

Yeah, the bar code shows up, as far as I know (bar codes only work if you
work in US English, and I do not...)

Are you sure you actually found the WYSIWYG view? Various items are not
shown in Normal view, but in Print Preview, it's pixel-accurate.

I beg to disagree. I do not know what the situation is now with newer
versions, but at the time, everything looked fine and dandy in Print
Preview, but it was not the same on the printed envelope. IIRC the bar code
on the address didn't show up at all in the WYSIWYG view.

Bill

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John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
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Nhulunbuy, NT, Australia. S12.22.1918,E136.99.5392
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]