Print view is sideways

[Ava]

I have a document that looks fine in Web layout view and Normal view, but
when I switch to Print view it goes sideways and looks like it's formatted
for landscape. It's not; it's portrait layout. I've tried different paper
sizes, switching back and forth between portrait and landscape, changed
margin sizes, and numerous other things... none of which worked. Anyone have
a solution for me? This old-time Word user is now good and stumped. Help!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Is it "2 pages per sheet" or "Book fold"? Both are laid out as two portrait
pages side by side on a landscape sheet.

 

[Ava]

No, it's not. It's laid out as single (normal) page, portrait, letter size
paper. ...Ava

 

[Robin in FL]

No, it's not. It's laid out as single (normal) page, portrait, letter size
paper. ...Ava

 

[Robin in FL]

I am having the same (?) problem. I noticed that when I first open the
document the page's print-layout view displayed on the monitor looks fine
then all-of-a-sudden the "paper" is stretched to be wider than the ruler on
the display. When I print or preview the page, the paper looks odd, too wide
and short - I guess it's similar enough to look like landscape - and the text
seems "shrunk" on the page. I too have checked margins, page layout, formats
and styles and I don't see anything different or "odd" that would cause this.
I use Word 2003.

 

[Robin in FL]

Ava,
I have found a solution to MY problem, maybe it will help yours! Try this
article on the Microsoft.com website: article # 319181
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319181/en-us
It explains how using tracking and comments will make your page layout funky
(enlarges the whitespace on the right side and bottom of each page to
accomodate printing comments and such). I followed Mehtod 2 as described in
the article and "voila" the page looks right and prints correctly! No more
shrinking text!
Hope this is helpful for you!
Robin in FL

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Well, that's an entirely different thing; that's caused by having "markup"
(tracked changes or comments) in the document. Word expands the margins to
accommodate the balloons. But such a document still looks the normal shape
in Print Preview; it's just that the text is "shrunk" into the top left
corner.