Problem printing collapsed outline in Word 2004 for Mac

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kernochan

I have followed directions for printing a document showing only the
collapsed headers: put in outline view, choose level, click printer
icon without preview. The printer (Brother laser) prints the full
outline each time. Never had any trouble doing this in Word XP.
Suggestions? RK
 
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Daiya Mitchell

I've got a Brother Laser HL-1440 under Panther 10.3.9 and Word 2004 (11.1)
and it prints the collapsed outline no problem. Using File | Print, not the
PrintImmediately icon, even.

What OS, what updates have you run on your Office, and do you have the
latest printer driver?

Perhaps try re-installing the printer driver?
 
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Paul Berkowitz

I've got a Brother Laser HL-1440 under Panther 10.3.9 and Word 2004 (11.1)
and it prints the collapsed outline no problem. Using File | Print, not the
PrintImmediately icon, even.

What OS, what updates have you run on your Office, and do you have the
latest printer driver?

Perhaps try re-installing the printer driver?

In OS X, you don't install individual printer drivers as such. They are all
installed when you install the OS. But you can choose not to install the
various families of printer drivers by doing a Custom Install. It's always
possible that someone chose not to install all the Brother drivers, I
suppose, when installing OS 10.3 or 10.4. Is that what you meant? You'd have
to insert the Install OS X CD or DVD and do a Custom Install just of the
Brother printer drivers (as an "Upgrade"). Worth a try, I suppose.

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PLEASE always state which version of Microsoft Office you are using -
**2004**, X or 2001. It's often impossible to answer your questions
otherwise.
 
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Daiya Mitchell

Perhaps try re-installing the printer driver?
In OS X, you don't install individual printer drivers as such. They are all
installed when you install the OS. But you can choose not to install the
various families of printer drivers by doing a Custom Install. It's always
possible that someone chose not to install all the Brother drivers, I
suppose, when installing OS 10.3 or 10.4. Is that what you meant? You'd have
to insert the Install OS X CD or DVD and do a Custom Install just of the
Brother printer drivers (as an "Upgrade"). Worth a try, I suppose.

I didn't know that, as I've installed printer drivers for all my printers.

So no, I meant check the Brother site and see if there is a more recent
driver available, or reinstall the driver that came on the CD with the
printer.
 
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kernochan

Sorry about the missing details. Using Word for Mac 2004 11.1, OS X
10.3.9, Brother Laser HL-1440 -- the same setup apparently as D
Mitchell. I downloaded and installed the latest printer driver and
nothing changed. I then deleted the Brother Printer and let the Printer
Setup Utility reinstall the driver. Nothing has changed and the
outlines continue to print as a whole, rather than the collapsed view.
Thanks for your help
RK
 
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Daiya Mitchell

Very weird.

Okay, when I'm in outline view (same setup as you), it prints exactly what I
see. Indented and all. It doesn't matter whether formatting is showing or
not. It comes out wrong if I go into Print Preview, but the Quick Preview
in the File | Print dialog doesn't make a difference. The Quick Preview also
accurately shows only the list, not the full paragraphs.

I assume that's all the same for you? If not, say where different. Check if
you get different results printing to PDF instead of to the actual printer.

Just thought of something--when you say collapsed outline, do you mean
collapsed to headings only, or do you mean collapsed with headings and first
line of each paragraph? I can certainly get mine to print headings only,
but don't think print first line of each paragraph works.

Here's a wild guess--make sure that you are neither viewing or printing
Hidden Text, uncheck the boxes in the appropriate Preferences tabs. See if
that makes a difference (doesn't seem to here, but mine isn't misbehaving).

Workaround--temporarily create a Table of Contents (Insert | Index and
Tables, Table of Contents, select any template, probably want to uncheck the
box for show page numbers, set the level to the appropriate number) and
print that instead, by selecting or somesuch. Delete after printing. It's
quicker than it sounds.
 

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