Repeated lines - top of page - in merge

[Kathy MacAthur]

Hi everyone- hoping someone can help.

I'm merging a long document (100-pages) using MS Word 2002 and MS Access
2002. Merge works well except on a couple of pages -- at the end of the
last line the last few words get repeated on the top of the following page.
To the reader it looks like a typo but it's not. When I view the merged
document in Word and skim over the pages quickly the repeat occurs but when
I "click" through the suspect pages slowly they correct themselves -- but
the pages always print incorrectly when spooled to a printer. I've tried
various settings for paragraph/line formatting such as widow/orphan settings
but no luck.

I have page numbers set and wonder if it's a pagination issue? Any help
would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks,

Kathy

 

[Peter Jamieson]

I haven't see this myself, but the next things I would try are:
a. ensure Word Tools|Options|Print|"Allow A4/Letter Page resizing" and
"Draft output" are unchecked
b. try changing the Tools|Options|Compatibility|Options|"Use printer
metrics to lay out document" check box - NB, this setting is /per document/,
and off the top of my head I don't know whether the output document from a
merge "copies" the setting.

Beyond that, things get even less likely...
c. ensure Word Tools|Options|View|"Outline and Normal options"|"Draft font"
is unchecked
d. ensure you're using TrueType/OpenType fonts throughout your document
e. are there any footnotes, continuous section breaks, newspaper column
layouts on the offending pages?

If you find the cause/solution, please let us know!

Peter Jamieson