What is MsoDockBottom??

[RickGreg]

Lately, when I print from Word 98 (OS 9.2.2) to my Brother MFC-8440 laser,
the spooling window in Word says "Printing Page 1 of MsoDockBottom"
regardless of the file name. It used to say the file name instead.

I'm guessing "Mso" is shorthand for MicroSoft. Everything else is behaving
fine. Just curious what the heck this means.

Thx,

-RIck

 

[Beth Rosengard]

Hi Rick,

This is a new one on me. Mso should stand for Microsoft Office. I have no
idea what Dock Bottom means. Good thing it's functioning properly
otherwise!

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[JE McGimpsey]

Lately, when I print from Word 98 (OS 9.2.2) to my Brother MFC-8440 laser,
the spooling window in Word says "Printing Page 1 of MsoDockBottom"
regardless of the file name. It used to say the file name instead.

I'm guessing "Mso" is shorthand for MicroSoft. Everything else is behaving
fine. Just curious what the heck this means.

msoDockBottom looks like a defined constant in VBA (but it's not listed
in the object browser). Why it would become the name of the document, I
don't know. It sounds like either your document (if it's the only one)
or your Normal template (if it's all files) is on the way to imploding.
I'd try the techniques here ASAP:

http://word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/DocumentCorruption.htm

and

http://word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/MacWordNormal.htm


the "mso" part stands for mICROsOFT oFFICE.

 

[RickGreg]

This happens with all docs. I tried the Normal procedures and created a new
Normal template. Still get the MsoDockBottom when printing. Could my
printer software be creating this somehow? I'll make sure I've got the
latest version of that for now... Thanks.

 

[Matt Centurión [MSFT]]

This happens with all docs. I tried the Normal procedures and created a new
Normal template. Still get the MsoDockBottom when printing. Could my
printer software be creating this somehow? I'll make sure I've got the
latest version of that for now... Thanks.

In 98 you can dock toolbars to the bottom of the screen. You tell Word to do
this using the CommandBars object methods and the "msoDockBottom" constant.
The "bottom dock" could have been implemented as a window named
"msoDockBottom" that has no borders/titlebar. Your printer driver is
probably trying to see what the active top window is to get the name of the
document you are trying to print, and instead is getting this "dock".

This is all conjecture but try turning off ALL toolbars (under View |
Toolbars) and see if that fixes anything. You can also try deleting your
Microsoft Word/Office preferences.

Matt
MacWord Testing
Macintosh Business Unit

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