When printing in Microsoft Word, the letters bunch up

[Holly]

I can type a document without any problem. When I press print, the letters
all bunch up on top of themselves on the left hand side. Basically, the
entire document is reduced to only 1 character on the left hand side. The
printout and the electronic document are completely useless. I assume this
is some sort of virus, but can't find any information about it. Any help
would be greatly appreciated.

 

[TF]

Delete and reinstall your printer driver first making sure that you have the
latest driver available for your printer.



:I can type a document without any problem. When I press print, the letters
: all bunch up on top of themselves on the left hand side. Basically, the
: entire document is reduced to only 1 character on the left hand side. The
: printout and the electronic document are completely useless. I assume
this
: is some sort of virus, but can't find any information about it. Any help
: would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Holly,

This sounds similar to a problem another user
had encountered and that we've been trouble
shooting, but doesn't appear to be a virus.
If replacing the printer driver didn't resolve
it can you provide additional information?

Are you using Word 2003? If so, what is the
build/update version in Help=>About?

Do you use more than one printer and are
you switching printers at print time using
File=>Print?

What printer model/driver are you using?

Do you get the same thing if you start Word
in safe mode (hold ctrl key when starting Word)?

What version of Windows are you using

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I can type a document without any problem. When I press print, the letters
all bunch up on top of themselves on the left hand side. Basically, the
entire document is reduced to only 1 character on the left hand side. The
printout and the electronic document are completely useless. I assume this
is some sort of virus, but can't find any information about it. Any help
would be greatly appreciated. >>
--
Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Office 2003 Editions explained
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.mspx

 

[Chris]

I have the same problem. I am using Windows XP Version 2002 SP1 and Word
2002 SP3 and am printing to HP Laserjet with driver PCL5e (most of the time,
but it does happen to other printers). Any idea what to do? thanks.Chris

 

[Bob S]

I can type a document without any problem. When I press print, the letters
all bunch up on top of themselves on the left hand side. Basically, the
entire document is reduced to only 1 character on the left hand side. The
printout and the electronic document are completely useless. I assume this
is some sort of virus, but can't find any information about it. Any help
would be greatly appreciated.

I had a similar problem the other day, described in the printingfonts
group.

In my case it was possible to unscrunch things by using File | Print
to switch to a different printer and print the document, then switch
back. (It doesn't matter whether the printer has paper, or even
exists, it just has to have a driver and you need to actually print
the document as far as Word is concerned.)

Bob S

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Bob,

Is your default printer always an HP Laserjet or Deskjet
when you first see this?

If so try these steps

A. Start Word (in print layout view) to new blank document
B. Use Alt+Shift+D then enter
C. File=>Print and change printer (even change then reselect
original) then print (Using MS Office Document Image Writer
or a print to PDF driver saves paper <g>)


Then, close Word and use Start=>Settings=>Printer
to change the default printer to another brand (for Office
2003 you can set the MS Office Document Image Writer
[optional install] as a choice) then start Word
and see if the same steps still cause the problem

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On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 21:03:05 -0700, "Holly"


I had a similar problem the other day, described in the printingfonts
group.

In my case it was possible to unscrunch things by using File | Print
to switch to a different printer and print the document, then switch
back. (It doesn't matter whether the printer has paper, or even
exists, it just has to have a driver and you need to actually print
the document as far as Word is concerned.)

Bob S >>