Won't print correct page and leaves blank spaces between lines

[M.J. Macie]

In Word 2007, the pages on my document are not lining up with the pages that
are printed. If I print page 1, page 2 prints. Also, the printed document
comes out with blank spaces between lines that are not on the computer page.
How do I line up the pages to print correctly and how do I stop the printer
from printing the document with blank spaces in between lines?

Thank you,

MJ Macie

 

[Stefan Blom]

For the first issue, note that if the document contains section breaks, you
may have to specify the page and section number (see
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/PrintMultipleSections.htm). To remember
the syntax, display the "Section" and "Formatted page number" options on the
status bar (right-click the status bar in order to see those options in Word
2007).

For the second issue, you should try updating or reinstalling the printer
driver.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I find that Word often gets confused if a "Page break before" paragraph
follows a hard page or section break. While it may not insert an extra blank
page, it evidently gets confused about the pagination. Also, since a page
break inherits the formatting of the following paragraph, the combination
with "Page break before" becomes even worse.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Stefan Blom]

Hmm, I have never noticed such a problem, but I guess I could have been
lucky.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Well, ordinarily you would be careful to avoid "Page break before"
formatting after a hard page or section break. I know I've had a lot of
documents that had section breaks (to change the top margin for a section of
photos, to allow two to fit on a page) in which it was virtually impossible
to print a specific page accurately. It's possible the (excessively revised)
documents were corrupt, but in retrospect I always suspected that I had done
something stupid in the vicinity of the section break.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org