Word opens without the default printer

[Legal Lady]

When Word is opened and I go to print my 1st document - the default printer
is no longer automatically filled in on the "Print" window. I have to use
the drop down menu to select it.

It will then keep my selection until I close Word. When Word is opened I
have to re-select my default printer even though it is marked as the default
in "My Computer".

I do not have this problem in Excel or any other program.

This quirk just began 3 days ago.

 

[Peter T. Daniels]

Maybe it got changed somehow in your normal.dot template. What printer
does it show instead? What version of Word?

 

[Stefan Blom]

As far as I know, Word *always* uses the default printer in Windows. A macro
would be required to affect that behavior; see
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/macrosvba/ChangeCurPrinter.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



Maybe it got changed somehow in your normal.dot template. What printer
does it show instead? What version of Word?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I have seen this happen occasionally, and my hunch has been that it results
from impatience--starting Word before Windows has quite finished loading.

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

 

[Stefan Blom]

OK, I hadn't noticed that.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Well, perhaps you're not as impatient as I. Or you may not shut down every
night and boot up every morning. <g>

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

 

[Stefan Blom]

I do shut down my computer every night, so I guess I'm less impatient than
you.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

In most cases I'll get up, turn on the computer, and go down to breakfast,
but sometimes I think of something I "need" to do write away (usually
something semi-urgent that occurred to me just as Windows was shutting down
the night before).

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