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From: "beth" <>
Subject: RE: [FTST] FTST - VCF - blank pages not eliminated
Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2001 13:04:33 -0500
In-Reply-To: <3BE57F4E.3970B0A7@reigelridge.com>


> The chart is intended to be a complete rectangle, and if it's
> too big to print in one page, it's printed in sections that you
> can paste togeather, but it's still a rectangle. If the whole
> thing didn't print, I'm sure someone would complain that part of
> the chart was missing. You do have control of which pages print
> in the Print dialog box, so if you don't want the whole thing,
> just tell it to print what you want.

I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree; I don't see why someone would
complain that a blank page was missing, and yes, I know how to print
specific pages.

thanks, beth

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Terry Reigel [mailto:]
> Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 12:48 pm
> To:
> Subject: Re: [FTST] FTST - VCF - blank pages not eliminated
>
>
> beth wrote:
>
> > > If the problem is your chart "canvas" is bigger than needed, use
> > > Tools/Diagram/Resize to Components to reduce the canvas size to
> > > snugly fit the chart.
> >
> > This did nothing.
>
> The Resize command removes unneeded space to the right and
> bottom of the chart. If it did nothing, that's because some
> elements of your chart extend all the way to the right and
> bottom of the existing "canvas." If you have blank space on the
> top or left, you have to move the chart into that space, and
> then the Resize command will remove any excess left at the right
> and bottom.
>
> > > If the problem is that some lines are longer than others, so
> > > some parts of the rectangular chart are blank but other areas
> > > above/below or to left or right are in use, then VCF will print
> > > the blank pages so you will have a complete chart, unless you
> > > specify specific pages to print in the Print screen.
> >
> > Blank pages do not "complete" the chart, they are extraneous.
>
> The chart is intended to be a complete rectangle, and if it's
> too big to print in one page, it's printed in sections that you
> can paste togeather, but it's still a rectangle. If the whole
> thing didn't print, I'm sure someone would complain that part of
> the chart was missing. You do have control of which pages print
> in the Print dialog box, so if you don't want the whole thing,
> just tell it to print what you want.
>
> Terry
>
>
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