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From: "Warren McFadyen" <>
Subject: Re: [FTST] Letters chopped off
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 16:54:59 -0800
References: <4.3.2.7.2.20011206133527.00c06ed0@mail.internode.on.net> <4.3.2.7.2.20011207075044.00bc5120@mail.internode.on.net>


> At 08:51 6/12/01 -0800, Warren in reply to my answer wrote:
>
> > > Use the File->Print Preview to look at what FTST (VCF) thinks that it
> >going
> > > to print.
> > > Is there a problem showing there?
> >
> >Not that I can tell.
> >
> > > Is there a difference between what is shown there and what is printed?
> >
> >Yes.
>
> <snip>
>
> >The difference is that the vertical dividing line between pages is not in
> >the same location as it is on the printed page.
> >But I don't know what that means.
> >Are the dividing lines on the printed page and on the print preview
supposed
> >to be the same?
>
> YES - This looks like a paper properties or printable region problem. If
> was text not be output in some boxes correctly it could have been the
> difference in the fonts in the printer as compared with those in on the
> computer - to fix this later problem you need the driver to "use
downloaded
> fonts".
>
> Back to the problem - if the two printable page regions are not being seen
> as the same, then it is likely that you have tried get too much across or
> down the page. (Most printers cannot print right to the edge of the paper
> and so have a non-printable region. So try increasing your page margins to
> say I inch and print out two pages that have lines that cross the page
> breaks in both directions. Now measure the actual printed size and compare
> it with the printed size that you have set in the Page Setup. This should
> give you an idea of what giving you the problem. If the chart prints OK
> with 1 inch margins reduce them until you get the cut-off problem.

Wonderful!!! That has done it Robin. Works at 1 inch and works at 1/2 inch
so am on my way.

Thanks again.

> If you can't find any way to make the view in the Print Preview match the
> printed output, then contact Tech Support - unfortunately, your printer
> driver may still have bug in it. VCF uses a lot more of the capabilities
of
> printing than many other packages and sometimes finds that the driver
> developer has not tested all their features to match Microsoft's
specification.
>
> RobinL (Adelaide, Australia)
>
>
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