Current Page Option Doesn't Print or Prints Wrong Page

• Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c

SYMPTOMS

Sometimes Word for Windows prints the wrong page or prints nothing when you select the Current Page print range option. This may happen under the following conditions:

• Your document contains hidden text,

  -and-

• The View Hidden Text option is turned on,

  -and-

• The Include Hidden Text With Document print option is turned off,

  -and-

• You are in normal or page layout view.

CAUSE

When you select the Current Page print range option, Word determines which page to print based on the page number on the status bar. This page number includes visible hidden text, even though this text is not printed. Word then repaginates the document for printing (thereby accounting for the non-printing hidden text) and prints the page number of the repaginated text, which may no longer correspond to the page where the insertion point is located (the current page).

Word does not display an error message when this happens.

WORKAROUND

Before you print using the Current Page print range option, clear the Hidden Text option in the View Options dialog box. When you clear this option, the page number on the status bar will correspond to the current page.

MORE INFORMATION

The following sample document demonstrates this behavior:

Page 1: regular text Page 2: hidden text (visible) Page 3: regular text Page 4: regular text

Nothing Prints

If you position the insertion point on page 4 of and select the Current Page print range option in the Print dialog box, Word determines that it should print page 4. However, after repagination, the document contains no page 4, so a blank page prints.

Wrong Page Prints

If you position the insertion point on page 3 and select the Current Page print range option in the Print dialog box, Word determines that it should print page 3. After repagination, page 4 becomes page 3, so the wrong page is printed.

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Word for Windows User's Guide," version 2.0, pages 115, 149