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Old April 21st, 2010, 08:12 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
Ken
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Default Formatting issue.

I have a customized template in Word 2003 with a few different options, e.g.
margins. We then use Office Automation to open a new document using that
template, suck in html that is all formatted with tables, and save as a Word
2003 document.

I have upgraded to Word 2007. I copied normal.dot from above and saved as a
Word 2007 template. We do the same process as above and the document has
more spacing in the tables than with Word 2003. A typial one page document
is about 1 inch longer in 2007 than it was in 2003.

I have made sure the 'Don't add space between paragraphs fo the same style'
check is is UNchecked. Default spacing for the tables is the same in both
templates.

Can anyone provide some direction on why this happens?

Thank you,
--
Ken
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Old April 22nd, 2010, 12:35 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
Stefan Blom[_3_]
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Default Formatting issue.

Are you using the same printer driver with both versions of Word?

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"Ken" wrote in message ...
I have a customized template in Word 2003 with a few different options, e.g.
margins. We then use Office Automation to open a new document using that
template, suck in html that is all formatted with tables, and save as a Word
2003 document.

I have upgraded to Word 2007. I copied normal.dot from above and saved as a
Word 2007 template. We do the same process as above and the document has
more spacing in the tables than with Word 2003. A typial one page document
is about 1 inch longer in 2007 than it was in 2003.

I have made sure the 'Don't add space between paragraphs fo the same style'
check is is UNchecked. Default spacing for the tables is the same in both
templates.

Can anyone provide some direction on why this happens?

Thank you,
--
Ken


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Old April 22nd, 2010, 01:36 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
Ken
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Default Formatting issue.

No I am not. I am doing this on two separate machines:
1 - Windows Vista Business - Word 2007
2 - Windows Server 2003 - Word 2003

Both printing to the same printer.

Would the print driver make that much of a difference in formatting?

Can Office 2007 be installed on the same machine as Office 2003 with no
conflicts?

--
Ken


"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Are you using the same printer driver with both versions of Word?

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Ken" wrote in message ...
I have a customized template in Word 2003 with a few different options, e.g.
margins. We then use Office Automation to open a new document using that
template, suck in html that is all formatted with tables, and save as a Word
2003 document.

I have upgraded to Word 2007. I copied normal.dot from above and saved as a
Word 2007 template. We do the same process as above and the document has
more spacing in the tables than with Word 2003. A typial one page document
is about 1 inch longer in 2007 than it was in 2003.

I have made sure the 'Don't add space between paragraphs fo the same style'
check is is UNchecked. Default spacing for the tables is the same in both
templates.

Can anyone provide some direction on why this happens?

Thank you,
--
Ken


.

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Old April 22nd, 2010, 01:51 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
Stefan Blom[_3_]
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Default Formatting issue.

Printer drivers can make a difference, yes. See http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/TextReflow.htm.

You can have both Office 2007 and Office 2003 on the same machine, but see the "Hacking the Registry" section in the article at http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Ken" wrote in message ...
No I am not. I am doing this on two separate machines:
1 - Windows Vista Business - Word 2007
2 - Windows Server 2003 - Word 2003

Both printing to the same printer.

Would the print driver make that much of a difference in formatting?

Can Office 2007 be installed on the same machine as Office 2003 with no
conflicts?

--
Ken


"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Are you using the same printer driver with both versions of Word?

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Ken" wrote in message ...
I have a customized template in Word 2003 with a few different options, e.g.
margins. We then use Office Automation to open a new document using that
template, suck in html that is all formatted with tables, and save as a Word
2003 document.

I have upgraded to Word 2007. I copied normal.dot from above and saved as a
Word 2007 template. We do the same process as above and the document has
more spacing in the tables than with Word 2003. A typial one page document
is about 1 inch longer in 2007 than it was in 2003.

I have made sure the 'Don't add space between paragraphs fo the same style'
check is is UNchecked. Default spacing for the tables is the same in both
templates.

Can anyone provide some direction on why this happens?

Thank you,
--
Ken


.


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Old April 22nd, 2010, 03:11 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
Ken
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Default Formatting issue.

Thank you for the information. I'll load both versions on the same machine
and verify the formatting is the same.

--
Ken


"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Printer drivers can make a difference, yes. See http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/TextReflow.htm.

You can have both Office 2007 and Office 2003 on the same machine, but see the "Hacking the Registry" section in the article at http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Ken" wrote in message ...
No I am not. I am doing this on two separate machines:
1 - Windows Vista Business - Word 2007
2 - Windows Server 2003 - Word 2003

Both printing to the same printer.

Would the print driver make that much of a difference in formatting?

Can Office 2007 be installed on the same machine as Office 2003 with no
conflicts?

--
Ken


"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Are you using the same printer driver with both versions of Word?

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Ken" wrote in message ...
I have a customized template in Word 2003 with a few different options, e.g.
margins. We then use Office Automation to open a new document using that
template, suck in html that is all formatted with tables, and save as a Word
2003 document.

I have upgraded to Word 2007. I copied normal.dot from above and saved as a
Word 2007 template. We do the same process as above and the document has
more spacing in the tables than with Word 2003. A typial one page document
is about 1 inch longer in 2007 than it was in 2003.

I have made sure the 'Don't add space between paragraphs fo the same style'
check is is UNchecked. Default spacing for the tables is the same in both
templates.

Can anyone provide some direction on why this happens?

Thank you,
--
Ken

.


.

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Old April 23rd, 2010, 04:17 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
Ken
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Default Formatting issue.

I have loaded Word 2007 on the Windows 2003 Server and tested the printing.
The document is still formatted different than when I use Word 2003 on the
same machine with the same printer. I have read the document posted in your
reply and tried those settings. Still no changes. It seems that no matter
what I do in Word 2007 the document still prints the same.

Can you provide any other ideas?

Thank you,

Ken


"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Printer drivers can make a difference, yes. See http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/TextReflow.htm.

You can have both Office 2007 and Office 2003 on the same machine, but see the "Hacking the Registry" section in the article at http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Ken" wrote in message ...
No I am not. I am doing this on two separate machines:
1 - Windows Vista Business - Word 2007
2 - Windows Server 2003 - Word 2003

Both printing to the same printer.

Would the print driver make that much of a difference in formatting?

Can Office 2007 be installed on the same machine as Office 2003 with no
conflicts?

--
Ken


"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Are you using the same printer driver with both versions of Word?

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Ken" wrote in message ...
I have a customized template in Word 2003 with a few different options, e.g.
margins. We then use Office Automation to open a new document using that
template, suck in html that is all formatted with tables, and save as a Word
2003 document.

I have upgraded to Word 2007. I copied normal.dot from above and saved as a
Word 2007 template. We do the same process as above and the document has
more spacing in the tables than with Word 2003. A typial one page document
is about 1 inch longer in 2007 than it was in 2003.

I have made sure the 'Don't add space between paragraphs fo the same style'
check is is UNchecked. Default spacing for the tables is the same in both
templates.

Can anyone provide some direction on why this happens?

Thank you,
--
Ken

.


.

  #7  
Old April 23rd, 2010, 07:45 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
Stefan Blom[_3_]
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Default Formatting issue.

Well, since you are looking at the same file in Word 2003 and also in Word 2007 on the same machine and there is still a difference in display and printout, there must be some sort of difference between the two versions (in the way they interpret printer driver information for example). Sorry, I can't explain this. :-(

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Ken" wrote in message ...
I have loaded Word 2007 on the Windows 2003 Server and tested the printing.
The document is still formatted different than when I use Word 2003 on the
same machine with the same printer. I have read the document posted in your
reply and tried those settings. Still no changes. It seems that no matter
what I do in Word 2007 the document still prints the same.

Can you provide any other ideas?

Thank you,

Ken


"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Printer drivers can make a difference, yes. See http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/TextReflow.htm.

You can have both Office 2007 and Office 2003 on the same machine, but see the "Hacking the Registry" section in the article at http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Ken" wrote in message ...
No I am not. I am doing this on two separate machines:
1 - Windows Vista Business - Word 2007
2 - Windows Server 2003 - Word 2003

Both printing to the same printer.

Would the print driver make that much of a difference in formatting?

Can Office 2007 be installed on the same machine as Office 2003 with no
conflicts?

--
Ken


"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Are you using the same printer driver with both versions of Word?

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Ken" wrote in message ...
I have a customized template in Word 2003 with a few different options, e.g.
margins. We then use Office Automation to open a new document using that
template, suck in html that is all formatted with tables, and save as a Word
2003 document.

I have upgraded to Word 2007. I copied normal.dot from above and saved as a
Word 2007 template. We do the same process as above and the document has
more spacing in the tables than with Word 2003. A typial one page document
is about 1 inch longer in 2007 than it was in 2003.

I have made sure the 'Don't add space between paragraphs fo the same style'
check is is UNchecked. Default spacing for the tables is the same in both
templates.

Can anyone provide some direction on why this happens?

Thank you,
--
Ken

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