atw: Re: Disappearing Text
- From: "Rosemary O'Donoghue" <rosemary.odonoghue@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:09:55 +1000
Thanks for the suggestions, Suzy. I finally sorted it by creating a new
Style for the title in Word. It was frustrating, as it originated in a
template I had created, so occurred in several documents.The pdf was easier
- I just had to recreate the textboxes.
Cheers,
Rosemary
On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 8:16 PM, Suzy Davis <suzy.davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Hi Rosemary****
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>
> A few things to try in order:****
>
> **- **Copy the title into Notepad, create an independent
> paragraph from the existing title, ie don’t press Enter at the end of the
> title, press Enter at the end of a paragraph that does print, and then
> paste the text in – prints ok? If yes, then change it’s formatting so that
> it becomes a title – if it prints ok, then delete the original title and
> replace it with this one. Could be that Title paragraph just got a gremlin
> in it – and there will be no getting round that.****
>
> **- **With the text boxes – same thing – copy a text box that
> does print, replace the text, if Prints ok then put it into position.****
>
> **- **Have you tried generating your pdf by different methods;
> save as PDF, other PDF generators.****
>
> ** **
>
> When things like this happen, it can just depend on how old the document
> is, if you have char styles present – we hear about them so little now, but
> they are still around, just buried. And when they kick in they will do
> things like this.****
>
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>
> Regards Suzy****
>
> ** **
>
> *Suzy Davis *
> *Microsoft Word Templates, Apps for Microsoft Office*
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> *& Documentation Projects *
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> ****
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> *www.**appsforoffice <http://www.appsforoffice.com/>**.com***
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> (Melbourne) Australia
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> *Email* suzy.davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx****
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> *From:* austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Rosemary O'Donoghue
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 28 August 2012 3:14 PM
> *To:* austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* atw: Disappearing Text****
>
> ** **
>
> I have a bizarre problem using MS Word 2010 where a title will not print,
> even though it shows in the Print Preview. I have a similar problem where
> certain text in text boxes disappears when I convert the file to pdf. I get
> around it by saving as .doc. ****
>
> ** **
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> Any suggestions as to why this is happening and how to fix it without
> converting docs back to 2003?****
>
> ** **
>
> Rosemary****
>
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