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I am using MS Word 2000 (plus Windows 2000) and send out a
report monthly. My reports average about 30 pages each
month. I put page breaks at the end of each page. Since my
paragraphs typically are continued on the next page, I
indicate "continued" on the following page. I use
the "page breaks" so I can control each page. On any given
month I will see 30 pages on my screen and print 30 pages.
However, I send the report to about 50 people and get
different results. In our office we use Compaq computers
(DeskPro)--basically set up the same way (same fonts, same
printer, etc). If I send the document to my boss (prior to
sending to everybody) he typically sees more pages than
there should be. Some of the information toward the bottom
jumps to the next page. Since I use page breaks, you get a
large amount of white space. A 30-page report turns into a
33-page report on my boss's computer. My boss's computer
was set-up identically to mine; however, I believe that
the solution may be that our "computer set-ups" are really
different. Some people that I send the report get extra
pages like my boss. When you publish documents, you expect
the same results for everybody. My customers do not
want "pdf" type files, so I need to publish my reports
in "Word."

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
John Melin
 
-----Original Message-----
I am using MS Word 2000 (plus Windows 2000) and send out a
report monthly. My reports average about 30 pages each
month. I put page breaks at the end of each page. Since my
paragraphs typically are continued on the next page, I
indicate "continued" on the following page. I use
the "page breaks" so I can control each page. On any given
month I will see 30 pages on my screen and print 30 pages.
However, I send the report to about 50 people and get
different results. In our office we use Compaq computers
(DeskPro)--basically set up the same way (same fonts, same
printer, etc). If I send the document to my boss (prior to
sending to everybody) he typically sees more pages than
there should be. Some of the information toward the bottom
jumps to the next page. Since I use page breaks, you get a
large amount of white space. A 30-page report turns into a
33-page report on my boss's computer. My boss's computer
was set-up identically to mine; however, I believe that
the solution may be that our "computer set-ups" are really
different. Some people that I send the report get extra
pages like my boss. When you publish documents, you expect
the same results for everybody. My customers do not
want "pdf" type files, so I need to publish my reports
in "Word."

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
John Melin
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Update:
I believe my original doument was made using MS Word 2.0.
It was same as a MS Word 2000 document.
Solution: Created a new document in MS Word 2000. Set the
margins the same as the original document. Copied and
pasted the old information into the new document. It
appears that it eliminated the problem. I believe
information from MS Word 2.0 was carried over to the Word
2000 document.

John Melin
 
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