Problem Printing Envelope

[Wayne Wengert]

I am using Word 2003. I want to print an envelope of a custome size (5 1/2H
x 7 3/4W) with just a person's name centered (e.g. "Joe Jones"). I created a
new document with those dimensions and then keyed in the name and centered
it horizontally and vertically but print preview shows an empty page and
when I print, the printer starts up but never prints anything?

Any thoughts on what I am doing wrong?

Wayne

 

[A DeLew]

Have you tried the envelope printing options in Word 2003. Tools>Letters
and Mailings>Envelopes and Labels>Envelope tab>Options>Scroll to bottom and
choose Custom, in the pop-up window enter your custom dimensions. Note in
the Custom tab you can also change the orientation of the envelope.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you put the address in a text box and do not have "Drawing objects"
checked on the Print tab of Tools | Options, nothing will print or display
in Print Preview.

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[Wayne Wengert]

Suzanne;

Thanks for the suggestion but that is already checked. Strange?

Wayne

 

[Wayne Wengert]

Thanks for the suggestion but that doesn't offer a way to specify horizontal
and vertical positiong of the name?

Wayne

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

On the Envelope Options tab of the Envelope Options dialog, you do not have
"From left" and "From top" settings for "Delivery address" and "Return
address"?

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[Wayne Wengert]

I tried that and still get a blank print?

Wayne

On the Envelope Options tab of the Envelope Options dialog, you do not
have
"From left" and "From top" settings for "Delivery address" and "Return
address"?

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Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Have you tried printing on a full-size sheet of paper to see if Word and the
printer have different ideas about where the envelope is?

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[Wayne Wengert]

Suzanne;

Interesting suggestion. I tried changing to ltr size and on the Print Layout
window I see just the name and it is centered on the page as it should be
but print preiew is still blank. However, if I create a new document and
enter some text, preiew is fine. Really weird?

Wayne

 

[TF]

Instead of using a text box, you could use the Page Setup, Centre Vertically
option combined with an indented paragraph style to keep the address in the
middle of the envelope. I prefer this method to a Text Box in my envelope
templates.

Terry

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

No, no. Don't change the paper size in Word. Just feed a sheet of Letter
paper through the printer to see where it prints. If the printer is printing
in some different location from where Word thinks the envelope is, then you
may be able to adjust either where you feed the envelope or the setting in
Word. If not, then you have no recourse but to set the envelope up on a
sheet of paper, adjusting the margins accordingly. Some printers handle
custom sizes better than others; some printer drivers allow you to define
custom sizes in the printer Properties, and if you can't do that, then you
usually do have to treat the custom size as if it were Letter or A4 (in my
case this doesn't necessarily mean abandoning custom document sizes in Word,
just feeding the envelopes or cards from one side instead of in the center
using the centering guides).

There does seem to be something odd about your problem, though. Have we
already established that the address is not formatted as "Hidden"?

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[Daiya Mitchell]

Sounds like the Invisible Graphics problem--don't envelopes use a text box
by default? In Tools | Options | Print, make sure "drawing objects" is
checked.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

No, the delivery address is in a frame, so that's not an issue here (except
insofar as the frame may be outside the printable area).

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[Daiya Mitchell]

Annoyingly, Tools | Envelopes does use text boxes in MacWord 2004.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Oh, that *is* annoying!

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