Word misprints a table at the top of a column. For example, this two-column Word document http://psych.nyu.edu/pelli/docs/WordTableBug.doc contains four identical tables. Microsoft Word (X and 2004) displays them correctly on the screen, but misprints the upper right table when printing it, cutting off the bottom of the "a", which is in a merged cell. The misprint is apparent in the PDF produced by Adobe PDF or Save As PDF, e.g. http://psych.nyu.edu/pelli/docs/WordTableBug.pdf The misprint is also apparent in the Word 2004 Print Preview. The problem seems to be specific to merged cells in tables that appear at the top of a column other than the first. Here's a snapshot of the misprint: http://psych.nyu.edu/pelli/docs/WordTableBug.gif
This bug is sneaky. Any small change to a document that prints perfectly may change where the columns break, causing a perfectly good table to misprint because it now happens to be at the top of a column.
Tested with Word 2004 version 11.1, Word X service release 1, and Mac OS X 10.3.6.
Denis Pelli Professor of Psychology and Neural Science New York University
Denis Pelli wrote: > Word misprints a table at the top of a column. For example, this > two-column Word document > http://psych.nyu.edu/pelli/docs/WordTableBug.doc > contains four identical tables. Microsoft Word (X and 2004) displays > them correctly on the screen, but misprints the upper right table when > printing it, cutting off the bottom of the "a", which is in a merged > cell. The misprint is apparent in the PDF produced by Adobe PDF or > Save As PDF, e.g. > http://psych.nyu.edu/pelli/docs/WordTableBug.pdf > The misprint is also apparent in the Word 2004 Print Preview. The > problem seems to be specific to merged cells in tables that appear at > the top of a column other than the first. Here's a snapshot of the > misprint: > http://psych.nyu.edu/pelli/docs/WordTableBug.gif
> This bug is sneaky. Any small change to a document that prints > perfectly may change where the columns break, causing a perfectly good > table to misprint because it now happens to be at the top of a column.
> Tested with Word 2004 version 11.1, Word X service release 1, and Mac > OS X 10.3.6.
> Denis Pelli > Professor of Psychology and Neural Science > New York University
This is a strange phenomenon.
a) Your document prints fine in Word for Windows 2003 (as PDF and actual paper print)
b) I missed a column break in your document so I took some text out and added a column break in the left column. Now it prints fine but unfortunately the column break puts a carriage return on top of the right column
Pelli <denis.pe...@nyu.edu> wrote: > Word misprints a table at the top of a column. For example, this > two-column Word document > http://psych.nyu.edu/pelli/docs/WordTableBug.doc > contains four identical tables. Microsoft Word (X and 2004) displays > them correctly on the screen, but misprints the upper right table when > printing it, cutting off the bottom of the "a", which is in a merged > cell. The misprint is apparent in the PDF produced by Adobe PDF or > Save As PDF, e.g. > http://psych.nyu.edu/pelli/docs/WordTableBug.pdf > The misprint is also apparent in the Word 2004 Print Preview. The > problem seems to be specific to merged cells in tables that appear at > the top of a column other than the first. Here's a snapshot of the > misprint: > http://psych.nyu.edu/pelli/docs/WordTableBug.gif
> This bug is sneaky. Any small change to a document that prints > perfectly may change where the columns break, causing a perfectly good > table to misprint because it now happens to be at the top of a column.
> Tested with Word 2004 version 11.1, Word X service release 1, and Mac > OS X 10.3.6.
Just in case you think it is only you. I managed to demonstrate the same bug here in Word v.X with your test .doc
Sneaky it is. It looks like the bounding box for the 'c' is extending left to the left of the 'a' column, and getting it wrong about who should be on top.
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Nice pickup! Repro'd here and OK in Word 2003. I have forwarded that to the Word 2004 developers, who will probably be along to see you in a professional capacity shortly...
Cheers
On 5/12/04 12:08 PM, in article 9f84c0af.0412041708.7b570...@posting.google.com, "Denis Pelli"
<denis.pe...@nyu.edu> wrote: > Word misprints a table at the top of a column. For example, this > two-column Word document > http://psych.nyu.edu/pelli/docs/WordTableBug.doc > contains four identical tables. Microsoft Word (X and 2004) displays > them correctly on the screen, but misprints the upper right table when > printing it, cutting off the bottom of the "a", which is in a merged > cell. The misprint is apparent in the PDF produced by Adobe PDF or > Save As PDF, e.g. > http://psych.nyu.edu/pelli/docs/WordTableBug.pdf > The misprint is also apparent in the Word 2004 Print Preview. The > problem seems to be specific to merged cells in tables that appear at > the top of a column other than the first. Here's a snapshot of the > misprint: > http://psych.nyu.edu/pelli/docs/WordTableBug.gif
> This bug is sneaky. Any small change to a document that prints > perfectly may change where the columns break, causing a perfectly good > table to misprint because it now happens to be at the top of a column.
> Tested with Word 2004 version 11.1, Word X service release 1, and Mac > OS X 10.3.6.
> Denis Pelli > Professor of Psychology and Neural Science > New York University
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John McGhie <j...@mcghie.name> Consultant Technical Writer Sydney, Australia +61 4 1209 1410
I'm glad that I'm not the only one experiencing this problem. I spent 2 hours last night adding and deleting return spaces in a table that I needed to post for my online students. (They print course documents posted on a WebCT server.) Everything looks fine in page view, but two different problems crop up in print preview/pdf form/printed document:
1. a table row that begins on one page repeats in its entirety (rather than ends) on the next page. The result is a repetition of information and confused students. 2. whole rows of the table disappear when I print. The result is missed assignments.
I hope they figure out a fix soon.
BTW, I have the same problem with Office X and 2004. A real headache! Kathye Bergin
For 1) check that the offending table row does not have the "Heading rows repeat" property set. That would do it.
For 2) check that you have set "Allow rows to break over pages" and NOT set "Keep With Next". The first two are table properties, the last is a paragraph property.
Flip me a copy of one of those documents if you like, and I will tell you exactly what's wrong with it.
To email me, include the password "1117360@z14g2000cwz" in the subject of your email, so my firewall does not delete it because of an unsolicited attachment.
Cheers
On 21/1/05 11:19 AM, in article 1106266782.687801.117...@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com,
> I'm glad that I'm not the only one experiencing this problem. I spent > 2 hours last night adding and deleting return spaces in a table that I > needed to post for my online students. (They print course documents > posted on a WebCT server.) Everything looks fine in page view, but two > different problems crop up in print preview/pdf form/printed document:
> 1. a table row that begins on one page repeats in its entirety > (rather than ends) on the next page. The result is a repetition of > information and confused students. > 2. whole rows of the table disappear when I print. The result is > missed assignments.
> I hope they figure out a fix soon.
> BTW, I have the same problem with Office X and 2004. A real headache! > Kathye Bergin
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