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Q167371: WD97: Changing Orientation After Changing Columns Causes Error

Article: Q167371
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbusage kbdta kblayout
Last Modified: 14-NOV-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows 
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SYMPTOMS
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You may receive the following error message:

  Settings you chose for the left and right margins, column spacing, or
  paragraph indents are too large for the page width in some sections.

When one of the following occurs:

  When you change the page orientation from landscape to portrait.

  -or-

  When you change the paper size of your document. For example, when you change
  the paper size from Letter 8 1/2 x 11.0 to Executive 7 1/4 x 10 1/2.

CAUSE
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When you use the Columns button on the Standard toolbar, the "Equal column
width" option is not set. This option forces Word to maintain the same width
columns based on the size and orientation of the page. When this option is not
set, Word may not recalculate the page layout information correctly when you
change the orientation or page size.

NOTE: This problem does not occur when you use the Columns command on the Format
menu. When you use the Columns command on the Format menu, the "Equal column
width" option is set by default, thus the page layout information is correctly
changed when you change the orientation or page size.

WORKAROUND
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To work around this problem, set the columns to an equal width by the following
steps:

1. On the Format menu, click Columns.

2. Click the box for Equal Column Width and then click OK.


STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are
listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbusage kbdta kblayout 
Technology        : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbbug

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