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Q179597: WD97: Laserjet III Ignores Allow A4 Paper Resizing Setting

Article: Q179597
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbprint word97
Last Modified: 07-SEP-2001

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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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When you print a legal sized Microsoft Word document to a Hewlett Packed
Laserjet III printer, you are prompted as follows:

  Load Letter

CAUSE
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The "Allow A4/Letter paper resizing" setting is turned on. This setting is found
by clicking Options on the Tools menu, and then clicking the Print tab.

WORKAROUND
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To work around this problem, disable the "Allow A4/Letter paper resizing"
setting. To do so, follow these steps:

1. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Print tab.

2. Under Printing Options, click to clear the "Allow A4/Letter paper resizing"
  check box.

3. Click OK.

MORE INFORMATION
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What is the "Allow A4/Letter paper resizing" setting?

For some countries, the standard paper size is Letter; for others, the standard
size is A4. You would select this check box if you want Word to automatically
adjust documents formatted for another country's standard paper size (for
example, A4) so they print correctly on your country's standard paper size (for
example, Letter). This option affects the printout only, not the formatting in
your document.

The third-party products discussed here are manufactured by vendors independent
of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these
products' performance or reliability.

Additional query words: printing problem

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Keywords          : kbprint word97 
Technology        : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Issue type        : kbprb
Solution Type     : kbfix

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