Strange missing text when printing issues

[laneige1990]

Hi there



I've been getting some very strange issues in regards to a print out of a word document.

The text in the middle of the page is missing on print even though it shows on print preview. All the text on the page is contained within one text box, but only the top and the bottom sections of text print. Here is the different things I have tried:-

• I have tried printing after converting to a PDF. Again, the text shows on preview but does not print.
• I have ticked the 'Print drawings created in word' boxes and all the other necessary boxes within word options
• I have grouped all the elements on the page and everything prints fine apart from the middle section. I have ensured that the text shows on the top layer.
• I have tried printing with a number of different fonts and font sizes to no avail.
• I have ensured all elements are within the defined margins and the page type is set to A4. There is a similar layout on all the other pages but these do not have any issues
• I have assumed that this cannot be a hardware fault as all the other pages of the document print out with no issues

Any kind of help on this issue would be really helpful as I have spent a lot of time trying to work this out!

I look forward to hearing from you

George

[JimP]

Have you entered the text yourself? Or, by chance,have you copied the text from the internet? Sometimes copying from the internet contains hidden characteristics that creates this type of problem. Have you turned on the paragraph mark (¶) to inspect your file for any problematic feature?

[Charles Kenyon]

Showing non-printing formatting marks in Microsoft Word

Any chance the missing text is inside a table inside the text box?

[laneige1990]

Hi there

Thank you for the replies.

Yes, I have entered the text myself. Nothing has been copied and the paragraph mark is showing nothing out of the ordinary.

The text is not within a table inside the text box.

I have just rebuilt the page again and it still does not print properly in word. However, after exporting it to a PDF once more and trying that again, it seems to print now. Maybe it's some kind of old bug? After all I am using 2007...

Thank you for your help!