On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 17:10:04 -0700, Jeannette wrote:
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> Hi,
> hoping for help. A big table that I set to print print out on legal paper
> across two pages and then down (i.e. across and then down, setting to print
> two pages across by 16 down) does not transfer over from my XP/Excel 2003
> setup onto my new Vista-running Fujitsu Lifebook Tablet-series. When running
> in tablet mode, the file that was working fine in XP wants to print out onto
> some 2,300+ pages. And when I went in to look at the page setup, I got a
> constant warning loop (bug?) of "margins don't fit" which wouldn't let me
> click OK to get out of it, causing me to have to exit out of the doc w/out
> saving anything and restart the doc. I did this three times w/ same results.
>
> I then restarted the tablet to run in normal PC mode (hoping this was
> something to do w/ the display). This time when I opened up the doc into
> Excel, the doc initially seemed to display better, but when I went into print
> preview, I ran into the same problem of splintering into 2,300+ pages, and
> the problem with the margins warning that I couldn't get out. I then ran the
> compatibility program, to set the Vista settings back to Win XP, and
> unchecked everything that can possibly be unchecked. Same problem: when I
> went to print preview, the document splitering into 2,300+ pages (all blank,
> by the way), and a constant loop (bug) of "margins don't fit" occurred until
> I had to exit the doc and restart it, occurred three times. I went back into
> the compatibility program twice turning things on and off without any other
> changes in results.
>
> Keeping the XP settings, I then went in to reformat the doc from scratch. I
> reformatted everything set print area, modified the column sizes which had
> somehow gotten bigger than I had originally set them, re-set the columns to
> print, etc. Think I figured out that the function for printing across then
> down or setting the document to print XYZ number of pages across or down does
> not work (i tried both settings). Whenever I set it to print out across two
> pages, the document splinters into the 2,300+ pages again. I have cheated,
> and set the document to print at 90% of it's size, which will allow me to
> print it out across three pages, and then down. However, a document like
> this won't really satisfy the users since it is too bulky. Any higher life
> forms know a work-around? or which side of the fence to contact for help?
> sigh. . . Otherwise am liking the Vista tablet experience.
> Thanks,
> Jeannette[/color]

I'm certainly not guaranteeing this as a solution, but it couldn't hurt to
try that same sheet in OpenOffice.org - it might print properly.