Page Setup problems

External Since: Jul 12, 2006 Posts: 3

And another problem (while I'm at it...) for Office x on OS 10.4

I have a very large document which I'm trying to put into the right
layout for publication at the moment. I need to create a new format for
the page setup, because the publisher has very specific (unusual)
sizes. Unfortunately, I've intially specified a false size (I confused
width withe height, so that the page is set up precisely the wrong way
now). But when I try to change the setup now, the whole thing just
doesn't react anymore. I choose a setup, click ok, then I can see that
the document is being repaginated, but afterwards it's precisely in the
same wrong format as before.

I've tried choosing other, predefined, page setups, restarting Word,
restarting the ibook etc. There is just no reaction at all. Everything
else in the document seems to work fine.

Suggestions?

Thanks!

External Since: Jul 12, 2006 Posts: 3

Thank you very much! I'll try it tonight and see how it goes.

John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh] wrote:
> Hi Karina:
>
> That's a corrupt document. You need to "Maggie" it.
>
> 1) Create a new blank document (specify the correct page dimensions!) and
> save under a new file name.
>
> 2) Carefully copy everything except the last paragraph marker.
>
> 3) Paste into the new document and save.
>
> If the thing is really bad, and you have multiple sections, you may need to
> delete all the section breaks before copying to get this process to work.
>
>
> Afterwards, inspect the document and fix any formatting damage -- there will
> be some.
>
> Cheers
>
>
> On 12/7/06 9:08 PM, in article
> 1152702523.696186.179570 DeleteThis @s13g2000cwa.googlegroups.com,
> "karina.vonlindeiner@st-hughs.ox.ac.uk"
> <karina.vonlindeiner DeleteThis @st-hughs.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> > And another problem (while I'm at it...) for Office x on OS 10.4
> >
> > I have a very large document which I'm trying to put into the right
> > layout for publication at the moment. I need to create a new format for
> > the page setup, because the publisher has very specific (unusual)
> > sizes. Unfortunately, I've intially specified a false size (I confused
> > width withe height, so that the page is set up precisely the wrong way
> > now). But when I try to change the setup now, the whole thing just
> > doesn't react anymore. I choose a setup, click ok, then I can see that
> > the document is being repaginated, but afterwards it's precisely in the
> > same wrong format as before.
> >
> > I've tried choosing other, predefined, page setups, restarting Word,
> > restarting the ibook etc. There is just no reaction at all. Everything
> > else in the document seems to work fine.
> >
> > Suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
>
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