How to Have a User Name Appear on Printed Cover Page

ID: Q128911

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Office for the Macintosh, version 4.2
Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition

SUMMARY

In any of the Microsoft Office for the Macintosh programs, you may be able to print a cover page with your document. By default, there is no cover page printed, but you can choose to have one printed before or after your document. One of the things printed on the cover page is your user name. This is a nice feature when you print on a network printer--when a document is printed this way it's easy to distinguish your documents from other users' documents.

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How to Print a Cover Page

When you print a document from any of the applications listed at the beginning of this article, you do not get a cover page printed with the document. This is the default setting. To print a cover page with your document, follow these steps:

Using LaserWriter 8.x printer driver

1. Click Print on the File menu.

2. Select "Cover page" in the General drop down.

3. Select either Before Document or After Document in the "Print Cover

   Page" group.

4. Click Print.

Your document should be printed with a cover page and the cover page should include many items, including your User Name.

Using LaserWriter 7.2 printer driver

1. Click Print on the File menu.

2. In the Print dialog box, click Options.

3. In the Print Options dialog box, choose either Before or After Document

   for the Cover Page.

4. Click OK.

5. Click Print.

Your document should be printed with a cover page and the cover page should include many items, including your User Name.

How to Specify a User Name

If the User Name portion of the cover page is blank, use the following steps:

1. From the Apple menu, choose Control Panels.

2. In the Control Panels dialog box, double-click the Sharing Setup icon.

3. In the Sharing Setup dialog box, in the Owner Name box, type the

   User Name that you would like to appear on the cover page. (You can also
   specify an Owner Password and a Macintosh Name in this dialog box, but
   this information is not required.)

4. Close Sharing Setup dialog box.

5. To make sure your user name has been detected by the network, choose

   Control Panels from the Apple menu, and then select the User's & Groups
   control panel.

   In the User's & Groups control panel, you should, see a minimum of two
   icons, one with the user name you entered in the Sharing Setup dialog
   box, and the other should be "Guest."

6. If you see an icon with your user name, close the User's & Groups

   window, and repeat steps 1 through 6 from the section on Printing a
   Cover Page.

   NOTE: If you do not see an icon with the user name you entered in the
   Sharing Setup dialog box, repeat steps 1 through 6. If it still fails,
   see your System documentation for more information.

Additional query words: 4.00 4.20 5.00 6.00 xl5 mac word

Keywords          : kbprint offmac xlmac 
Version           : MACINTOSH:4.2,4.2.1,98
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: February 3, 1998