DOCUMENT:Q131799 07-SEP-2001 [homekids] TITLE :Writer: CD-ROM: Printing Landscape Mode Documents to Fax PRODUCT :Microsoft Home Kids Products PROD/VER:WINDOWS:1.1,1.1a OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbenv kbprint kbimu kbPrinting ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Creative Writer for Windows, versions 1.1, 1.1a ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY ======= You can print from Creative Writer to a fax modem. This is useful for printing banners and cards in landscape format. MORE INFORMATION ================ To print to your fax modem, use the steps below for your version of Windows. Windows 95/98 ------------- 1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Printers. 2. Double-click the Add Printer icon. This starts the Add Printer Wizard. Follow the Add Printer Wizard instructions. On the Manufacturer list, select the Generic manufacturer. On the Printers list, select the Generic/Text Only printer. 3. Right-click the Generic/Text Only printer and then click Set As Default. 4. Close the Printers setup window. 5. Create or open your document in Creative Writer. 6. Press and hold down the CTRL and SHIFT keys while you press the A key (CTRL+SHIFT+A) to go to the Control Room. Click OK. 7. On the File menu, click Printing Options, then click Set Local. 8. In the Print dialog box, click Setup. 9. In the Specific Printer section, click fax. Click OK. 10. On the File menu, click Return to Creative Writer. Print your document. After following these steps, you should be able to print to your fax modem in landscape mode. Windows 3.x ----------- 1. Start Control Panel, usually located in the Main program group of program manager. Double-click the Printers icon. 2. Click Add. Select the Generic Text Only printer driver. Click Install, and follow the instructions for installing. Click the Set as Default Printer button. 3. In Creative Writer, create your document. 4. Press and hold down the CTRL and SHIFT keys while you press the A key (CTRL+SHIFT+A) to go to the Control Room. Click OK. 5. On the File menu, click Printing Options, then click Set Local. 6. In the Print dialog box, click Setup. 7. In the Specific Printer section, click fax. Click OK. 8. On the File menu, click Return to Creative Writer. Print your document. After you follow these steps, you should be able to print to your fax modem in landscape mode. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q109864 Creative Writer: Text Missing, Garbled, or Overlapping Additional query words: 1.10 kbhowto kids mskids artist maggie max writer mczee fax machine send transmit cd-rom cd rom disc compact disk 1.10a ====================================================================== Keywords : kbenv kbprint kbimu kbPrinting Technology : kbHomeProdSearch kbCreativeWriter110 kbCreativeWriter110a Version : WINDOWS:1.1,1.1a Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2001.