WD98: Footer Truncated or Missing from Legal Pleading

• Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you run the Legal Pleading Wizard and change the bottom margin to .5 inch, text in the footer may be truncated or missing when you print the document.

CAUSE

The From Edge setting for the Footer is automatically readjusted to a smaller value (for example, it is readjusted to 0.15 inch).

NOTE: This problem does not occur when you change the top margin.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, increase the From Edge value for the footer after the wizard is finished.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Text may be truncated or missing when you print (or print preview) the document because all printers have an unprintable region. When you change the footer margin to a smaller value, you may be forcing the footer text into the bottom unprintable region of your printer. For most printers, this unprintable region is approximately .25 inch to .33 inch from the bottom edge of the page. For other printers, such as the Hewlett-Packard DeskJet series of printers (and most ink-jet type printers), this unprintable region is .67 inch from the bottom edge of the page.