On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\General Locate and then click the following registry subkey: Note If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type the password or provide confirmationI. To do this, follow these steps:Ĭlick Start, type regedit in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER. To prevent Office 2010 from disabling printers, set the DisablePrintFeaturesOnCrash registry entry. In this case, you cannot use the disabled printers to print documents anymore. If Office 2010 detects there is a problem with a printer, some printing features or the printer may be disabled.
For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, see How to back up and restore the registry in Windows. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Please like and share this guide to help others.This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. That's it! Let me know if this guide has helped you by leaving your comment about your experience. Then, go to File > Options > Advanced > Compatibility options and at Layout Options check the "Use printer metrics to lay out document".
Go to File menu > Save As and save as type: " Word 97-2003 Document (*.doc)", instead of. Additionally, expand the Layout options and clear all boxes.ĭ. Go to File > Options > Advanced > Compatibility options and set "Lay out this document as if created in: Microsoft Word 2010" or "Microsoft Word 2007", etc. Open Printer Properties and make sure that the Paper size is A4.ī. * Note: If after unchecking the "Scale content…" option, you still receive a wrong print output, try the following:Ī. (At my case that was the solution to the "wrong print output" problem). Uncheck the Scale content for A4 or 8.5"x11" paper sizes option.Ĥ.
Click Advanced on the left and then at the right pane, scroll down to find the Print section.ģ. Open Word and from the File menu, select Options.Ģ.
If after reinstalling the printer driver you face the same problem proceed to next step.ġ. Uninstall the printer from your computer and then re-install the latest driver version for your Printer model and then try to print again. Disable any third party Office add-ins and then try to print. So, before you continue to the fix below, try the following steps:
Print problems in Office or other programs, typically occur because of invalid printer drivers or a defective third-party add-in that affects the document layout. How to fix: Page preview and actual print don't match (Word 2013 & Word 2016) In this tutorial you 'll find detailed instructions to fix the wrong size printed output (Margins) when printing from Word 2013 or Word 2016. The problem is occurred for many documents that printed fine in the past, using the same printer driver at the same machine. In fact, the printed document is smaller than the original and all margins are wrong.
Recently, I upgraded a client's computer from Office 2003 to Office 2013 and the following strange problem is occurred when printing from Word 2013: The print Preview looks OK, but the printer output is different and wrong.