Hi Techguy222,
you can help yourself before printing like this:
1.) rename <your doc>.docx to <your doc>.zip
2.) open the zip folder and open word/document.xml in notepad
3.) change w: orient="landscape" to w: orient="portrait"
4.) save and update the zip folder.
5.) rename back to <your doc>.docx
6.) open in Office 2010 and print. It's fine.
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you can help yourself before printing like this:
1.) rename <your doc>.docx to <your doc>.zip
2.) open the zip folder and open word/document.xml in notepad
3.) change w: orient="landscape" to w: orient="portrait"
4.) save and update the zip folder.
5.) rename back to <your doc>.docx
6.) open in Office 2010 and print. It's fine.
This looks like a pretty creative idea but following your steps does not leave me with a w: orient value to change.
My xml file converted to a text document is attached.
Using open office still seems to be the easiest method to take care of the orientation issue but i'm curious if your on to something.
Just to let every one else know: I am trying to use a previous Word document ~5 x 3 cm in portrait and Word just overrides the orientation to landscape every time. I also am using a roll of labels on a laber printer. And no, we are not loosing our minds! The label is really supposed to be in portrait mode. Does Microsoft know about this issue and how do we find that out?
There is no option in Word 2010 to fix this.
The only option you may have is to adjust a setting in the printer driver itself. Zebra label printers have an option:
override the default settings of the application/always use driver defaults
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