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Excel Worksheet formats - help with saving on a lan

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rfowlston

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Nov 2, 2001
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I am having a problem with a couple of specific worksheets that I have created with specific formats. I created the worksheets and saved them on the lan for sharing between several users. When the file is opened up on my PC the formats are fine and the file prints as I set it up; however, when the same file is opened up from a different PC, while the settings (i.e. margins, footers, etc.) are the same, the page breaks change, columns get cut off, and the file prints differently. I don't know if this has something to do with the way the other users have their default excel settings or their default PC settings, but I was hoping that someone may have some ideas about what may be causing this. Thanks to anyone for your help.
 
Sounds like a printer setting difference. Check your settings with the settings of others PCs where it doesn't work.
 
Agree with Hasit.
If you have a selected print area, and you're NOT telling it to "fit to X by X pages", then their printer may be printing it differently. If you choose the "fit to", it should work for everyone regardless of printer. Brainbench MVP for Microsoft Word
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The printer settings idea sounds logical, I will have to check on them, expecially since this problem is occuring not only in Excel, but in some cases, Word also. (However, I tried the fix x by x pages option that Dreamboat pointed out and it still didn't work.)
 
Word and Excel:

Best default settings for page margins is .75" footer and 1.25" bottom margin--US measurements. A little HP deskjet can't print that close to the bottom of the paper, so when making "shared" documents, you need to allow for any printer, usually. Also compare print job from each printer. Do the lines of text line up exactly? Don't be surprised if they don't. Brainbench MVP for Microsoft Word
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