# PUB2: Changing Orientation Messes Up Special Paper

## Q102937

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    The information in this article applies to:

     - Microsoft Publisher for Windows, versions 2.0, 2.0a
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    SYMPTOMS
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    If you use the Special Paper option with Publisher 2.0 and Windows or
    Windows 95, and set a custom page size that is square (such as 8.5 x 8.5),
    and then change the page orientation, the display of the special paper is
    distorted with a double image. Two depictions of the special paper, one in
    portrait and one in landscape, overlap each other.

    CAUSE
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    This problem occurs because the page size remains the same, so the
    page area never redraws.

    RESOLUTION
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    If you force the screen to redraw (by minimizing and maximizing
    Publisher, for example) the display returns to normal.

    NOTE: To the best of our knowledge, none of the special papers
    available from Paper Direct are square. For more information, contact
    Paper Direct at (800) 272-7377 or (201) 507-1996.

    MORE INFORMATION
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    Steps to Reproduce Problem
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    1. Create a new blank publication, page size 8.5 x 11, in portrait
       orientation.

    2. From the Page menu, choose Special Paper. Select Design Paper -
       PineNotes and choose OK. The special paper appears on the screen.

    3. From the Page menu, choose Page Setup. Specify a custom page size
       of 8.5 x 8.5 and choose OK. On the screen, the top and bottom of
       the special paper display are cropped off to fit the page size you
       specified.

    4. From the Page menu, choose Page Setup. Change the orientation to
       Landscape, make sure the dimensions are still set to 8.5 x 8.5,
       and choose OK.

    The original display of the special paper is not removed. Instead of
    replacing it, the new, landscape representation overlaps the original
    portrait image.

    Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Publisher version 2.0.
    We are researching this problem and will post new information here in
    the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

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