WD: All Body Text Prints with "Show First Line Only" Selected
Article ID: 118316
Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 6.0a
- Microsoft Word 6.0c
- Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q118316
SYMPTOMS
When you print from outline view or master document view with the Show
First Line Only option selected, all body text will be printed, even though
only the first line of each paragraph is displayed on the screen. If you
display the document in print preview, all body text will be displayed. (To
locate the Show First Line Only button, display the Outline toolbar. The
button is between the All button and the Show Format button.)
The Word Help topic for "Printing an Outline" and the "Microsoft Word
User's Guide" state, "When you print in outline view, Word prints only the
headings and body text paragraphs displayed on the screen. You can control
the amount of detail printed by expanding or collapsing the outline."
STATUS
Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
MORE INFORMATION
In outline and master document views you can choose to view only the first
line of body text in each paragraph by selecting the Show First Line Only
option. This option does not affect the display of heading text.
Normally, when you print from outline or master document view, the printout
resembles the text that appears on the screen. All of the other buttons on
the outline toolbar, including the Show Heading Levels and Show Formatting,
make changes on the screen that also affect printing.
Currently there is no way to print only the first line of the body text.
You can easily prevent body text from printing by viewing the appropriate
heading levels (1-9) instead of choosing All on the Outline Toolbar.
REFERENCES
"Microsoft Word User's Guide," version 6.0, Chapter 9, "Automatic
Formatting and Styles"
Additional query words: outline master body text print incorrect
Keywords: kbinfo kbprint kbdisplay KB118316