How to get rid of the "Your Margins Are Pretty Small" Warning?

Anonymous
2013-10-17T19:47:51+00:00

How do I get rid of the warning in Office 2013 that says "Your margins are pretty small, some of the content you print may be cut off. Are you sure you want to print?"?

I have read: https://support.microsoft.com/kb/166055

I set my margins to small by default, as I know that my HP printer can print to that size. (I have been printing like this for about 2 months, with no cut offs!) However word refuses to acknowledge this.

Is there some sort of global setting that stops this? As the amount of times that I have hit quick print, and then gone to the printer and then realised that it hasn't printed, because I forgot to click yes to the warning! It is really annoying!

Also, I really do not want to follow the steps in KB166055, as I would have to do that for every single document, and even then it decreases my margins, to sizes which word considers "Acceptable", which wastes paper, and  messes up my document organisation completely! These "Acceptable" Margins are massive! Can I stop it without changing my margin size?

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Suzanne S Barnhill 279.2K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2013-10-17T21:04:54+00:00

The unprintable area respected by Word is specified by the printer driver, not by Word itself. Word gets the information from the printer driver, so unless you can redefine the unprintable area in the printer Property settings, there may be no way around this message.

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Suzanne S Barnhill 279.2K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2013-10-18T04:06:46+00:00

The OP has already said he doesn't want to use the settings Word assigns when he uses "Fix." But since those minimums are established by the printer driver, there is really no way around them. And there is no need to consult the printer manual because the values Word uses when you click "Fix" are the ones prescribed by the printer manufacturer.

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  1. Paul Edstein 82,871 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2018-02-03T20:04:50+00:00

    Ok but in my case, the main document is made by our contracting authority and we cannot change anything.

    In that case, you might tell your 'contracting authority' what the problem is and have them make the adjustment. The reason there isn't a single warning is that, given how documents may be structured, the problem may exist in some Sections but not in others.

    If you don't like the way something works, you could make a suggestion for a change at http://word.uservoice.com/. Do be aware, though, that MS is unlikely to make such a change for any current version of Word, so it won't help you with your problem anytime soon.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-02-03T14:11:01+00:00

    Ok but in my case, the main document is made by our contracting authority and we cannot change anything. 

    When using print to pdf and then using acrobat to print there is no problem with margin. It's also working with Word but we can't click 'yes' for each pages. A single warning should be enough.

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  3. Suzanne S Barnhill 279.2K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2018-02-03T04:23:17+00:00

    If the document contains "markup" (tracked changes or comments) and you have balloons enabled, Word will allow space (the "markup area") even on pages where there are none.

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