BUG!! Word 2016 fails to print margins correctly / messes up layout (Possible OpenType .otf Font bug)

Anonymous
2015-11-26T19:37:16+00:00

Hallo everyone,

I am having severe problems with Word 2016, as it does not print the document layout correctly as it somehow messes up the margin when printing.

NOTE: This happens when printing to Adobe Acrobat DC and my physical printer!

My document layout:

• no markup,

• custom margins (set to 1,27cm top / bottom and left / right - my printer can easily handle these...)

• no header or footer

• paper size set to A4 in all settings

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The following is picture shows page 1 of my document in "Print Layout"-view. This is how I want the document to look when printed.

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Here is a picture of the Print-preview menu. You can see that the Print preview still shows the document exactly as I want it. No problems. No funny settings selected. No "Print Markup" selected.

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Now this is what happens when I print the actual document:

The bottom margin changes and suddenly the whole layout is messed up!

Please advise whether this a bug, or some setting I seem to wrongfully configure.

This is really annoying as I sometimes spend hours to get the layout and spacing in a document right, but then when it comes to printing the document, everything is messed up.

Thank you.

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-12-10T13:47:40+00:00

    My Word 2016 (x64 Desktop) updated to v16.0.4312.1000.

    BUT... THIS BUG IS STILL PRESENT.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-12-07T12:38:03+00:00

    Hey..

    No.... absolute no news! I can imagine how frustrating it must be for you as well. It is not like Myriad Pro is an unknown / unsupported font either.

    I am seriously considering switching to InDesign to work on future reports and word processing. Wouldn't that be shame - that Word has become unusable as a Word Processor to complete basic tasks.

    Please do me a favour and go here to "upvote" my post and you can also submit your own post:

    https://word.uservoice.com/forums/304924-word-for-windows-desktop-application/suggestions/10992303-word-2016-fails-to-print-margins-correctly-messe

    Hopefully someone will listen!

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  3. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2015-11-29T08:55:40+00:00

    Send me a copy of your document and I will see if I can find anything unusual about it.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-11-29T08:26:32+00:00

    Thanks!

    So the problem could/should be related to our own hard-/software setup? If so, how can we solve this?

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  5. Suzanne S Barnhill 279.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2015-11-27T13:16:16+00:00

    Word 2013 has a documented problem with some OpenType fonts; apparently Word 2016 is no improvement in that regard.

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