Formatting changes drastically upon printing

Question

Hi all -- 

When I print from Word 2010, the formatting of the document changes drastically. The spacing between lines expands, so that my 24 page document becomes 32 pages.  My figures are also disrupted in that 1) they are no longer positioned to minimize white space and 2) some of the multi-part figures are torn apart.

This happens when I print to a printer, or when I print to PDF.

When I am finished printing, the word document remains in this new format. But then various actions cause the format to revert to its original state - for example this has happened when I closed and reopened.  If helpful, my primary font is Palatino, though I use Calibri for some figure captions, and I am using Windows 7 on a dell Latitude.

If I could just keep everything in one format or the other, this would be fine.  But bouncing back and forth is making formatting a nightmare for me!

Many thanks in advance for any help.   -P

Answer 1

Too long ago; I don't remember.  But if you want to send a document to me, I will investigate.

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Answer 2

Did you manage to fix this? I seem to be having a similar problem in Word 2010 - I have bullets and captions which look fine when in Word but then I click on 'print' (either to printer or PDF) and the formatting goes haywire. Some bullets are missing - extra spaces between paragraphs etc. When I go back to the Word document it has kept this formatting.

Thank You

Answer 3

If you want to send the document to me, I will try and see what might be causing the problem.