Does anyone know when MS Office will rectify printing options

Question

Currently I cannot print specific range of pages in word as I can flawlessly in adobe. I have to point out to the stupid MS Word specific page and section which is very inconvenient and time consuming. In example I tried typing the range of "12-26" and the "great" MS Word understood very well the beginning and started printing from page 12 but tried to continue all the way to page 400 instead of 26. Even now instead of doing my job I am still trying to print trough the stupid MS software .... And as a bonus selection range of text also did not help because after selecting manually pages I want to print the great MS Word does not allow "print selection" option. And another one. Print preview is just not working as in Adobe in example. In the past it worked and it was very useful to review what actually one selected to print and how it will look the final result. I hope someone is going to fix the problems.

Answer 1

In a document with multiple sections, you have to specify both the "Section" number and the "Formatted page number" to print the accurate range, for example, as in p#s#-p#s#. This is documented at the classic MVP site at https://wordmvp.com/FAQs/Formatting/PrintMultipleSections.htm .

To remember the syntax, right-click the status bar in Word for Windows and choose to display the "Formatted page number" as well as the "Section" number.

Answer 2

This behavior usually happens when the Word document contains section breaks or uses restarted page numbering.

In that case, entering a range like 12-26 may not mean “physical pages 12 through 26” to Word. Word can require the range in page-and-section format instead.

Use this approach:

1. In Word, open File > Print.
2. Under Settings, choose Custom Print.
3. If the document has sections, enter the range using the syntax:
   • p#s#-p#s#
   • Example: p12s2-p26s2
4. To find the correct values, add Formatted Page Number and Section to the Word status bar, then use those numbers when printing.

Also check these points:

1. Make sure the selected printer is the intended one and its status is Ready.
2. In File > Print, verify page size, orientation, and layout.
3. Make sure Print to PDF or Print to file is not selected unless that is intended.
4. Try printing a different Word file or a test file with simple text. If the test file prints correctly, the original document may be damaged.
5. If the problem affects Word but not other apps, repair Office:
   • Start > Settings > Apps > Installed apps
   • Select Microsoft 365 or Microsoft Office
   • Choose Quick Repair
   • If needed, run Online Repair
6. If printing problems continue across apps, restart the Print Spooler service:
   • Press Windows key + R
   • Type services.msc
   • Locate Print Spooler
   • Right-click it and select Restart

For preview, Word uses File > Print for both printing and print preview. The page preview is shown on the right side, and the arrows at the bottom let pages be reviewed before printing.

There is no timeline provided here for a product change to simplify page-range printing. The supported workaround is to use the page/section syntax when the document contains sections.

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