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Subject:Re: Weird Word Quirk From:mayur -dot- polepalli -at- matrixoneindia -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 29 Aug 2003 12:21:32 +0530
>I'm pretty new at my current job and inherited my predecessor's PC and
>whatever quirks it has. For some reason, every time I print a document in
>MS Word with a page count field it prints as the page number instead (1 of
>1, 2 of 2, etc.). Deleting the field and re-inserting doesn't help, but
>printing the same document from another PC does fix the problem. Has
>anybody else ever encountered this?
In MS Word,
Select Tools > Options. The Options window is displayed.
In the Print tab, clear the Field codes check box.
Click [OK].
This should solve your problem.
Do get back to me for any further clarifications.
