I have to email a spreadsheet that I made to a co-worker but each time I do,
when he receives it, the margins change. They show correctly on my computer
but when he gets it goes from 2 to 3 pages. It's not convienent for him to
change the margins each time he recieves them. What is going wrong?

"Heather H" <Heather wrote in message
...
I have to email a spreadsheet that I made to a co-worker but each time I
do,
when he receives it, the margins change. They show correctly on my
computer
but when he gets it goes from 2 to 3 pages. It's not convienent for him
to
change the margins each time he recieves them. What is going wrong?

Various printers require a different amount of white space at the edge of
the paper, so the number of pages will change at print time. If you don't
think it will affect readability (much), and you MUST stay on two pages,
click File, Page Setup, make sure you're on the Page tab. In the "Fit to"
option, make it 1 page wide by 2 pages tall. Excel will choose the right
amount of shrinkage to make this happen.

Thanks Doug, but that doesn't seem to be the issue. What's happening is I
have gone in and set my margins under page setup. Once I email it to someone
the margins default back to standard margin settings. Is this normal? I've
not encountered this problem before and it's driving me nuts!

"Doug Kanter" wrote:


"Heather H" <Heather wrote in message
...
I have to email a spreadsheet that I made to a co-worker but each time I
do,
when he receives it, the margins change. They show correctly on my
computer
but when he gets it goes from 2 to 3 pages. It's not convienent for him
to
change the margins each time he recieves them. What is going wrong?

Various printers require a different amount of white space at the edge of
the paper, so the number of pages will change at print time. If you don't
think it will affect readability (much), and you MUST stay on two pages,
click File, Page Setup, make sure you're on the Page tab. In the "Fit to"
option, make it 1 page wide by 2 pages tall. Excel will choose the right
amount of shrinkage to make this happen.

Hmmm.....that *is* odd. Or, maybe not. 99% of the sheets I create use the
option I mentioned to you, because when I send them to my home office, the
people there are too clueless to deal with print-invoked margin changes. I
wish I had a 2nd machine set up here so I could try and reproduce what
you're experiencing.


"Heather H" wrote in message
...
Thanks Doug, but that doesn't seem to be the issue. What's happening is I
have gone in and set my margins under page setup. Once I email it to
someone
the margins default back to standard margin settings. Is this normal?
I've
not encountered this problem before and it's driving me nuts!

"Doug Kanter" wrote:


"Heather H" <Heather wrote in message
...
I have to email a spreadsheet that I made to a co-worker but each time I
do,
when he receives it, the margins change. They show correctly on my
computer
but when he gets it goes from 2 to 3 pages. It's not convienent for
him
to
change the margins each time he recieves them. What is going wrong?

Various printers require a different amount of white space at the edge of
the paper, so the number of pages will change at print time. If you don't
think it will affect readability (much), and you MUST stay on two pages,
click File, Page Setup, make sure you're on the Page tab. In the "Fit to"
option, make it 1 page wide by 2 pages tall. Excel will choose the right
amount of shrinkage to make this happen.

I wish you did too. I can't figure this out at all. I don't know why when
you email a doc the formats wouldn't stay with it. I don't know if this is a
"problem" or if it's normal. If you think of something, let me know. It's
causing major havoc around here. :(

"Doug Kanter" wrote:

Hmmm.....that *is* odd. Or, maybe not. 99% of the sheets I create use the
option I mentioned to you, because when I send them to my home office, the
people there are too clueless to deal with print-invoked margin changes. I
wish I had a 2nd machine set up here so I could try and reproduce what
you're experiencing.


"Heather H" wrote in message
...
Thanks Doug, but that doesn't seem to be the issue. What's happening is I
have gone in and set my margins under page setup. Once I email it to
someone
the margins default back to standard margin settings. Is this normal?
I've
not encountered this problem before and it's driving me nuts!

"Doug Kanter" wrote:


"Heather H" <Heather wrote in message
...
I have to email a spreadsheet that I made to a co-worker but each time I
do,
when he receives it, the margins change. They show correctly on my
computer
but when he gets it goes from 2 to 3 pages. It's not convienent for
him
to
change the margins each time he recieves them. What is going wrong?

Various printers require a different amount of white space at the edge of
the paper, so the number of pages will change at print time. If you don't
think it will affect readability (much), and you MUST stay on two pages,
click File, Page Setup, make sure you're on the Page tab. In the "Fit to"
option, make it 1 page wide by 2 pages tall. Excel will choose the right
amount of shrinkage to make this happen.

While we're wondering about this, how about this:

1) Record a macro as you change the margins.
2) Put a custom button on the sheet, attached to the macro.
3) Format the button so it doesn't print.

Oooh....slick! It'll make fixing the margins into a one-click deal. Just be
sure that when recording the macro, you set the margins by typing in the
numbers, not by dragging the margins in print preview.

This would really put the "K" in "Kustom"! :)

"Heather H" wrote in message
...
I wish you did too. I can't figure this out at all. I don't know why when
you email a doc the formats wouldn't stay with it. I don't know if this
is a
"problem" or if it's normal. If you think of something, let me know.
It's
causing major havoc around here. :(

"Doug Kanter" wrote:

Hmmm.....that *is* odd. Or, maybe not. 99% of the sheets I create use the
option I mentioned to you, because when I send them to my home office,
the
people there are too clueless to deal with print-invoked margin changes.
I
wish I had a 2nd machine set up here so I could try and reproduce what
you're experiencing.


"Heather H" wrote in message
...
Thanks Doug, but that doesn't seem to be the issue. What's happening
is I
have gone in and set my margins under page setup. Once I email it to
someone
the margins default back to standard margin settings. Is this normal?
I've
not encountered this problem before and it's driving me nuts!

"Doug Kanter" wrote:


"Heather H" <Heather wrote in message
...
I have to email a spreadsheet that I made to a co-worker but each
time I
do,
when he receives it, the margins change. They show correctly on my
computer
but when he gets it goes from 2 to 3 pages. It's not convienent for
him
to
change the margins each time he recieves them. What is going wrong?

Various printers require a different amount of white space at the edge
of
the paper, so the number of pages will change at print time. If you
don't
think it will affect readability (much), and you MUST stay on two
pages,
click File, Page Setup, make sure you're on the Page tab. In the "Fit
to"
option, make it 1 page wide by 2 pages tall. Excel will choose the
right
amount of shrinkage to make this happen.

Your funny! I'll do this for a quick fix but I still need to figure out
what's going on with the spreadsheet. I don't think it should be doing this.
Thanks again and I'll keep checking to see if your able to figure out why my
spreadsheet is possessed!

"Doug Kanter" wrote:

While we're wondering about this, how about this:

1) Record a macro as you change the margins.
2) Put a custom button on the sheet, attached to the macro.
3) Format the button so it doesn't print.

Oooh....slick! It'll make fixing the margins into a one-click deal. Just be
sure that when recording the macro, you set the margins by typing in the
numbers, not by dragging the margins in print preview.

This would really put the "K" in "Kustom"! :)

"Heather H" wrote in message
...
I wish you did too. I can't figure this out at all. I don't know why when
you email a doc the formats wouldn't stay with it. I don't know if this
is a
"problem" or if it's normal. If you think of something, let me know.
It's
causing major havoc around here. :(

"Doug Kanter" wrote:

Hmmm.....that *is* odd. Or, maybe not. 99% of the sheets I create use the
option I mentioned to you, because when I send them to my home office,
the
people there are too clueless to deal with print-invoked margin changes.
I
wish I had a 2nd machine set up here so I could try and reproduce what
you're experiencing.


"Heather H" wrote in message
...
Thanks Doug, but that doesn't seem to be the issue. What's happening
is I
have gone in and set my margins under page setup. Once I email it to
someone
the margins default back to standard margin settings. Is this normal?
I've
not encountered this problem before and it's driving me nuts!

"Doug Kanter" wrote:


"Heather H" <Heather wrote in message
...
I have to email a spreadsheet that I made to a co-worker but each
time I
do,
when he receives it, the margins change. They show correctly on my
computer
but when he gets it goes from 2 to 3 pages. It's not convienent for
him
to
change the margins each time he recieves them. What is going wrong?

Various printers require a different amount of white space at the edge
of
the paper, so the number of pages will change at print time. If you
don't
think it will affect readability (much), and you MUST stay on two
pages,
click File, Page Setup, make sure you're on the Page tab. In the "Fit
to"
option, make it 1 page wide by 2 pages tall. Excel will choose the
right
amount of shrinkage to make this happen.

By way of experiment, you could grab an XP installation CD and install an
older model printer (older because the CD has drivers for them. For newer
models, you usually need the CD that comes with the printer). Try installing
an HP OfficeJet 300, for instance. Make sure your normal printer is set as
the default. Email yourself a copy of the spreadsheet. Now, set the newly
installed printer as the default (and we're hoping it requires different
margins than your usual machine). Reboot the computer, check your email,
open the spreadsheet, and see if the margins have changed.


"Heather H" wrote in message
...
Your funny! I'll do this for a quick fix but I still need to figure out
what's going on with the spreadsheet. I don't think it should be doing
this.
Thanks again and I'll keep checking to see if your able to figure out why
my
spreadsheet is possessed!

"Doug Kanter" wrote:

While we're wondering about this, how about this:

1) Record a macro as you change the margins.
2) Put a custom button on the sheet, attached to the macro.
3) Format the button so it doesn't print.

Oooh....slick! It'll make fixing the margins into a one-click deal. Just
be
sure that when recording the macro, you set the margins by typing in the
numbers, not by dragging the margins in print preview.

This would really put the "K" in "Kustom"! :)

"Heather H" wrote in message
...
I wish you did too. I can't figure this out at all. I don't know why
when
you email a doc the formats wouldn't stay with it. I don't know if
this
is a
"problem" or if it's normal. If you think of something, let me know.
It's
causing major havoc around here. :(

"Doug Kanter" wrote:

Hmmm.....that *is* odd. Or, maybe not. 99% of the sheets I create use
the
option I mentioned to you, because when I send them to my home office,
the
people there are too clueless to deal with print-invoked margin
changes.
I
wish I had a 2nd machine set up here so I could try and reproduce what
you're experiencing.


"Heather H" wrote in message
...
Thanks Doug, but that doesn't seem to be the issue. What's
happening
is I
have gone in and set my margins under page setup. Once I email it
to
someone
the margins default back to standard margin settings. Is this
normal?
I've
not encountered this problem before and it's driving me nuts!

"Doug Kanter" wrote:


"Heather H" <Heather wrote in message
...
I have to email a spreadsheet that I made to a co-worker but each
time I
do,
when he receives it, the margins change. They show correctly on
my
computer
but when he gets it goes from 2 to 3 pages. It's not convienent
for
him
to
change the margins each time he recieves them. What is going
wrong?

Various printers require a different amount of white space at the
edge
of
the paper, so the number of pages will change at print time. If you
don't
think it will affect readability (much), and you MUST stay on two
pages,
click File, Page Setup, make sure you're on the Page tab. In the
"Fit
to"
option, make it 1 page wide by 2 pages tall. Excel will choose the
right
amount of shrinkage to make this happen.