FM Pro 8.5 Adv

I have a problem with printing a report, which is the data from a single
record. The report includes several text fields, which can vary in size from
a blank field to a single line field to a multiple line field. Due to the
fact they can vary in size I have set 'Sliding up based on All above' and
'Also reduce the size of the enclosing part'.

The problem I am experiencing is the top line of a multiple line field is
not being printed. This field is just after a page boundary so I have made
sure that it and all other fields are not overlapping or touching the page
boundaries.

I have Layout Set-up Views set to 'Form View'; the Layout Set-up Printing
set to 'Use fixed page margins' (0cm for all top bottom left and right) -
Although problem is still present whether option set or not.

I'm stumped as to what to try next to solve the problem.

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Jeff Wright

In article <f0mudl$j8i$1$8302bc10 (AT) news (DOT) demon.co.uk>, "Jeff Wright"
<jeff (AT) jeffwright (DOT) demon.co.uk> wrote:

The 0cm margins are almost certainly your problem.

The MINIMUM / SMALLEST margin for most desktop printers should be:

inkjet = 1.27cm (0.5in)

laser = 0.64cm (0.25in)

The bottom margin often needs to be a little bigger on inkjet printers.

Make your margins this size or bigger and your "missing line" will very
likely re-appear.


Helpful Harry
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Thanks for that Harry, seems to cure the problem.

I notice that if I save as a PDF the problem is still present. I guess the
solution to that would be to increase the margins further - I will
experiment!

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Jeff Wright

"Helpful Harry" <helpful_harry (AT) nom (DOT) de.plume.com> wrote

In article <f0pg9k$2l5$1$8300dec7 (AT) news (DOT) demon.co.uk>, "Jeff Wright"
<jeff (AT) jeffwright (DOT) demon.co.uk> wrote:

Yep. The "printer driver" used to create the PDF may well require
bigger margins ... although usually PDFs are EPS based, so they should
match (if not be better than) a laser printer's 0.25in margins.

The other thing to check is that the Layout is using the correct page
size in the Page Setup window (A4, US Letter - whichever you want to
use). Printing an A4 on US Ltter paper will give strange results.

You may also need to check that you haven't got the printer driver
scaling the page bigger by accident - obviously a 105% scaled page
won't fit on the paper size, but is something that's easy to miss.

Helpful Harry
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