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It can be frustrating to have your document all ready to go but when you try to print you're not able to. In this article we'll walk you through a few steps you can try to get printing from Microsoft Office for Mac working again. In this article I'm going to assume that you've already checked a.
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Word for Mac not printing - get message 'Word cannot print due to a problem with the printer setup' In the last few days I have a problem with printing from Word for Mac. I think that this is since I performed the last office update. Microsoft word will not save nor print documents. I need to force quit to close. I just reinstalled Office and - Answered by a verified Mac Support Specialist. 2018-12-15 Microsoft Word 2016 Not Printing AT ALL - all other Mac and Office 2016 softwares print I am running Word 2016 on a Macbook Pro 2017 (High Sierra version 10.13.3). I just downloaded the latest version of Word 2016 (16.9.1) and now I cannot print from Word. Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor: Intel I have some pictures inserted in a Word document. When I use print preview I can see them. If I choose file, print and preview from that window I can't see the pictures and they are not printed out either.
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Symptoms
When you print a Microsoft Office Word document that includes a background, the background is not printed. Examples of things that can be on a background include colors, pictures, or themes.
This issue may also occur when you use Word as your e-mail editor and you print an e-mail message that includes a background.
Workaround
To work around this issue, use the method that is appropriate for your version of Word.
Word 2010
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- On the File menu, click Options.
- On the Display menu, click to select the Print background colors and images check box under Printing Options, and then click OK .
Word 2007
- Click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Word Options.
- On the Display menu, click to select the Print background colors and images check box under Printing Options, and then click OK.
Word 2003
To work around this issue in Word 2003 or when you use Word 2003 as the e-mail editor in Microsoft Office Outlook 2003, turn on the Background colors and images option. To do this, follow these steps:
- On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Print tab.
- Click to select the Background colors and images check box, and then click OK.
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Word 2002
Method 1: Use the Printed Watermark feature
To work around this issue in Word 2002, use the Printed Watermark feature. To do this, follow these steps:
- On the Format menu, point to Background, and then click Printed Watermark.
- In the Printed Watermark dialog box, use one of the following methods:
- To insert a picture watermark, follow these steps:
- Click Picture watermark.
- Click Select Picture.
- Click the picture that you want to use as a watermark, and then click Insert.
- Click to select the Washout check box if it is not already selected, and then click OK.NoteThe Washout feature adjusts the brightness and contrast on the image to make the image less visible behind the text.
- To insert a text watermark, follow these steps:
- Click Text watermark.
- In the Text box, type the text that you want to use as a watermark.
- Select the other options that you want to use with the text watermark, such as Font, Size, and Color, and then click OK.
- To insert a picture watermark, follow these steps:
Method 2: Use Microsoft Internet Explorer
Printing Document
To work around this issue when you use Word 2002 as the e-mail editor in Microsoft Outlook 2002, follow these steps:
- Open the e-mail message that contains the background that you want to print in Outlook 2002.
- On the File menu, click Save As.
- In the Save As dialog box, follow these steps:
- In the Save as type box, click Web Page (*.htm; *.html).
- In the File name box, type a new name for the message.
- In the Save in box, select the folder in which you want to save the HTML copy of the e-mail message.
- Click Save.
- Close the e-mail message in Word 2002.
- Start Internet Explorer.
- On the File menu, click Open.
- In the Open dialog box, click Browse.
- Locate and then click the HTML copy of the e-mail message that you saved in step 3, and then click Open.
- In the Open dialog box, click OK to open the HTML copy of the e-mail message in Internet Explorer.
- On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
- Click the Advanced tab.
- In the Settings list, under Printing, click to select the Print background colors and images check box.
- Click OK to close the Internet Options dialog box.