excel and leopard unable to read,write or print

On Nov 19 2007, 9:54 am, "CyberTaz" <typegeneraltaz1ATcomcastdotnet>
wrote:
> Have you checked for an update for your *printer driver*? That sounds like
> the source of the problems - and don't forget to repair permissions after
> installing the update;-)
> --
> HTH |:>)
> Bob Jones
> [MVP] Office:Mac
>
> wrote in message
>
>
>
> >I have updated all of office, and leopard updates.  Istill have
> > inconsistant problems with excel. It says it will print out of
> > margins, ever tool bar is greyed out. If i acknowledge the flashing
> > margin issue, the whole file turns into thousands of pages, looking
> > like a ppt.
> > If I email the file to another non leopard mac, the file opens just
> > fine.
> > So unable to read, write or print excel.
> > Any solutions?

I think i found the answer! I had the same symptoms as the OP, but i
could print from Entourage perfectly well, and could do nothing from
Excel. Even print preview showed blank pages.

What had changed on my system was not Leopard, which I do have, but
the fact that my printer was attached to my Airport Extreme base
station, and for that I had to use the Gutenprint driver from the
'bundled software' part of the Leopard install DVD.
Tonight, I plugged the same printer into a regular USB port, and
everything worked!

The problem is limited to Excel for me, among the Office Apps, but I
haven't checked all that out thoroughly. Perhaps Excel has to find an
active printer to do even print preview, and with only the base
station print connection, it couldn't 'see' the printer, and
malfunctioned.

BG
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I'm not sure Excel needs to see an active printer,, but it must be able to
see a defined printer. Excel heavily uses the current print driver to render
the print preview image. If no printer is defined or selected it can not do
this.

--
Bob Greenblatt [MVP], Macintosh
bobgreenblattATmsnDOTcom
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On Jan 15, 11:07 am, Bob Goldstein wrote:
> On Nov 19 2007, 9:54 am, "CyberTaz" <typegeneraltaz1ATcomcastdotnet>
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Have you checked for an update for your *printer driver*? That sounds like
> > the source of the problems - and don't forget torepairpermissions after
> > installing the update;-)
> > --
> > HTH |:>)
> > Bob Jones
> > [MVP] Office:Mac
>
> > wrote in message
>
> >
>
> > >I have updated all of office, and leopard updates.  Istill have
> > > inconsistant problems withexcel. It says it will print out of
> > > margins, ever tool bar is greyed out. If i acknowledge the flashing
> > > margin issue, the whole file turns into thousands of pages, looking
> > > like a ppt.
> > > If I email the file to another non leopard mac, the file opens just
> > > fine.
> > > So unable to read, write or printexcel.
> > > Any solutions?
>
> I think i found the answer!  I had the same symptoms as the OP, but i
> could print from Entourage perfectly well, and could do nothing fromExcel.  Even print preview showed blank pages.
>
> What had changed on my system was not Leopard, which I do have, but
> the fact that my printer was attached to my Airport Extreme base
> station, and for that I had to use the Gutenprint driver from the
> 'bundled software' part of the Leopard install DVD.
> Tonight, I plugged the same printer into a regular USB port, and
> everything worked!
>
> The problem is limited toExcelfor me, among the Office Apps, but I
> haven't checked all that out thoroughly.  PerhapsExcelhas to find an
> active printer to do even print preview, and with only the base
> station print connection, it couldn't 'see' the printer, and
> malfunctioned.
>
> BG- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

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