Hi- We just had 2012 installed a couple of weeks ago and mine was working fine until a couple of days ago. Suddenly, when I hit the 'OPEN' icon to open a drawing, I know longer get the dialog box. It prompts me in the command line for the name of the file I want to open. It does the same thing wh. Unlike the preinstalled Mac programs, the two sided printing options is hidden within the settings of the Word program. If you open the print dialog box and Click the lowest selection box - Copies & Pages, Select Layout from the drop-down menu. If you still can not see the 2 sided option please post a screenshot if what the print dialog looks.
- Print Dialog Box Wont Open Up In Word For Macbook Pro
- Print Dialog Box Wont Open Up In Word For Macbook
When you want more than a printout with the default of every Word 2011 for Mac printer setting, you can find more options by choosing File→Print or pressing Command-P to bring up the Print dialog. You can even find an option here to expose every possible printer control.
Picking a printer in Word 2011 for Mac
The Printer pop-up menu enables you to choose from three options:
- List of printers: All available printers are shown, and you can choose which one to use.
- Add Printer: Opens the Mac OS X printer options dialog and allows you to add a printer.
- Print and Fax Preferences: Opens the Mac OS X Print & Fax system preferences dialog.
Picking a set of preset printing options in Word 2011 for Mac
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The Presets pop-up menu enables you to choose from several different printing presets:
- Standard: Most of the time, this is the best one to use.
- Last Used Settings: Might be the one for you if you have some special customized presets.
- List of Customized Presets: If you’ve created customized presets in the advanced printing options, you can choose one of them.
Printing to PDF in Word 2011 for Mac
One of the really neat things about having a Mac is that every application that can print prints to PDF (Portable Document Format). Word is no exception, except that in Word, you can choose File→Save As and in the Format pop-up menu, choose PDF.
Unless you need one of the other PDF options in the following list, you don’t have to go through the Print dialog to make a PDF. Here’s a rundown on the PDF printing options:
- Save as PDF: Opens the Save dialog to save your document as PDF.
- Save as PostScript: Opens the Save dialog to save your document as a .ps postscript file. A PostScript printer is needed to print the file.
- Fax PDF: Opens the Print dialog to a Mac OS X Fax cover sheet. If your Mac has a dialup modem, you can use this option to fax your file.
- Mail PDF: Opens an e-mail message in Apple Mail, not Microsoft Outlook, and adds the PDF as an attachment.
- Save as PDF-X: This option flattens transparency and changes colors to CYMK.
- Save PDF to iPhoto: Creates a PDF and sends the PDF to iPhoto.
- Save PDF to Web Receipts Folder: Creates a PDF and puts it into your Web Receipts folder.
- Edit Menu: Allows you to add custom PDF workflows. Click the Help button in the Print dialog for more details.
Previewing in Mac OS X Preview
The Print dialog is standard for all applications that can print. Mac OS X offers a preview of your document when you click the Preview button. The File→Print Preview command path is no longer available.
When you use InDesign or Illustrator on Mac OS 10.6 and later, the Adobe PDF printer is not listed under the available printers. Or, it is if available, it doesn't create a PDF as expected. When you choose Save As Adobe PDF from the Print dialog box, an error such as the following appears:
'The Save as PDF option in the Printer dialog is not supported.'
Solution: Print as a PostScript file, and then convert the file to a PDF
Note: If you want to use the Acrobat PPD with this method, first follow the instructions in Install Adobe Acrobat PPD.
- When prompted for a location to save your PostScript file, save it to a location you can easily locate later.
- Open the PostScript file with Adobe Acrobat Distiller, or Apple's Preview application, to convert it to a PDF.
Follow these steps if you want to have the Acrobat 9 PPD appear in the PPD pop-up menu. The Acrobat 9 PPD supports custom page sizes, which are often necessary when using this workflow with the Print Booklet feature in InDesign.
InDesign CS5 is used as an example here. For other versions, adjust the version number in the folder paths.
Print Dialog Box Wont Open Up In Word For Macbook Pro
- Navigate to /Applications/Adobe Indesign CS5/Presets/.
- Within the presets folder, create a folder named PPDs (the folder name is case-sensitive).
- Control-click the following link and choose Save Link As to download the Acrobat 9 PPD:
Acrobat 9 PPD - Place a copy of the downloaded PPD into the folder you created in step 3.
Most applications can take advantage of the new Create Adobe PDF from the PDF menu in the Mac OS print dialog box. However, InDesign and Illustrator sometimes don't support this feature, depending on the version you are using. In this case, print to a PostScript file, and use Distiller or Apple Preview to convert the file to PDF.
Print Dialog Box Wont Open Up In Word For Macbook
For details about Adobe PDF Printer support on Mac OS 10.6, see Can't print PDFs | Mac OS X 10.6 and later.