Troubleshooting layouts that do not appear or print as expected
The following topics describe common problems and solutions when printing layouts.
Fonts on screen look fuzzy or jagged
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Report with grouped data and subtotals (subsummary report) doesn't print correctly
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Fields or objects aren’t printing
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The objects might have been formatted as nonprinting. In Layout mode, select the object. In the Sliding & Visibility area of the Inspector, make sure Hide when printing is deselected.
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Navigation parts, and fields and objects in navigation parts, do not print or preview. To print fields or objects that are in navigation parts, move them to another layout part.
Only one record is printing
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Make sure the Print dialog box is set to print Records being browsed instead of Current record.
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Choose Layouts menu > Part Setup. Select the Body part, and click Change. In the Part Definition dialog box, look to see whether Allow part to break across page boundaries is selected, and then do one of the following:
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If Allow part to break across page boundaries is selected, clear the checkbox, click OK, and try printing again.
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If Allow part to break across page boundaries is not selected, then select this option, and also select Discard remainder of part before new page. Then click OK, and try printing again.
See Adding a layout part.
An extra blank page prints after each page
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Some records in the portal don't print
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For more information about portals, see Creating portals to display related records.
A columnar list does not print all the fields
Only objects within the margins print. The page boundary is visible in Layout mode (you might need to scroll to the right) as a heavy dotted line.
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Choose File menu > Print Setup (Windows) or Page Setup (OS X), and change the paper orientation to landscape so that more columns of fields will print.
In Preview mode, you can also click Print Setup (Windows) or Page Setup (OS X) in the status toolbar.
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There is empty space between records
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Data is clipped
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There is empty space between fields
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Sliding objects don't slide
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Panel controls slide but do not shrink. Objects inside a panel control do not slide or shrink. When you print a form, only the front-most panel prints.
See Removing blank spaces in printouts.
Pages break in unexpected places
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Choose Layouts menu > Part Setup, and check each part for page break settings that should be disabled. See Defining page breaks and numbering.
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