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[MarkTrubo]

I am generating some invoices in html with VDS and sending to our accounting office for printing and mailing to clients. Rather than just open them in a browser, they want to open them in Word -- because sometimes then need to make some minor revisions to the invoices and then print them. I'd like to put something in the files I send them that makes word choose some specific margins, like .3 all around, to that when they print the invoices they will fit on 1 page. But, when then open them in word, the the margins are the default and they need to change the margins before printing.

Thoughts?

[PGWARE]

Sounds like they are opening the html files in MS word and then printing them also in Word rather than editing in Word then opening in IE and printing.

Rather than using HTML you could definately use RTF and that should retain the margins when opened in word.

You can use the now free VDSOBJ and the richedit object to create realtime rtf documents with margins.

[MarkTrubo]

Ah, did not think of that. I'll play around with it -- thanks!!!