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Good day, we have recently received new Sony Vaio's with 64x arch and 2010 microsoft office 64x. In some of my excel workbooks i have check boxes that when checked shade the corresponding cell, in office 2007 it worked great. But now when I select multiple tabs to view in print preview(with a ricoh printer as the default printer), the checkboxes in SOME of worksheets move to the left and up, and

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changes the layout on each worksheet after you exit the print preview, (the check boxes move to the left and get smaller),basically ruining the document and if I do a print preview with Adobe PDF as the printer it does not ruin the layout. Can anyone help with this issue. Ricoh has had me change to lanier drivers and still nothing has helped yet.
Friday, February 11, 2011 5:12 PM Reply | Quote | F8alfun 0 Points

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http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=1003 Security Update for Microsoft Excel 2010 (KB2466146), 32-Bit Edition worked for me.

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Regards Andre Pearce Cape Town

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A few questions: 1. Is the zoom on the checkboxes also affected or it is just the positioning?

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2. Can you try switching printers to another one and see if the same behavior occurs? This could narrow down the problem to Excel or the printer driver. 3. Do you notice any other print preview oddities with any other of the Microsoft Office programs? Will Buffington Microsoft Excel Support
Wednesday, February 16, 2011 5:45 PM Reply | Quote | Will Buffington Microsoft (MSFT) 13,380 Points

Hi Will, Yes the scale of the boxes does change when the checkboxes move. They get much smaller. I have the checkboxes in column K and they move to column G and they get so small I can barely see

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them. I have changed to different printers, both Ricoh printers mess up the document (when using print preview), the HP 5siMX printer messes up, but HP 8100 PS printer does not mess up the document and Adobe PDF previews don't mess up the document. We could use the HP 8100 but the quality is poor, and can not deliver documents with that quality. I have messed around with print processors and still haven't had any luck. Ricoh even had me try a Lanier print drivers and still no luck. To be honest this checkbox item is not the only problem I am having, its just the biggest. Some items are just hard to put into words, without seeing the file I am using. I can't say that I have noticed any other problems with any other Microsoft programs. Can I somehow share/email the file? Thanks so much, Graham

Wednesday, February 16, 2011 10:11 PM Reply | Quote | F8alfun 0 Points

Yes, you can send it to me directly at [email protected], but I would also like for you to apply the following hotfix: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2204028

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as it may address the issue. Will Buffington Microsoft Excel Support

Monday, February 21, 2011 11:21 PM Reply | Quote | Will Buffington Microsoft (MSFT) 13,380 Points

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Hi Will, no this hotfix didn't work. The hotfix said "there are no products affected by this package installed on this system". Not exactly a straight forward message, however I have come to expect that. :)

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Since the first posting, the problem is not just with print preview, the problem also occurs if you print without previewing the document. So I have emailed the file to Will. Thanks Sally but the answer to our problem really isn't answered. This problem is costing my company $$$ if you (by that I mean myself or co-workers) fail to save the document before printing, and then close the file and don't save it after printing. After printing several pages of the document become un-recoverable (without unprotecting the tab and manually moving and re-sizing every checkbox which there is 30 of these checkboxes), and you have to delete the tab and re-do the work. I am sure this problem will get more attention once my customer upgrades to 2010 office, currently they feel it is my problem, because they can't simulate the problem on their 2007 excel 32x system. The above mentioned problem is not the only problem I am having,I feel I should mention them as maybe all of these problems may be connected or not. #2 there is a drop down box for (cell A,9) next to the text "cabinet Type" and this text prints larger with this version of office over the 07 version. Again I can't find where I can change how large the text prints. #3 Most if not all the boxes on the left side of the sheet that have borders (dotted line borders) don't print, which is not a big problem as I have found that if I change the line type they do print correctly. But why????
Thursday, February 24, 2011 5:09 PM Reply | Quote | F8alfun 0 Points

? can i un-install excel 2010 and install excel 2007 and have it work on this pc if all of the rest of Office 2010 package still on the pc or do I need to un-install all of the Office 2010 products?

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Friday, February 25, 2011 3:52 PM Reply | Quote | F8alfun 0 Points

Well installing 2007 excel does not work either. 2007 just removes all macro functions when it opens the file, and calls it a repaired file,(haha*$#^),,,,, and gives you no way to run them. Spent an hour on the phone with a Ricoh printer tech. He is just as baffled as I am. I can create a Adobe PDF without any problems, checkboxes stay in place. If I use an old HP 8100 N printer it works without

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moving the checkboxes, but the quality is poor(very old printer)

So is anyone looking into this? HELP PLEASE

Tuesday, March 01, 2011 3:41 PM Reply | Quote | F8alfun 0 Points

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Can you please send the file to me again? I didn't receive it. The email again is [email protected] Will

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Wednesday, March 02, 2011 10:55 PM Reply | Quote | Will Buffington Microsoft (MSFT) 13,380 Points

Hello Will, I just emailed the document. Thank you for looking into this issue.
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Ricoh called and told me to use the the PCL6 Driver, but still no change. Same results.
Thursday, March 03, 2011 8:33 PM

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I am having a similar issue. I did notice that the issue was happening with lexmark black and white printers. When I went to our color lexmark it printed ok. There is a hot fix that everyone points to but it was for Excel 2002 and does not work with 2010. (KB2204028) I have tried changing the Format Control to all the different Object Positioning boxes and that did not work. I also tried

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changing the printer settings to different qualities and resolutions (600 to 2400). The color printer we have here (C534 dn) is set for 4800 dpi.
Thursday, March 10, 2011 8:52 PM Reply | Quote | Johno215 0 Points

As of now, we still have no solution, except to print to Adobe PDF. However I am sure that if Will ( Mod Above) finds a fix it should get posted here.
Thursday, March 10, 2011 9:29 PM Reply | Quote | F8alfun 0 Points

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I think we found a solution for our Lexmark printers. Our color printer had a PostScript driver installed. The black and white printers had PCL drivers. When we installed the PostScript drivers on the black and white printers, all models worked. That probably does not help you with your older model printers. Sounds like you already tried to get the PS drivers and can't. Ricoh does

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have some PS drivers on their site but I do not know what model printer you are using.
Friday, March 18, 2011 7:52 PM Reply | Quote | Johno215 0 Points

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Ihavethesameproblem.Itriedallofthesugges onsabove(unhideobjects,repair,hotxandprinterdrivers)and thesedidnotwork.TheonlywaytoxtheproblemformewastomovebacktoExcel2007(withservicepack2). ThisxedalltheproblemsIwashaving.IhaveprovidedsomedetailbelowabouttheproblemandwhatstepsI tooktoanalyseandxinthehopethatthismayhelpresolvetheprobleminExcel2010.

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Background: IhaveaspreadsheetoriginallycreatedinExcel2002.ItcontainsanumberofListBoxes,ScrollBarsandDropDown boxes.OnupgradingtoExcel2010andconver ngtheletoan.xlsmIencounteredanumberofproblemswith thesecontrols,includingtheproblemdescribedabove.Note,Iupgradedstraightto2010notvia2007. MydevelopmentsystemisVista,Oce2010andaCannonMP830printer. Theproblem: AsdescribedaboveifIdoaprintorprintpreviewthecontrolsgetsmallerandmovele .Each meIrepeatthe printorprintpreviewthesizegetssmallerandthecontrolsmovefurtherle .Ialsohavetwocontrolsthatmove signicantlyupwards(astheyarewelldownthesheet),sugges ngthatthemovementisactuallypropor onallyup andle (each meIdoaprintorprintpreview). Itriedthesuggestedxesabove(unhideobjects,repair,hotxandprinterdrivers).Noneofthesexedthe problem. Observa ons: 1)ThisproblemonlyhappensifIprintorprintpreviewwithmorethanoneworksheetselected.IfIprintorprint previewwithasingleworksheet,theproblemdoesnotoccur. 2)ItestedthesamespreadsheetinExcel2007onadierentmachine(runningXP2002SP3andadierentprinter) andtheproblemdidnotoccur. 3)ItestedthespreadsheetonadierentsystemrunningExcel2010(XP2002SP3)withadierentprinterandthe problems lloccurred. 4)IremovedOce2010frommydevelopmentmachineandinstalledOce2007andthisxedallproblems(see otherproblemsbelow).Ialsoneededtoinstallservicepack2forOce2007as2007hadaknownproblem handling.xlsmlescontainingmacros.WithoutSP2thespreadsheetstoppedworkingtotallyasthemacroswere disabledbyExcel.SP2xedthisproblem. TheaboveclearlysuggeststhatthisisanExcel2010problem,isnotaproblemin2007anddoesnotseemtobeOS orPrinterdependent. Otherproblems: Justtocompletethestory,theotherproblemsIhadwithcontrolsa erupgradingto2010are: 1)SomeoftheScrollbarsandDropDownBoxesgainedashadow.Thisdidnothappentoalljustsome.Icouldnd nowaytoremovetheshadowandhadtodeletethecontrolandcreatefreshcontrols.Thecontrolsdidnothavea shadowinthe2002version. 2)Whenselec nganitemfromwithinalistbox,theborderofthelistboxmovesslightly(likeanudge).Itreturns toitsoriginalposi onbutthemovelooksstrange.Thismovementdoesnothappenifthezoomforthesheetisset at100%butanyotherzoomshowsthemovement.Ihavenotbeenabletoxthisotherthantokeepthezoomat 100%(aworkaround).ThisproblemdoesnotoccurinExcel2007. Ihopethishelpswiththeanalysis,understandingandresolu onoftheproblemasIamstruckandwillhaveto revertto2007ifthisproblemcannotberesolvedin2010(andwillneedtoadvisemyclientstostayawayfrom 2010).
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I too am having a problems with checkboxes shifting as we just upgraded to Office 2010. Everytime I think there is a pattern to the problem, it changes. It definately relates to print preview and saving the file. It appears fine then I save it and reopen and the problem is there. The default of the page setup appears to go to 95% scaling and then I adjust it to no scaling and the problem

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goes away until I save?!!? This has been sooo frustrating so I finally changed all the checkboxes to where I thought they should go and then they shifted again. I have also played with the format control options to no avail.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 7:46 PM Reply | Quote | pjperry 0 Points

Well folks as of now, the guys at Microsoft are working on this problem, as that is what Will has emailed me. He said that it has been raised to a tier 3 engineer, which was on 3-15-2011. So no fixes as of right now. Over here we have been reduced to making sure you save the document before printing or print preview, and then NOT saving after the print job. As soon as something

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happens I will make sure to post any updates here. ExcelJunkie, thanks for the additional input, I hope that Will forwards that info the the engineer(s)techs.
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:12 PM Reply | Quote | F8alfun 0 Points

Thanks for finding the trick for a work-around for now. I hadn't narrowed down the issue. I just tried it and it appears to work so at least we can continue to use this fiel(in a restricted manner). I was ready to de-install 2010... Thanks again!

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Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:50 PM Reply | Quote | pjperry 0 Points

It's true. This is a confirmed bug in Excel 2010. There is no ETA on a fix for now. Will

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Thursday, March 24, 2011 6:42 PM Reply | Quote | Will Buffington Microsoft (MSFT) 13,380 Points

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Thatisgoodnews. Havinggonethroughthepainofdowngradingto2007wehavedecidedtos ckwith2007andwillreassessonce Microso createaxforthisproblem.Forvariouspoli calandcommercialreasonsitisnotviableforustohavea

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productthatcouldsoeasilybecomecorrupted(controlsseeminglyrandomlymovingallovertheplacewouldbe seenasacorrup onbyourclients).Thenatureoftheinforma oncontainedinthespreadsheetalsomakesitvery hardtostartfromscratchiftheledoesbecomecorrupted. Iwillhappilytestthexonceavailableandthenmakeanassessmentaboutmovingbackto2010. Graham,itsoundslikeyouareafellowAussie...goodlucktoyou,Johno,PJPerry,Willandothersthathave contributedtoallowingmetosleepagain.ItsnicetoknowitwasntsomethingIwasdoinganditsgoodtohavea stableproductagain.

Friday, March 25, 2011 12:52 AM Reply | Quote | ExcelJunkie 0 Points

I've been following this b/c I have the same issue, though I wanted to add that my check boxes and buttons move even when I PDF. It seems to happen when I select multiple worksheets and PDF.
Friday, April 01, 2011 4:33 PM Reply | Quote | mrjaober 0 Points

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We are still waiting, like dial up..... :) Would it be wrong for me to tell you all that I have a fix.............

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Friday, April 01, 2011 6:06 PM Reply | Quote | F8alfun 0 Points

Hi Will, There is another problem that I have encountered could be or could be not related to this one. We have an Excel sheet with set of ActiveX buttons. After printing or Exporting to PDF the buttons

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location is changed other the sheet and they seems to become inactive - it is impossible to press any of them and generally they look more like icons then clickable objects. I am not sure if this thread is a proper place and the problems are related or I should start a new one?
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5-10-11 no update to report on this thread. Still waiting to hear something.

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Any update on this problem?

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6-1-11 I still haven't heard ANYTHING yet. It's a bit ridiculous to have an email telling me they are working on it, but no updates, or a note to let US know that "Hey we haven't forgotten about you and we are still working on a fix" I wonder if they are re-writing the program......

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Bill, Sally, Richard - anyone there at MS want to give us an update?

Thursday, June 02, 2011 8:35 PM Reply | Quote | F8alfun 0 Points

Any news yet? I'm having the same problem, but we are (and have been) using Excel 2007 on our machines. I'm so fed up with redoing the checkboxes that I'm about to just remove them, which will make the whole file far less user friendly. But I can't keep redoing the checkboxes every time a user prints it.

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Monday, June 20, 2011 11:48 AM Reply | Quote | dlsiegel 0 Points

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Here is a quote from someone working on the fix.

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"unfortunatelythexhasbeendelayedabitbecauseofoverlappingscheduleswiththereleaseof ServicePack1(SP1)forOce2010thismonth.Sowehadtoholdothetes ngpassoriginally plannedtomakesureSP1releaseson me,andhaverescheduledthetes ngpassforlaterthismonth andrunningintoJuly.Sothenalxschedulehasbeenmovedoutbyatleastamonth.Nonaldate hasyetbeenset,soImafraidIcannotgiveyouanexactrelease me,butitwontbeinJuneaswe rstthought."

Could you make the files read only so after the user prints the document and then closes it, it does not save. Not saving after the print job is the only thing that works for us. We always SAVE BEFORE PRINTING AND NOT AFTER. Super pain in the a$$, but it is better than re-doing checkboxes. Hope that helps a little.

Monday, June 20, 2011 1:05 PM Reply | Quote | F8alfun 0 Points

Am replying to keep the thread fresh. This bug causes trouble for us as well. Please keep us updated...
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 8:06 AM Reply | Quote | Wes Morgan Ingersoll Rand 0 Points

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We started having the check-box-moving-after-preview/print issue on our Office 2002 after installation of Windows XP SP3. It's been a year or so. In the beginning, the issue affected only existing xls document. When we tried to create new ones, the issue did not occur. However, it is now affecting newly recreated xls document as well.

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Tuesday, July 12, 2011 4:18 PM Reply | Quote | Honfu 5 Points

Well as of now, I know that the Microsoft engineering team is making headway on this problem, but the fix is not quite there yet. I hope/think that the fix isn't too far off as of now.
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I started having the issue for over 6 months. I was trying a few things and none of those could fix the problem. I didn't use the check box enough that I kept on pursuing a fix. Early on this morning, I was working on a new form/document. And this problem re-ignited my

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urge to find a way around it. I was fiddling around and the check boxes stopped moving! This is a quick fix - well, not exactly quick if you have a large number of check boxes. You may need to run a script or something - but it does seems to have fixed the problem for me. Try it out on one check box and see what happens. Hopefully it does the same wonder for you as well. -->Enter Design Mode. -->Right click on the problematic check box. -->Format Control. -->Properties tab. -->Check the "Move and size with cells" radio button. (FYI, I had "Don't move or size with cells" on.) Good luck, y'all.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 9:24 PM Reply | Quote | Honfu 5 Points

I am wondering if there has been a fix released for this problem. A few co-workers are experiencing this issue and the fixes do not work for us. This thread has gone quiet over the past 5 weeks or so.....

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I hope that we have not been forgotten!? Any updates?

Monday, September 19, 2011 10:28 AM Reply | Quote | matt_the_dev 0 Points

I think I have a similar problem with an Excel 2010 application I am developing. I am using VBA to select a range of worksheets, and then activating print preview. The preview and printing work fine but when printing is done, or I close preview, I find the last worksheet in the sected range has all shape objects, text boxes and tick boxes considerably enlarged. This happens withe all objects on

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the sheet, regardless of whether they are set to print or not. I tried messing about with the 'Move and size' properties, as suggested by a previous contributor, but it had no effect. I am assuming this is the same problem and I going to have to wait until a fix is available. Because I am using VBA to drive this the result is predictable so I may have to use VBA to resize the objects on the last sheet once printing is done.
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Hmm, I just updated Office 2007 to SP3 this AM, now Office 2007 has the issue from what I can tell.
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This is a complete drag. I'm glad the promptings are still happening. Upgraded to 2010 a few weeks ago and agreed to crank out some forms.

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I suppose i will create a macro prints it to PDF then somehow prints it to another printer. I thought I had to be missing something... no just a bug.

Thanks everyone for sharing your knowledge on this issue.

Tuesday, November 15, 2011 6:02 PM Reply | Quote | K_gs 0 Points

I'm having a similar problem with Excel 2007. I have created Text boxes which are referenced to a cell. They are aligned in NORMAL view, but consistently move when in PDF PREVIEW. Any ideas? Thanks. Jim in Frostbite Falls

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Thursday, December 08, 2011 9:25 PM Reply | Quote | jameslmiller 3M 0 Points

I was emailed late October they were going to try to roll-out a fix with the usual update that came out. Also I was emailed fixes, and I am not sure how to post those fix files here, and there is a bunch of other stuff you need to do to the registry on top of using the new excel.exe and support files which was sent to me. What I can share with you is that with all of the changes I have made to

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my system, for the most part works, but I do get some errors. After the changes, viewing a print pre-view doesn't corrupt the file, but now the actual print job sometimes corrupts the file. So as I have told all of my people, save before printing and don't save after printing. Save, print, close without saving, re-open and continue to work on the file. For a small fee (LOL) bring your PC with the problem here and I can fix as best I can.

For you folk having problems with 2007 excel. There is a fix, I can't remember where to find it though. Keep looking I know it is out there somewhere since I had to fix it in that version as well. In 2010 excel is a bit more difficult.
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http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=1003 Security Update for Microsoft Excel 2010 (KB2466146), 32-Bit Edition worked for me.

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Regards Andre Pearce Cape Town

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We having a similar problem with checkboxes. We have an Excel worksheet that has nearly 60 checkboxes. When we upgraded to Excel 2010 is when we noticed that it was no longer printing correctly. However, I've done some printing on different printers and noticed that it prints differently on a Lexmark than it does on an HP or a Xerox.

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On a Lexmark printer, the checkboxes stay in line with the cell and the sheet looks correct. On the HP 8150 and the Xerox WorkCentre, the checkbox and the corresponding text expand horizontally so that the checkbox is in the correct location, but the text that goes with the checkbox has moved to the right so much that it has moved out of the cell and is truncated by the next cell. I'm looking at the security update. maybe that will fix this. I'm hoping.

Alan Edwards
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The security patch didn't fix it. Actually when I tried to install the patch, it said that it was already installed.

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Security Update for Microsoft Excel 2010 (KB2466146) does not fix the problem. I installed Excel 2010 and applied this security update but the problem still exists. I also installed all other recommended updates to Office 2010 and to Excel and the problem persisted. The Cause: The problem is caused when selecting multiple tabs/sheets of a book and doing a Print, Print Preview or going to a File menu function which shows a print preview. I have also identified that the problem can be triggered with a single tab/sheet selected and if the active cell is not within the Print Area and you do one of the above (Print, Print Preview or File Menu). Having done one of the above if you then click on a drop down box, the image for the drop down box will appear to the left and up (not where it should be). The more you do one of the above, the further the image moves left and up. The drop down box appears in the correct place on the screen until you click on it. Good news: The fault can be remedied by going to the effected tab/sheet (selecting only a single tab/sheet), make sure the active cell is in the print area and then do a Print Preview, Print or File Menu again. This has the effect of resetting the image back to its correct location but this must be done before you do a save. As noted by previous contributors to this forum the problem is also fixed if you exit the book without doing a save. Remedy: So there are two remedys: 1) Select any effected tab/sheet (only one at a time), ensure the active cell is in the print area and do a print Preview, Print or File Menu action. 2) Exit the Book without doing a save The Bad News: As noted above, if you do not undertake a remedy before doing a save, the problem will become permanent and the drop down box will now appear on the screen in the new position, even before clicking on it. The only way to fix the problem at this stage is to manually move the drop down box back to where you want it. This is not acceptable for me and others that produce sheets to be used by non-power users. Summary: The problem is not fixed and is still caused by doing a Print, Print Preview or File menu when the active cell is not within the print area (selecting multiple tabs means that the active cell will not be within the print area on a number of sheets). Hope that helps someone.
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Hello, Like most of the above registrations I HAD the same problem I created my Excel and added checkbox, when I go the the print preview or print the excel, the text is close to or in the checkbox.

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I did 2 simple test and also a fix that was acceptable for me. Test1: - in the problem excel I created a new tab and on Cell B2 I created a new checkbox and changed the text. - next I went to the print preview and to my surprise there was NO PROBLEM with the checkbox text not in Preview and not when printed. The only difference that I could see is that on the tab that had the problem the text of the checkbox was smaller (scaled) Test2: - On my problem tab I when the print preview their is only 1 thing that adjusts the scale of the page (Fit sheet on one page) - For test I set this to (do not scale) and like I suspected my problem with the checkbox was gone. So most of you are thinking this guy is telling us to rebuild our excel from scratch and make sure we do not go outside the page lines. I am telling you that unless Microsoft fixes this scaling problem that I used the following solution. - I change my text size by 1 - I had 2 collums that where outside the page I counted the total point divided them with total the number of used collums an reduced all the collums with that amount of points - I did the same with the the number of lines. - I still had to make some adjustments to some cell but not too mutch. - I adjusted the Zoom to 120% so it would look the same for everyone that will use this Excel. For me this was acceptable I hope this helps someone else too.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 12:23 PM Reply | Quote | Mr White Wolf 5 Points

This worked for me. Thanks Mr White Wolf. I just resized one of the columns (I was able to reduce its size without a problem) and then the column that was off the page moved back on the page and the sheet prints fine now. Both the checkbox and the label print inside the cell.

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Thanks! Alan Edwards

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 4:04 PM Reply | Quote | Alan Edwards KAE 5 Points

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To resolve all of the known scenarios you want to install the April 2012 CU for Excel and add two registry keys. Without the registry keys the HotFixes will not work. The HotFix requires the registry keys MultiSheetPrint and LegacyAnchorResize to be added to

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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Excel\Options The following KB article documents the solution. 2598310 A button form control is displayed incorrectly in a workbook after you view the print preview of the workbook in Excel 2010 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2598310/EN-US Another key which you could test is MultiSheetLegacyPrint from prior similar HotFixes.
Friday, May 25, 2012 2:29 PM Reply | Quote | AKeeler Microsoft (MSFT) 30 Points

No, does not fix the problem. I installed the Hotfix and added the registry entries (MultiSheetLegacyPrint and LegacyAnchorResize) as described above but still have problems as follows.

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I am using Vista (SP2), Office 2010 (SP1) and Excel 14.0.6120.5000 SP1 MSO (14.0.6112.5000) I have a test spread sheet I use for testing this error. It has three sheets with a few drop down boxes, a list box and a spinner. After I install the Hotfix I observe the following: 1) On sheet 1 I have a List Box and two Drop Down boxes. After I do the print preview all three controls have almost disappeared (very small and opaque), but if I click on one of them, all three appear and work fine. They do not disappear again. This seems to be an improvement because at least after they reappear then are OK to use. 2) On sheet 2 I have just one Drop Down box. After print preview it displays all the issues described above and does not fix itself. So no change, no improvement. 3) On sheet 3 I have a spinner. This displays no problems. Happy to make my test spread sheet available to Microsoft if that helps. It consistently reproduces the problem.

Saturday, May 26, 2012 9:02 AM Reply | Quote | ExcelJunkie2 0 Points

I also have this problem. Can't wait for a genuine fix from Microsoft. I wonder what the root cause of the problem is?

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Tuesday, June 19, 2012 2:55 AM Reply | Quote | Excel 101 0 Points

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I too am having the same issue with Excel 2010. After Print Preview, the objects on one of my sheets are huge. Though their properties (scale, width, height) do not reflect that. I have spent a lot of time having to rework/work around issues that surfaced after upgrading to Excel 2010. :-(

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Tuesday, June 19, 2012 8:17 PM Reply | Quote | dvayder 0 Points

Well here is a good one..... We applied the MultiSheetPrint hotfix which did resolve the problem of:

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1. go to print preview 2. go back to tab with Activex Controls 3. Selecting a control caused it to shift on the page. BUT it causes a whole other issue: Now when we print preview and scale to fit columns to one page, everything resizes to fit EXCEPT the controls! We verified this by using PPreview on one machine with out the MSP hotfix where it scaled fine and then tried to preview after applying the fix. This was undenably the cause. To clarify - it only only causes the print preview and printed output to be 'messed' up but the actual working tab is not impacted. Now Print preview only works with .PDF as far as scaling all content correctly.

Thursday, June 21, 2012 1:23 PM Reply | Quote | eriknelke 0 Points

That happens to us too, and if you zoom in and then zoom back out, the sheet should look normal again. However its better than it corrupting the entire document we use. I tell the guys at the office, save before printing, close without saving and then re-open the

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document for revisions. I have been hoping that one of these updates would "fix" the problem. Its been a year and half that I brought this up to Microsloffft for resolution.
Thursday, June 21, 2012 1:53 PM Reply | Quote | F8alfun 0 Points

What seem to work for me is to group checkboxes together (in case you have at least two).
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This problem has been going on for about two full years now and there is still no legitamate fix??? What the hell is up with that? Does anyone know of to move the check boxes back to their original position? It is a very annoying process to do it manually when you have 100+ check boxes per tab....

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Wednesday, October 03, 2012 1:33 PM Reply | Quote | vwalsh10 0 Points

After 'ctrl'+click selecting and moving over 100 check boxes. again. and again. and then nudging them back into place, I thought I would check back here, obviously, this is not corrected, and I am making the gut wrenching decision to eliminate the boxes while maintaining the programming as best as possibe, and will now use text rather than the check boxes to drive my spreadsheets

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actions....this after just learning that the Icon set conditional formatting will now allow relative references and having to go back and reformat all the conditions to the full cell shading (which DOES allow relative references) I cannot help but ask the question..."Is it me? OR does it seem like 2010 should be renamed 1010....the Icon set conditional formatting and (to stay on topic), the check box controls are things that make Excel such a powerful application, and I am sad to say that we have decided, after spending over $1500 (a LOT for a small business) to upgrade to 2010, to go backward and begin removing suspect elements in the interest of simply having workable files. We cannot afford to spend any more time correcting balky check boxes, and we cannot rely on the files we are seeing now... We expect bugs and glitches, but for something this fundamental to the use of Excel over the years, this just makes me sad. That the problems occurred is forgivable ( we are not unrealistic), but the fact that it has remained a problem so soooo long, is quite frankly, an enormous disappointment.

Thursday, October 11, 2012 7:56 PM Reply | Quote | Jan and Sam 0 Points

There a trick to fix this by resizing the page. add below codes to your sub "Private Sub Workbook_Open()" or other opening/activation event for the sheets(change the size 85 to what ever size you want for your form)

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ActiveWindow.Zoom = 100 ActiveWindow.Zoom = 85 ActiveWindow.ScrollColumn = 1 This has fixed my problem and it's the easiest solution if you use macro to print, this need to be added into your coding(for each sheet) after each print as well
Tuesday, October 23, 2012 1:33 AM Reply | Quote | Batsxs 0 Points

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