Word output will not display using page layout

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Patt
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Word output will not display using page layout

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Does anyone know why my document will not display in Word when I use a page layout? If I output to PDF, it works perfectly but I need to output to Word so field teams can make changes if needed. It's only a 1 page reference sheet. When I try to output to Word, 43 pages appear and they are all blank. It looks like every paragraph is creating a new page. The styles I used are not set to start on a new page. Is this a known bug or is there some setting that I am missing?
wclass
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Re: Word output will not display using page layout

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One thing I'd check first:
In the Target, on the Advanced tab, there is a checkbox to "Disable Master Pages for MS Word Output" - you might need to check this. If it is clear then the system tries to generate output using master pages rather than page layouts. In an old version of Flare, you had to use master pages for Word but can now now use either.
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Patt
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Re: Word output will not display using page layout

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I wish it were that simple. I do have the Master Pages disabled for MS Word output but I still don't get anything but blank pages.
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Re: Word output will not display using page layout

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I have managed to get the content to show in the Word document but every line is on a new page. I've checked the styles and the "page break before" and "Page break after" are both set to Avoid.
carakelian
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Re: Word output will not display using page layout

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I had this same problem, and I think it is some sort of problem with the print layout file in Flare. I looked at the "Word overlay" and saw that somethings looked like they were outside of the page edges, but I could not see how to fix them, and the Flare documentation did not talk about how to fix Word overlay problems. Finally, the way I solved this was to go into the Word target file in Flare, and on the General tab, for Master Page Layout, I had to select the default, whose path was Resources/PageLayouts/Default. Once I did this, the pages were no longer blank in the Word file for the Print view.
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