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Unable to print from office applications

Troubleshoot The Word Printing Failures

In case you are using Office 365 on Windows 10 and your office Word is constantly showing word failure. This article provides the solution in the form of steps to diagnose and resolve issues that occur when you cannot print a Microsoft Word for Office 365 document on Windows 10

Before initiating the troubleshoot ensure that your windows is updated.

Then follow the quick resolution options:

  • Try out the Test printing in varied documents

1.Open a new blank document.

  1. Type the following text: “=rand(10)”
  2. Tap Enter.
  3. Try reprint.
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Try to test other documents by printing.

Print errors in Word can be caused by damaged documents or by documents containing damaged graphic or damaged fonts can cause the same. Firstly test the ability of the Word program to print and then reinstall drivers or software.

These tests would tell if Word is able to print functionally or not. You would also be getting some clues about a few graphics or fonts that can’t be printed by Word. These tests may show the symptoms of certain fonts or graphics that your word cannot print.

You can find that your original document is damaged  in case you don’t receive any errors in the document of the test and still can’t print the original document.. This may not happen even when you try printing the same document on another computer. The reason for the same is that the  trait of the damaged file appearing on some computers may not be the case with other computers.

If you find that Word can’t print at all,or In case Word is showing issues in printing a certain graphic or a certain kind of font , you can switch to the next option.

  • Try out by Testing printing in a different programs:

  1. Try this for WordPad
  2. Open a new document in WordPad,and then type “test”
  3. Go to the “File” menu
  4. Click on “Print”
  5. Click on “OK” or you can find the “Print” to print the file.

 Test printing in other programs

The extent of the printing problem may speak about its cause. For example, some printing problems affect various or all Windows-based programs whereas some printing problems affect only Word.

The following tests can be helpful in determining whether the problem involves programs other than Word.

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