Thanks, Colin. I'll post over there later on. The reason I posted here is,
it appears to be a change in Windows operations. I haven't updated Office,
only Windows XP. And the difference in operation appears to be after one of
the SP2 Automatic Updates. But maybe the answer lies elsewhere.
--
Dr. Mitchell R. White


"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

> There are many newsgroups devoted to Word. Try posting in
> microsoft.public.word.newusers and follow the advice there.
>
> --
> Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
> (Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)
> "Doc White" <DocWhite@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:66D926D1-D82B-4248-B952-D77FF863F61C@microsoft.com...
> > Hello! I have folders containing many, one-page Word documents. I like
> > to
> > print these in batches of 5-20 files at a time. I used to be able to
> > highlight a block of file names, right-click on the block, and order the
> > files to Print. Word would open up in a background fashion, the files
> > would
> > open sequentially and print, and then Word would close.
> >
> > Now I try that same thing, and nothing happens. Absolutely nothing! If I
> > watch in Windows Task Manager for activity, no new apps or services open
> > up,
> > and the machine remains mostly idle.
> >
> > I can still open the Word files, one at a time, and print them with no
> > problems. It's only the group- or batch-print thing that seems to have
> > become disabled somehow.
> >
> > Any ideas on how I can reactivate this nice feature of Windows? Thanks in
> > advance for your help.
> > --
> > Dr. Mitchell R. White
>
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