WD2000: Error Message: This Is Not a Valid Print Range (224022)

ERROR MESSAGE

When you specify a page or a range of pages to print, the following error message may appear:

This is not a valid print range.

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THINGS TO TRY

The page range does not use the correct syntax.

To specify a page or a range of pages to print in a multiple-section document, you must supply both the page and section number of the range you want to print. In a multiple-section document that contains more than a single page 1, Word cannot determine which "page 1" to print unless you also supply a section number.

To print a range of pages across sections, use the following syntax in the Pages box within the Page range section of the Print dialog box:

p<page number>s<section number>-p<page number>s<section number>

To print more than one range of nonadjacent pages or nonadjacent sections, type the page and section numbers, separated by commas (,) in the Pages box:

p<page number>s<section number>-p<page number>s<section number>, p<page number>s<section number>-p<page number>s<section number>

For additional information about printing a range of pages, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

211636 WD2000: Printing a Range of Pages in a Multiple-Section Document