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Article #2833Word Font Display (was MS Word)
From: banks
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1992 08:41
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1992 08:41
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IN an article 'butscher@helios.physics.utoronto.ca (Adrian Butscher)' writes: >Is it me, or does MS Word 5.0 display fonts a little strangely? Let me be >specific. When I open a new document, I use Palatino as default font (this >problem happens with a lot of other fonts as well). Word seems to space >letters badly. The e will be too close to the a, leaving a big gap on the other side >of the e, for instance. When I view documents converted from MS Word 4, this >doesn't happen. Could someone out there reply to me about this problem - it's >pretty annoying? It is annoying! Go to the 'page setup' command in the 'edit' menu. If the check-box marked 'fractional widths' is checked, uncheck it (and, for good measure, check the 'use as a default' box, to stop it happening again). Your document should now look as nature/God/you intended it. Marcus Banks, Oxford
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!pipex!unipalm!uknet!comlab.ox.ac.uk!oxuniv!banks From: banks@vax.oxford.ac.uk Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Word Font Display (was MS Word) Message-ID: <1992Sep9.094149.8756@vax.oxford.ac.uk> Date: 9 Sep 92 08:41:48 GMT Organization: ISCA Lines: 17