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Word Font Display (was MS Word)

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From: banks
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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