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Re: MS Word 4.0: How to switch off letterspacing?

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From: Doc O'Leary
Date: Fri, 17 May 1991 21:03
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In article <1991May17.145012.30882@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> 1k1mgm@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Christopher Gunn) writes:
>In article <SCHOETT.91May17200416@star.informatik.tu-muenchen.de>, schoett@informatik.tu-muenchen.de (Oliver Schoett) writes:
>> Letterspacing means to put extra space between the letters of words
>> when a line is justified.  I find that typographically unacceptable,
>> b e c a u s e   t h e   w o r d s   t e n d   t o   s t i c k   o u t
>> and would like to switch it off in MS Word 4.0.  How?
>
>I'd like to know how to turn this ON.  Does Word really do this?
>
>Christopher Gunn	Molecular Graphics and Modeling Lab
>SPAN--KUPHSX::GUNN	Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Malott Hall
>913-864-4428 or -4495	University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS  66045

Er, these thing are quite simple to do, taking only a mouse click (after the
appropriate paragraphs have been highlighted).  Of course, you'll have to
be using the ruler to make it this easy.  Oh, you say you don't know how to
use the ruler?  Too bad . . .

And now, since no one else has jumped up to say it:  RTFM!!!!

         ---------   Doc


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From: oleary@ux.acs.umn.edu (Doc O'Leary)
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Subject: Re: MS Word 4.0:  How to switch off letterspacing?
Summary: Maybe new users, maybe pirates.  I don't know.
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Date: 17 May 91 21:03:06 GMT
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