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Started by henry
Wed, 20 Mar 1985 16:30
word and write
Author: henry
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1985 16:30
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1985 16:30
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From: Henry.Kautz
Have you noticed that neither MacWrite nor Word handle line spacing
correctly? Suppose you want to write a paper that is double spaced,
and will involve various fonts, subscripts, etc.
* In Macwrite, the "doubled" space between lines in based on the
TALLEST character anywhere in the line. This means that if, for
example, there is a subscripted character in the line, the following
line is forced down lower, EVEN IF the subscript WAS NOT in the way of
the following line, because you were double-spacing! This means that
text containing subscripts and superscripts looks like hell, because
the spacing between lines fluctuates.
* WORD is actually worse! In AUTO mode, which handles different size
fonts, and adjusts for subscripts, double-spacing is not possible! The
only alternative is manually setting the line spacing at double or
triple spacing. But that double or triple spacing is set, once and for
all, for a 12-point font! So if you use different size fonts, again
you can run into problems with the tops of characters being chopped off
and overwritten!
What should happen is that you set single or double or triple spacing,
which is automatically adjusted for the current font size. Using super
or subscripts (or multiple levels of these) increases the distance
between lines ONLY IF there would otherwise be overwriting between
lines. Come'on, somebody, lets get it right!
---- Henry Kautz
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:phone: (716) 275-5766
Re: word and write
Author: Brian Diehm
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1985 18:26
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1985 18:26
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> Have you noticed that neither MacWrite nor Word handle line spacing
> correctly?
MacWrite 3.8 and later have a switch in the ruler allowing you to specify
6 lines/inch. This at least partially addresses your needs, but can truncate
the tops of characters too tall to fit.
-Brian Diehm
Tektronix, Inc. (*** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR DISCLAIMER ***)
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