While I don't know the answer to that particular question, I think that we
CAN rule it out as being an MS Word issue as you suggest because it does not
happen in MS Word for either Suzanne, JoAnn, or the two different computers
on which I have tried it.
As a result, the only conclusion that I can draw is that it is something
peculiar to your setup - hardware or drivers.
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"Peter Olcott" wrote in message
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"JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message
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I've had issues with Publisher that didn't occur in other programs and
they were video driver issues. And before you say that you are talking
about Word,not Publisher, those two program do share certain "quirks".
I will ask again - did you look at the file on another computer? *IF* it
appears on that computer as well, then it could be a ligature.*IF* it
doesn't, they it could be a video driver issue. Sometimes you need to
rule out a setting on your computer before you go blaming the program.
How could it possibly be a video driver issue if notepad on the same
computer, and Non-italic in the same font on the same computer does not
have this problem?
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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
"Peter Olcott" wrote in message
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"JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message
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I'd still suggest updating your video drivers.
I am 100% certain that it is not a video driver issue. Notepad does not
do this MS Word does this. This proves that it is not a video driver
issue. I think that it might be a ligature issue. It occurs in Times New
Roman-Bold-Italic-24 Point. It does not occur in the Non-Italic form of
this same font.
Does this problem appear on other computers?
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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
"Peter Olcott" wrote in message
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It is not a display driver issue, it is an MS Word issue. When I do
the same thing in notepad, the characters are evenly spaced. I must
have an answer to this problem, it is not something that I can ignore.
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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If it's a display issue only, then it's probably a video driver issue
or an
issue with the display font. If it doesn't print that way, then I
would
consider it not worth worrying about.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Peter Olcott" wrote in message
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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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I'm not seeing that here, but possibly an AutoCorrect entry has
been set
up
to substitute an ff ligature for two f's. This character is not
present
in
It is working this way in a new blank document. I am referring to
the
on-screen
image, not the printed image. This difference can only be seen when
a
screen
capture is made and the pixels are examined.
most fonts (though some do contain the fi and fl ligatures), but
it is
available in "expert" fonts and possibly in OpenType fonts (though
not
necessarily accessible directly in Word's Symbol dialog. You might
try
asking this question in the microsoft.public.word.printingfonts
NG.
Note that two of the NGs you're posting to (.word and
.word.general)
have
been deprecated on the Microsoft server and so will not be
propagated to
some other news servers.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Peter Olcott" wrote in message
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Why is it when I type fff in Bold Italic 24 Point Times New Roman
that
the
first
two letters are closer together than the last two letters?
Thanks