Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
variable width of space characters
I have several word documents that arbitrarily switch between 'normal' MT
width of spaces and a 'narrow' width. I've tried all the Font character spacing options, I hit the shift-f1 & the characters 'say' they are the same, but they are NOT... when I paste the text into notepad, the 'width' issue goes away, but when I paste it BACK into the word doc.... back it comes. I know that 'hand' spacing is not the preferred method, but these are captures of screen prints and they are what they are. |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
G'day mike laws mike ,
Read the back issues from www.editorium.com. There are numerous Options settings to change the Word justifies and lays out text. Steve Hudson - Word Heretic steve from wordheretic.com (Email replies require payment) Without prejudice mike laws mike reckoned: I have several word documents that arbitrarily switch between 'normal' MT width of spaces and a 'narrow' width. I've tried all the Font character spacing options, I hit the shift-f1 & the characters 'say' they are the same, but they are NOT... when I paste the text into notepad, the 'width' issue goes away, but when I paste it BACK into the word doc.... back it comes. I know that 'hand' spacing is not the preferred method, but these are captures of screen prints and they are what they are. |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
for all those who may run into this issue in the future...
I ran into the solution (by accident) it has to do with 'small caps' effect being selected in the 'fonts' menu for the text, and for some reason it arbitrarily deciding to go to small caps within the text (at wildly inconsistent times)... I'm not sure if it is a 'word' issue or an issue with the 'font'... somehow I think that there will be a whole bunch of either apathy or finger pointing as to where the problem lies, and whose responsability it is IMHO, it SHOULD NOT do this, a MT font, should be a MT font regardless of the 'specialness' of the font settings or the number of spaces in a line... but in this case, I'm just a user, and you know what they say about users... "never trust a user with your television overnight" "Word Heretic" wrote: G'day mike laws mike , Read the back issues from www.editorium.com. There are numerous Options settings to change the Word justifies and lays out text. Steve Hudson - Word Heretic steve from wordheretic.com (Email replies require payment) Without prejudice mike laws mike reckoned: I have several word documents that arbitrarily switch between 'normal' MT width of spaces and a 'narrow' width. I've tried all the Font character spacing options, I hit the shift-f1 & the characters 'say' they are the same, but they are NOT... when I paste the text into notepad, the 'width' issue goes away, but when I paste it BACK into the word doc.... back it comes. I know that 'hand' spacing is not the preferred method, but these are captures of screen prints and they are what they are. |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
Try selecting your text and pressing Ctrl-Q and Ctrl-Spacebar to remove
direct formatting. See if this helps. Sometimes it is hard to get the Shift-F1 report to be character specific. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "mike laws" mike wrote in message ... I have several word documents that arbitrarily switch between 'normal' MT width of spaces and a 'narrow' width. I've tried all the Font character spacing options, I hit the shift-f1 & the characters 'say' they are the same, but they are NOT... when I paste the text into notepad, the 'width' issue goes away, but when I paste it BACK into the word doc.... back it comes. I know that 'hand' spacing is not the preferred method, but these are captures of screen prints and they are what they are. |
Reply |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
doublestrike a space with 2 or more different characters | Microsoft Word Help | |||
International characters in mail merge | Mailmerge | |||
Replace Single Space with Double Space | New Users | |||
my space bar deletes characters . Why? How Can i get it to stop? | Page Layout | |||
Obtaining the Width of a _Table_ | Tables |