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Em dash and curly quotes displayed strangely
Excellent question! And one that I don't know the answer to, as it didn't
occur to me. I'll have to wait till the next time the problem occurs. Thanks. Ken "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... The question that begs an answer: does it print like that? -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "Ken" wrote in message ... Word 2007 I've just come upon an intermittent problem that is pretty perplexing--The spacing of the em dash and the curly quotes is strangely affected. Everywhere in the document that's being displayed, it's as if the character on either side of the dash or the quote is a half-space closer to the dash or quote than it should be. This results in the surrounding characters appearing to be superimposed in part over the dash or quote. For some reason, this happens only when the document is displayed in New Times Roman, 12 pt. If I change the font size, the display is normal. If I change the font style, the display is normal. If I view go to another computer on the network, and open the document that resides on the "affected" computer, it displays normally (which suggests it's nothing in the document file itself, but rather a display issue). This is, as I say, and intermittent problem--The next time I open the affected document, it may display properly. When I do notice the problem, any NEW document I create in NTR, 12 pt., displays the same whacky way. Right now, I work with only one particular document in New Times Roman, 12 pt., which for certain formatting requirements MUST be in that font and size, so changing it isn't an option. It's a lengthy work-in-progress, and I'm reluctant to do substantial work on it, just in case the problem doesn't continue to "fix itself." Any ideas? (I first thought of the possibility of a corrupt normal.docm file, but discarded that notion because as I say, if I view the self-same file from another network computer, it displays OK.) Many thanks! Ken Isaacson SILENT COUNSEL, a legal thriller www.KenIsaacson.com |
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