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What causes random words in a document to be mashed together?
I can't replicate the problem here, but the word fee becomes fe, and the e is
kind of bold from being printed over. The word day gets so scrunched up that it becomes ady, with each letter overlapping the next (or prior). I have numerous documents like this, many of which have been brought forward through the years after being created in WordPerfect. Some of my old docs do this, and some don't. I've tried changing the font, but no luck there. |
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What causes random words in a document to be mashed together?
What happens if you open these files with a plain text editor like
NotePad? Ed On Mar 24, 2:52*pm, analretentiveauditor wrote: I can't replicate the problem here, but the word fee becomes fe, and the e is kind of bold from being printed over. *The word day gets so scrunched up that it becomes ady, with each letter overlapping the next (or prior). *I have numerous documents like this, many of which have been brought forward through the years after being created in WordPerfect. *Some of my old docs do this, and some don't. *I've tried changing the font, but no luck there. |
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What causes random words in a document to be mashed together?
I lose my table format, 5 columns and about 50 rows. I didn't try to print
it. BTW, I didn't mention it in my original post, but on my screen everything appears fine, but the problem only shows up when I print a doc. "Ed from AZ" wrote: What happens if you open these files with a plain text editor like NotePad? Ed On Mar 24, 2:52 pm, analretentiveauditor wrote: I can't replicate the problem here, but the word fee becomes fe, and the e is kind of bold from being printed over. The word day gets so scrunched up that it becomes ady, with each letter overlapping the next (or prior). I have numerous documents like this, many of which have been brought forward through the years after being created in WordPerfect. Some of my old docs do this, and some don't. I've tried changing the font, but no luck there. |
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What causes random words in a document to be mashed together?
Sorry for the delay in responding. I started to respond and got
sidetracked by a meeting. What does the Print Preview look like? If you zoom up in the Print Preview, is the text still distorted? If everything shows fine on your screen, but it prints badly, then I'm suspecting you have conflicts between old Word Perfect formatting, how Word sees this formatting, and your printer driver. Here's what I would try - but I would try everything on a ~copy~ of the document first. **Never** experiment with your only copy of a document! (Don't ask me how I learned this!!) Also, I'm working with Word 2003. These helps may vary depending on your version of Word. First, make sure you have the latest driver for your printer and your system. When you are sure of that, look at the Print Preview and do a test print. If it's good, you've won already! If not, continue. Next, open the offending doc and select all (CTRL+A), then on the menu select Format Styles and Formatting. In the Task Pane, select Clear Formatting. WARNING: if you have made any direct formatting changes, you will lose these too. But you are also hoping to lose the left-over WP formatting that Word doesn't know how to interpret correctly for your printer driver. If this is too painful, you might try copying the table and pasting it into Excel, then copying it from Excel and pasting it back into Word in a new document. Again, some formatting is probably going to be lost. As a last resort, you can open this in NotePad, select all, copy into a new Word doc, and use Table Convert Text To Table to get your table format back. None of this is without risk, and you'll almost assuredly have to re- do some formatting. This is all I have, though. I'm not one of the best experts to reply here by any means. You would do well to use the advanced Google Groups search to see if this problem has been previously addressed (rarely does anyone experience a brand-new problem with Word - it's an equal-opportunity aggrivator!!). And remember to work on a copy of your doc. Ed On Mar 25, 5:53*am, analretentiveauditor wrote: I lose my table format, 5 columns and about 50 rows. *I didn't try to print it. *BTW, I didn't mention it in my original post, but on my screen everything appears fine, but the problem only shows up when I print a doc. "Ed from AZ" wrote: What happens if you open these files with a plain text editor like NotePad? Ed On Mar 24, 2:52 pm, analretentiveauditor wrote: I can't replicate the problem here, but the word fee becomes fe, and the e is kind of bold from being printed over. *The word day gets so scrunched up that it becomes ady, with each letter overlapping the next (or prior). *I have numerous documents like this, many of which have been brought forward through the years after being created in WordPerfect. *Some of my old docs do this, and some don't. *I've tried changing the font, but no luck there.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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What causes random words in a document to be mashed together?
Thank you for the detailed advice. I will try it, and I will be sure to work
on a copy -- I'd love to hear that story! :-) "Ed from AZ" wrote: Sorry for the delay in responding. I started to respond and got sidetracked by a meeting. What does the Print Preview look like? If you zoom up in the Print Preview, is the text still distorted? If everything shows fine on your screen, but it prints badly, then I'm suspecting you have conflicts between old Word Perfect formatting, how Word sees this formatting, and your printer driver. Here's what I would try - but I would try everything on a ~copy~ of the document first. **Never** experiment with your only copy of a document! (Don't ask me how I learned this!!) Also, I'm working with Word 2003. These helps may vary depending on your version of Word. First, make sure you have the latest driver for your printer and your system. When you are sure of that, look at the Print Preview and do a test print. If it's good, you've won already! If not, continue. Next, open the offending doc and select all (CTRL+A), then on the menu select Format Styles and Formatting. In the Task Pane, select Clear Formatting. WARNING: if you have made any direct formatting changes, you will lose these too. But you are also hoping to lose the left-over WP formatting that Word doesn't know how to interpret correctly for your printer driver. If this is too painful, you might try copying the table and pasting it into Excel, then copying it from Excel and pasting it back into Word in a new document. Again, some formatting is probably going to be lost. As a last resort, you can open this in NotePad, select all, copy into a new Word doc, and use Table Convert Text To Table to get your table format back. None of this is without risk, and you'll almost assuredly have to re- do some formatting. This is all I have, though. I'm not one of the best experts to reply here by any means. You would do well to use the advanced Google Groups search to see if this problem has been previously addressed (rarely does anyone experience a brand-new problem with Word - it's an equal-opportunity aggrivator!!). And remember to work on a copy of your doc. Ed On Mar 25, 5:53 am, analretentiveauditor wrote: I lose my table format, 5 columns and about 50 rows. I didn't try to print it. BTW, I didn't mention it in my original post, but on my screen everything appears fine, but the problem only shows up when I print a doc. "Ed from AZ" wrote: What happens if you open these files with a plain text editor like NotePad? Ed On Mar 24, 2:52 pm, analretentiveauditor wrote: I can't replicate the problem here, but the word fee becomes fe, and the e is kind of bold from being printed over. The word day gets so scrunched up that it becomes ady, with each letter overlapping the next (or prior). I have numerous documents like this, many of which have been brought forward through the years after being created in WordPerfect. Some of my old docs do this, and some don't. I've tried changing the font, but no luck there.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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What causes random words in a document to be mashed together?
So here's an 85-page report with several tables that need numbers
updated from an Excel spreadsheet every week. I spend days writing a macro that will open the Excel file, copy the Excel table over into the Word doc, pull the right numbers in the right places, and then delete the added table. I hit RUN. The spreadsheet opens, the data is copied over, and the numbers fly to their places. The table is selected . . . WAIT!! The WHOLE REPORT is selected!! Too late. Delete. Save. Close. *sigh* Re-write 85-page report . . . . 8( How's your formatting problem working out? Cheers! Ed On Mar 26, 7:00*am, analretentiveauditor wrote: Thank you for the detailed advice. *I will try it, and I will be sure to work on a copy -- I'd love to hear that story! * *:-) "Ed from AZ" wrote: Sorry for the delay in responding. *I started to respond and got sidetracked by a meeting. What does the Print Preview look like? *If you zoom up in the Print Preview, is the text still distorted? If everything shows fine on your screen, but it prints badly, then I'm suspecting you have conflicts between old Word Perfect formatting, how Word sees this formatting, and your printer driver. *Here's what I would try - but I would try everything on a ~copy~ of the document first. ***Never** experiment with your only copy of a document! (Don't ask me how I learned this!!) Also, I'm working with Word 2003. *These helps may vary depending on your version of Word. First, make sure you have the latest driver for your printer and your system. *When you are sure of that, look at the Print Preview and do a test print. *If it's good, you've won already! *If not, continue. Next, open the offending doc and select all (CTRL+A), then on the menu select Format Styles and Formatting. *In the Task Pane, select Clear Formatting. *WARNING: *if you have made any direct formatting changes, you will lose these too. *But you are also hoping to lose the left-over WP formatting that Word doesn't know how to interpret correctly for your printer driver. If this is too painful, you might try copying the table and pasting it into Excel, then copying it from Excel and pasting it back into Word in a new document. *Again, some formatting is probably going to be lost. As a last resort, you can open this in NotePad, select all, copy into a new Word doc, and use Table Convert Text To Table to get your table format back. None of this is without risk, and you'll almost assuredly have to re- do some formatting. *This is all I have, though. I'm not one of the best experts to reply here by any means. *You would do well to use the advanced Google Groups search to see if this problem has been previously addressed (rarely does anyone experience a brand-new problem with *Word - it's an equal-opportunity aggrivator!!). *And remember to work on a copy of your doc. Ed On Mar 25, 5:53 am, analretentiveauditor wrote: I lose my table format, 5 columns and about 50 rows. *I didn't try to print it. *BTW, I didn't mention it in my original post, but on my screen everything appears fine, but the problem only shows up when I print a doc. "Ed from AZ" wrote: What happens if you open these files with a plain text editor like NotePad? Ed On Mar 24, 2:52 pm, analretentiveauditor wrote: I can't replicate the problem here, but the word fee becomes fe, and the e is kind of bold from being printed over. *The word day gets so scrunched up that it becomes ady, with each letter overlapping the next (or prior). *I have numerous documents like this, many of which have been brought forward through the years after being created in WordPerfect. *Some of my old docs do this, and some don't. *I've tried changing the font, but no luck there..- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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