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I have a document in 2 columns. When I want to add a graphic in the middle of
the page, I would like the text to wrap around it. It does, but on either side of the graphic the text is very uneven, and some of the words look like they are all justifying right instead of justifying. I have tried adjusting character to correct this, but that doesn't solve the problem. |
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Forgot to mention: Word 2002 on xp pro
"Vikki" wrote: I have a document in 2 columns. When I want to add a graphic in the middle of the page, I would like the text to wrap around it. It does, but on either side of the graphic the text is very uneven, and some of the words look like they are all justifying right instead of justifying. I have tried adjusting character to correct this, but that doesn't solve the problem. |
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On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:21:01 -0700, Vikki
wrote: Forgot to mention: Word 2002 on xp pro "Vikki" wrote: I have a document in 2 columns. When I want to add a graphic in the middle of the page, I would like the text to wrap around it. It does, but on either side of the graphic the text is very uneven, and some of the words look like they are all justifying right instead of justifying. I have tried adjusting character to correct this, but that doesn't solve the problem. If the text area on each side of the graphic is small -- say, 2 inches or less -- then Word is going to have a very hard time justifying text there. The problem is that Word doesn't change the spacing between letters, only the spacing between words, and in a narrow area there aren't usually enough spaces to allow adjustments that look good. Three things may help: - Make the graphic a little smaller, to see if the text spacing improves when there are more words and spaces around it to work with. - Use hyphenation, either automatic or manual. To turn on automatic hyphenation, click Tools Language Hyphenation and check the option in the dialog. For manual hyphenation, you can use the Manual button in that dialog, or you can edit the document directly and use Ctrl+hyphen to insert conditional hyphen characters where needed. - Go to Tools Options Compatibility and check the option for "Do full justification like WordPerfect 6.x for Windows". The difference is this: Without the option, Word only adds more space between words to fill out a short line. With the option, it will try slightly reducing the spaces between words to see if it can pull back the first word (or at least the first syllable, if automatic hyphenation is enabled); if that doesn't work, then it will add space. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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