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Formatting issue
I have a question regarding formatting. A co-worker has created multiple
documents using Word 07, and she is using the Courier New font in size 14. The document looks great on her screen, however when the document prints out, there are quite often spacing issues in the printed copy. I have checked the spacing, the fonts to see if there is anything out of the ordinary. I double-checked to make sure Kerning was not selected. What else could you suggest to check or try?? Maybe it is a print setting .. who knows. Thanks so much, |
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Formatting issue
Nat,
I'm not for sure I understand what is causing your problem. But, your document wouldn't have justified paragraph formatting, would it? The Courier New font is a monospaced font. Every character in a monospaced font has the same width, including the space character (unless justified)! In the Courier New, the lowercase i has the same width as the uppercase M. If the paragraph formatting is set ragged, the space in the Courier New font should be the same width as every other character -- after all, that was how it was designed. The Courier New font is only a good choice if you need every character to line up with the characters in the next line. Because of that, it is a favored font for computer programmers. Word's VBA editor uses Courier New as their default font. And it is a good font anytime when one is laying out tabulated data. Aside from that, the Courier New font, in my opinion, is a poor choice for most other types of text. But if one does decide to use it, the text looks better if the right edge is set ragged rather than justified. But you're suggesting that the font looks fine on screen and that the problem is just when it is printed. I don't know what would cause that. If you have a ragged right edge, it shouldn't be a problem. Steven Craig Miller "Nat" wrote: I have a question regarding formatting. A co-worker has created multiple documents using Word 07, and she is using the Courier New font in size 14. The document looks great on her screen, however when the document prints out, there are quite often spacing issues in the printed copy. I have checked the spacing, the fonts to see if there is anything out of the ordinary. I double-checked to make sure Kerning was not selected. What else could you suggest to check or try?? Maybe it is a print setting .. who knows. Thanks so much, |
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