Lines look skinney, but print big and fat. "Gary Burton" <burton.garyNOSPAM[ at ]Comcast.net> 02.03.2006 02:20:56 I created a lot of lines across the page in my documents by inputing 3 or mor underscores, then hitting the enter key. These lines are acutally the bottom side of an outside border. They look perfect on the screen, and also when I do a print preview. When I actually print them, however, those lines come out about 4 points fatter than they apprear on the screen or in the preview. It also happens when I create a PDF file from theWord document. It is a very obvious difference, and I haven't been able to find a solution. Is there any way to prevent (or fix) this problem? -- Gary Burton

Re: Lines look skinney, but print big and fat. Word Heretic <myfullname[ at ]iinet.net.au> 07.03.2006 15:07:57 G'day "Gary Burton" <burton.garyNOSPAM[ at ]Comcast.net>, Stick the cursor on the paragraph that is underlined. Format > Paragraph > Borders :- the bottom border of this paragraph has been set to fat for your liking. Steve Hudson - Word Heretic steve from wordheretic.com (Email replies require payment) Without prejudice Gary Burton reckoned: [Quoted Text] > I created a lot of lines across the page in my documents by inputing 3 >or mor underscores, then hitting the enter key. These lines are acutally >the bottom side of an outside border. They look perfect on the screen, and >also when I do a print preview. When I actually print them, however, those >lines come out about 4 points fatter than they apprear on the screen or in >the preview. It also happens when I create a PDF file from theWord >document. It is a very obvious difference, and I haven't been able to find >a solution. Is there any way to prevent (or fix) this problem?

Re: Lines look skinney, but print big and fat. "Gary Burton" <burton.garyNOSPAM[ at ]Comcast.net> 12.03.2006 17:36:20 I was aware of how to make each individual line thinner, but I was hoping for a way to set it globally. I have hundreds of those fat lines. I am also very curious as to why the lines don't look fat on either the screen display or the print preview. Do you have any feedback on that? "Word Heretic" <myfullname[ at ]iinet.net.au> wrote in message news:qc8r02hpmmgtca4hu8c5t6g17g23dslphr[ at ]4ax.com... [Quoted Text] > G'day "Gary Burton" <burton.garyNOSPAM[ at ]Comcast.net>, > > Stick the cursor on the paragraph that is underlined. Format > > Paragraph > Borders :- the bottom border of this paragraph has been > set to fat for your liking. > > Steve Hudson - Word Heretic > > steve from wordheretic.com (Email replies require payment) > Without prejudice > > > Gary Burton reckoned: > >> I created a lot of lines across the page in my documents by inputing 3 >>or mor underscores, then hitting the enter key. These lines are acutally >>the bottom side of an outside border. They look perfect on the screen, >>and >>also when I do a print preview. When I actually print them, however, >>those >>lines come out about 4 points fatter than they apprear on the screen or in >>the preview. It also happens when I create a PDF file from theWord >>document. It is a very obvious difference, and I haven't been able to >>find >>a solution. Is there any way to prevent (or fix) this problem? >

Re: Lines look skinney, but print big and fat. "Robert M. Franz (RMF)" <robert.franz[ at ]mvps.org> 13.03.2006 20:55:45 Hi Gary Gary Burton wrote: [Quoted Text] > I was aware of how to make each individual line thinner, but I was > hoping for a way to set it globally. I have hundreds of those fat lines. Well, that would certainly have been good to mention. :-) You can certainly loop through a document with, i.e., VBA and change the width of such lines in one go. If you need help for that, one of the ..vba groups might be a good place to look for and maybe ask. > I am also very curious as to why the lines don't look fat on either the > screen display or the print preview. Do you have any feedback on that? Screen resolution and printer resolution differ greatly. On screen, you have something between 70-90 dpi, on a printer, you may have a lot more. Also, on paper you see (most usually) 100%, while on screen you may reasonably zoom a document between 50-200+%. Greetinx Robert -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word