Character spacing keeps adjusting itself Douglas Hulick 12/5/2008 3:15:01 AM I am trying to type a book manuscript in Word 2007. I want a ragged right margin, but Word keeps adjusting the spacing of the text as I type it so each line is even. This gives me uneven spacing on each line and a (mostly) smooth right margin. I have the left justifaction set, but it does not effect the character spacing. How do I turn this off?

Re: Character spacing keeps adjusting itself "Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell[ at ]msn.com> 12/5/2008 9:54:29 AM That's called Justification. Edit the paragraph style to Left Align. -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "Douglas Hulick" <dlh[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B39D1DAB-D29F-4445-B2D9-3C9F48A5786E[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I am trying to type a book manuscript in Word 2007. I want a ragged right > margin, but Word keeps adjusting the spacing of the text as I type it so > each > line is even. This gives me uneven spacing on each line and a (mostly) > smooth > right margin. I have the left justifaction set, but it does not effect the > character spacing. How do I turn this off?

Re: Character spacing keeps adjusting itself Douglas Hulick 12/5/2008 9:29:05 PM I understand what justification is. The paragraph is already set at left align (I am assuming you are talking the click-graphic box in the paragraph tab on the home tab), but the text still justifies. This is what is causing the problem. Doug "Terry Farrell" wrote: [Quoted Text] > That's called Justification. Edit the paragraph style to Left Align. > > -- > Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP > > "Douglas Hulick" <dlh[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:B39D1DAB-D29F-4445-B2D9-3C9F48A5786E[ at ]microsoft.com... > >I am trying to type a book manuscript in Word 2007. I want a ragged right > > margin, but Word keeps adjusting the spacing of the text as I type it so > > each > > line is even. This gives me uneven spacing on each line and a (mostly) > > smooth > > right margin. I have the left justifaction set, but it does not effect the > > character spacing. How do I turn this off? > >

Re: Character spacing keeps adjusting itself "Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell[ at ]msn.com> 12/5/2008 9:36:53 PM Did you change the STYLE so that paragraph formatting is set to left align? Terry "Douglas Hulick" <dlh[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7DF5C2E2-389C-4D9E-9C79-05F60CA70514[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I understand what justification is. The paragraph is already set at left > align (I am assuming you are talking the click-graphic box in the > paragraph > tab on the home tab), but the text still justifies. This is what is > causing > the problem. > > Doug > > "Terry Farrell" wrote: > >> That's called Justification. Edit the paragraph style to Left Align. >> >> -- >> Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP >> >> "Douglas Hulick" <dlh[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:B39D1DAB-D29F-4445-B2D9-3C9F48A5786E[ at ]microsoft.com... >> >I am trying to type a book manuscript in Word 2007. I want a ragged >> >right >> > margin, but Word keeps adjusting the spacing of the text as I type it >> > so >> > each >> > line is even. This gives me uneven spacing on each line and a (mostly) >> > smooth >> > right margin. I have the left justifaction set, but it does not effect >> > the >> > character spacing. How do I turn this off? >> >>

Re: Character spacing keeps adjusting itself Douglas Hulick 12/5/2008 10:38:01 PM I have even tried creating new styles. But yes, I made sure the Style also has a left default. Word still adjusts the spacing between the letters as I type. I just want standard, non-shifting spacing between chatacters. Sigh. Doug "Terry Farrell" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Did you change the STYLE so that paragraph formatting is set to left align? > > Terry

Re: Character spacing keeps adjusting itself "Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell[ at ]msn.com> 12/6/2008 10:16:45 AM This is bizarre. Even with full justification set, Word does not start adjusting the character spacing until the line is full when it will either expand slightly and move the last word to the next line or shrink slightly so that the word being typed fits the current line before wrapping if possible (only if the WordPerfect Justification option is set). I just don't see how the spacing will adjust as you type. My suspicion would be that the printer driver is at fault. Check with the support site for the printer and see if you have the latest printer driver. Terry "Douglas Hulick" <dlh[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E77FD2AE-6B64-4B2E-AC96-3657311A6D11[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I have even tried creating new styles. But yes, I made sure the Style also > has a left default. Word still adjusts the spacing between the letters as > I > type. I just want standard, non-shifting spacing between chatacters. Sigh. > > Doug > > "Terry Farrell" wrote: > >> Did you change the STYLE so that paragraph formatting is set to left >> align? >> >> Terry >

Re: Character spacing keeps adjusting itself "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> 12/6/2008 3:21:12 PM I recall a similar issue recently where a document in Courier New printed correctly but onscreen the characters were not aligned. The solution (Word 2007) was to change the setting at Office Button | Word Options | Advanced | Display: Optimize character positioning for layout rather than readability. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell[ at ]msn.com> wrote in message news:%23g%23a5u4VJHA.1244[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > This is bizarre. Even with full justification set, Word does not start > adjusting the character spacing until the line is full when it will either > expand slightly and move the last word to the next line or shrink slightly > so that the word being typed fits the current line before wrapping if > possible (only if the WordPerfect Justification option is set). I just > don't see how the spacing will adjust as you type. My suspicion would be > that the printer driver is at fault. Check with the support site for the > printer and see if you have the latest printer driver. > > Terry > > "Douglas Hulick" <dlh[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:E77FD2AE-6B64-4B2E-AC96-3657311A6D11[ at ]microsoft.com... >>I have even tried creating new styles. But yes, I made sure the Style also >> has a left default. Word still adjusts the spacing between the letters as >> I >> type. I just want standard, non-shifting spacing between chatacters. >> Sigh. >> >> Doug >> >> "Terry Farrell" wrote: >> >>> Did you change the STYLE so that paragraph formatting is set to left >>> align? >>> >>> Terry >> > >

Re: Character spacing keeps adjusting itself "Klaus Linke" <info[ at ]fotosatz-kaufmann.de> 12/11/2008 5:32:53 AM "Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell[ at ]msn.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > This is bizarre. Even with full justification set, Word does not start > adjusting the character spacing until the line is full when it will either > expand slightly and move the last word to the next line or shrink slightly > so that the word being typed fits the current line before wrapping if > possible (only if the WordPerfect Justification option is set). I just > don't see how the spacing will adjust as you type. My suspicion would be > that the printer driver is at fault. Check with the support site for the > printer and see if you have the latest printer driver. You get that behaviour in table cells, if the cell option to "fit text" is checked. But in that case, you see a blue line under the text if formatting marks are shown, so it's usually obvious. It certainly may make sense to look closely at the "Reveal formatting" pane (Shift+F1), to see if there's anything "funny". Klaus