Baselines of fonts at the same height

[pnumminen]

Two adjacent cells contain text of different sizes. In Word 2003 and
2007, is there a way to vertically place the texts so that the
baselines of the fonts will be at exactly the same height?

Illustration:
http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/6968/cells.gif

The Wikipedia article about the baseline:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseline_(typography)

 

[DeanH]

Select the cells, Table Properties, Cell tab, Options button, ensure that
Bottom Vertical alignment is selected, then click the Options button, in the
Bottom margin box there should be a value, if it is blank then one of the
cells has a different value from the other(s). Correct this and all should be
well.
Hope this helps
DeanH

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Also, if it's a case of having several lines of text in each adjacent cell,
you can set the paragraph line spacing to an exact amount that will
accommodate the largest font size.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[pnumminen]

I see what you mean, but that doesn't seem to do the trick.

The settings and what they do: http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/4125/cells2..gif

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Part of the issue here is that all fonts have a certain amount of "leading"
built in, most of it above the line but some of it below. Also, the way line
spacing works can be affected by numerous Compatibility Options. It's worth
looking at those to see whether changing any of them will make a difference.
But I think you will find that if you set both cells to same Exact line
spacing, the problem will be greatly reduced.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

I see what you mean, but that doesn't seem to do the trick.

The settings and what they do:
http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/4125/cells2.gif

 

[Jean-Guy Marcil]

pnumminen was telling us:
pnumminen nous racontait que :

Two adjacent cells contain text of different sizes. In Word 2003 and
2007, is there a way to vertically place the texts so that the
baselines of the fonts will be at exactly the same height?

Illustration:
http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/6968/cells.gif

The Wikipedia article about the baseline:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseline_(typography)

I do not think that you can do that automatically.

Different fonts and different font size use a different space below the base
line for the space needed for "p", "q" , "j" etc.

You will have to play with the cell internal margins manually, or paragraph
space before/after, as I suspect you have been doing.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I find that they align properly for me if I set the alignment to Bottom and
use the same Exact line spacing for all cells.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Jean-Guy Marcil]

Suzanne S. Barnhill was telling us:
Suzanne S. Barnhill nous racontait que :

I find that they align properly for me if I set the alignment to
Bottom and use the same Exact line spacing for all cells.

Ah, yes, very good. I had not tried tweaking the Line Height

And, of course, you have to make sure that there is enough space for the
larger font descenders and ascenders to print without being cut off by using
an exact Line Height that matches the largest font being used.

Also, cell vertical alignment is irrelevant, as long as it is the same in
all adjacent cells.

So the key is the "Exact Line Height" setting ("At Least" won't work
either.)

There we go... another day goes by that teaches me something new about Word!

 

[pnumminen]

I find that they align properly for me if I set the alignment to Bottom and
use the same Exact line spacing for all cells.

Thanks. It worked when I changed the Line spacing option to "Exactly"
at some number big enough, Cell > Vertical alignment to Bottom, and
the bottom cell margin to something appropriate. It took all three
steps.