Font Display Issue

[Bill]

I am running Word 2007 from Office 2007 Pro Plus and XP Professional and have
just migrated from Office 2003 Pro.

I have the problem, as far as I can see only with 1 font - Arial Rounded MT
Bold, which I must say was not in the original fonts - I had to install it
after copying it from office 2003. I did install via control panel.

My problem is that when using the font with "bold" selected it extends
further horizontally across the page than it does in 2003 (I still have a
note book with 2003 loaded so I can compare), however when printing it is
correct - the "length" of the printed line is correct. I picked this up as I
had a heading in 2003, with a drawing at the end of the line - in 2007 the
drawing ended up "over" the end of the heading text. I am sorry the above
sounds confusing, I can't find any other way to expkain it!

I am able to replicate the problem in a new document and once again the
screen display line is longer than either the printed line or the same line
displayed in 2003. I have run a comparison with other fonts and this is the
only one which seems to have this problem, thus ruling out the possibility
that it is a screen display anomaly. The obvious answer is not to use the
font, but as I have a lot of existing training material I would rather not
convert to another font.

Hopefully someone can help,

Many thanks for all the time and dedication,

Bill

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Bill,

Arial Rounded MT Bold ((Arlrdbd.ttf) is included in MS Office 2007 as an optional installation font. It is v1.51 (same as with
earlier versions of Office).

With a document opened that uses that font if you use
Office Button=>Word Options=>Advanced (Alt, T, O, A)
and scroll down to 'Show Document Content' and select there the 'Font Substitution' choice does it show any fonts being substituted?

If you scroll down further there to 'Display' is the
'Optimize character positioning for layout rather than readability'
on or off?

Do you see the same spacing issue if you create a new document in .docx format with the same text and compare it?

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I am running Word 2007 from Office 2007 Pro Plus and XP Professional and have
just migrated from Office 2003 Pro.

I have the problem, as far as I can see only with 1 font - Arial Rounded MT
Bold, which I must say was not in the original fonts - I had to install it
after copying it from office 2003. I did install via control panel.

My problem is that when using the font with "bold" selected it extends
further horizontally across the page than it does in 2003 (I still have a
note book with 2003 loaded so I can compare), however when printing it is
correct - the "length" of the printed line is correct. I picked this up as I
had a heading in 2003, with a drawing at the end of the line - in 2007 the
drawing ended up "over" the end of the heading text. I am sorry the above
sounds confusing, I can't find any other way to expkain it!

I am able to replicate the problem in a new document and once again the
screen display line is longer than either the printed line or the same line
displayed in 2003. I have run a comparison with other fonts and this is the
only one which seems to have this problem, thus ruling out the possibility
that it is a screen display anomaly. The obvious answer is not to use the
font, but as I have a lot of existing training material I would rather not
convert to another font.

Hopefully someone can help,

Many thanks for all the time and dedication,

Bill>>
--

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

 

[Bill]

Hi Bob,

Firstly thanks for the trouble

You gave me the solution, while there was no substitution of fonts the
'Optimize character positioning for layout rather than readability' was off
(unticked). Once I ticked that block everything came right!

I did not load up the machine so it would appear that they did not load all
of the fonts, thus creating the need for me to import the font. What is the
best way to install the optional fonts?

Cheers and thanks again,

Bill

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Bill,

For fonts that ship with MS Office, selecting the Microsoft Office choice in Add/Remove Programs in the Windows control panel and
setting the options for additional fonts (and for MS Publisher, if available) will install fonts shipped with MS Office.

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Hi Bob,

Firstly thanks for the trouble

You gave me the solution, while there was no substitution of fonts the
'Optimize character positioning for layout rather than readability' was off
(unticked). Once I ticked that block everything came right!

I did not load up the machine so it would appear that they did not load all
of the fonts, thus creating the need for me to import the font. What is the
best way to install the optional fonts?

Cheers and thanks again,

Bill>>
--

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*