Condensing changes the space between letters but does not alter their shape.
Scaling changes the shape to make them narrower or wider in relation to
their height.
Scaling reduces (or expands) the widths of all characters you apply it to.
Condensing leaves the character widths the same, but pushes the characters
closer together.
To see this for yourself, put two identical paragraphs in a document. Select
one paragraph and scale it to 80%. Select the other paragraph and condense
it by 1 pt. The difference should be obvious.
Scaling reduces (or expands) the widths of all characters you apply it to.
Condensing leaves the character widths the same, but pushes the characters
closer together.
To see this for yourself, put two identical paragraphs in a document. Select
one paragraph and scale it to 80%. Select the other paragraph and condense
it by 1 pt. The difference should be obvious.
Condensing changes the space between letters but does not alter their shape.
Scaling changes the shape to make them narrower or wider in relation to
their height.
I just installed Word 2007 and was surprised to discover that normal template
has 25% condensed character spacing. Does anyone know why? Should I assume
this is now the preferred appearance for published documents?
Easy to change... start a new document, click on the little arrow at the
bottom right corner of the Font group on the Home tab, click on the
Character Spacing tab, change what you want, click on Default, and click
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