Random spaces between letters on some lines

[alacrity]

When I type a document and make it full-justified, I am
getting random spaces between letters on some lines. It
looks fine on the screen, but when I print it out, instead
of adding a little space between words to make the line
the same length as the others, extra space has been added
between the letters of some of the words! There is nothing
different in set-up for the character spacing or paragraph
formatting. The only way I seem to be able to get around
it is to make that one sentence a separate section and
make it left-justified. On a long document, this is a
royal pain! This has only started happening recently --
and only seems to happen to me. The same document looks
and prints fine on all my co-workers' computers.

 

[alacrity]

Yes, I've tried the hyphenation feature and it doesn't
make any difference. Further things I've noted since my
first posting: this ONLY happens in Times New Roman, this
has only been happening the last few weeks, and it IS
happening organization-wide - not just on my machine. And
it's random lines.

 

[Margaret Aldis]

Hi alacrity

A long shot, but have you checked the compatibility options for the
document? There are a couple that relate to justification and character
spacing. Using printer metrics might also have an effect.

But if it looks OK on the screen, maybe it's a printer driver (or printer
inbuilt font) problem?

 

[alacrity]

Margaret,

Brilliant! I think it IS a printer driver. I printed out
one of the "problem pages" from another, different model
printer in our building, and it looked fine. The other
person I know here who IS having the problem has the same
printer we do. So I guess I need to download the latest
driver, right?

Thanks, Alacrity