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Karl Rothenberg
Operating environment:
Windows XP and Windows Vista
Using Microsoft Word 2007
This describes a situation where the inclusion of a windows Meta file (WMF)
causes any following text baseline to shift downward. (In this case, to
create the WMF I’m using Design Science’s MathType 6.0a) The problem
manifests itself after the document has been saved and reopened. Clearly the
cursor is using the bottom edge of the WMF bounding box as a reference point
for the baseline following it. Since it’s entirely possible for a WMF to
occupy more vertical space than the typical line height, this is not
acceptable.
To reproduce the problem:
1. Launch Word 2007 and type some text.
2. Insert any WMF (MathType or other) at the end of the text line.
3. Save and close the document. Then reopen it.
4. Place the cursor to the right of the WMF and begin typing.
Note the baseline is now aligned with the WMF bottom boarder of the bounding
box and more importantly, is now out of line with the text that precedes the
WMF
Additional information to consider:
- This problem does not occur with versions of Word earlier than 2007
- This problem does not occur if the document was saved from 2007 to a
pre-2007 format
- This problem occurs with the inclusion of WMFs regardless of origin (Not
just MathType)
I’m not looking for a quick fix per se; rather I’d like to know what changed
in 2007 to cause this? Was it a design decision or is this a bug in Word? Has
anyone else experienced this same problem and reported it? What was the
response?
Windows XP and Windows Vista
Using Microsoft Word 2007
This describes a situation where the inclusion of a windows Meta file (WMF)
causes any following text baseline to shift downward. (In this case, to
create the WMF I’m using Design Science’s MathType 6.0a) The problem
manifests itself after the document has been saved and reopened. Clearly the
cursor is using the bottom edge of the WMF bounding box as a reference point
for the baseline following it. Since it’s entirely possible for a WMF to
occupy more vertical space than the typical line height, this is not
acceptable.
To reproduce the problem:
1. Launch Word 2007 and type some text.
2. Insert any WMF (MathType or other) at the end of the text line.
3. Save and close the document. Then reopen it.
4. Place the cursor to the right of the WMF and begin typing.
Note the baseline is now aligned with the WMF bottom boarder of the bounding
box and more importantly, is now out of line with the text that precedes the
WMF
Additional information to consider:
- This problem does not occur with versions of Word earlier than 2007
- This problem does not occur if the document was saved from 2007 to a
pre-2007 format
- This problem occurs with the inclusion of WMFs regardless of origin (Not
just MathType)
I’m not looking for a quick fix per se; rather I’d like to know what changed
in 2007 to cause this? Was it a design decision or is this a bug in Word? Has
anyone else experienced this same problem and reported it? What was the
response?