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Comparing the MS Word normal style on two computers?
Subject:Comparing the MS Word normal style on two computers? From:Geoff Hart <ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 23 Apr 2004 18:01:28 -0400
Guy Haas exegetiously wondered: <<When my wife composes a Word document
on her (Win2K) laptop and sends it to me, and I open it on my (Win 98)
desktop system, there are significant layout differences. It could be
margins, leading, kerning, whatever, but pages she has carefully laid
out are all wonky on my system. Pages break where they should not.
Flows between columns break at different points, etc.>>
Odds are good that you've got a simple problem to solve: Word formats
type based on the printer driver that you've selected. Use a different
driver, and you get different results. So if you can both arrange to
use the same driver (usually downloadable), then selecting that as your
system printer should solve your problems.
Repeat after me: Word is not a page layout program, it's a word
processor with pretensions. <g> A mighty fine word processor, but just
a word processor. You can make Word do layout, but it fights you every
step of the way and bites your butt as soon as your back is turned.
--Geoff Hart ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca
(try geoffhart -at- mac -dot- com if you don't get a reply)
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