Spaces in Word 1

[jsgs]

When you justify a text, Word automatically adds spaces between words. Sometimes the number of spaces it adds is just too many and it is obvious when looking at the text. Is there any way to prevent this?

 

[strongm]

>Is there any way to prevent this?

Hyphenation is one way ... check it out in Word's Help

 

[jsgs]

Thanks for the fast reply strongm. I've tried this but I don't really fancy using hyphenation. Any other way?

 

[combo]

Well, do not justify, use smaller fonts, shorter words, paper in landscape orientation...
Actually, what would you like to get in such case?

combo

 

[SkipVought]

When you justify a text, Word automatically adds spaces between words

It ain't so!!!

Word addd WHITE SPACE, but does not add SPACES. Check it out with ctrl+*


Skip,
[sup]Don't let the Diatribe...
talk you to death![/sup][sub]
Just traded in my old subtlety...
for a NUANCE![/sub]

 

[strongm]

>Any other way?

Well, sort if. But it is a manual process and, IMHO, not very effective in Word - you can change the intercharacter spacing (Format/Font/Character Spacing)

This sort of level of control isn't really handled well by Word which, when it comes down to it (and despite Microsoft's attempts to position it as something more), is simply a word processor, not a page layout program. You'd need to move to the latter for the sort of fine control you seem to want.

 

[macropod]

Hi jsgs,

If you go to Tools|Options|Compatability and check the 'Do full justification like Wordperfect' option, you may get a better result.

Cheers

[MS MVP - Word]

 

[fumei]

like Wordperfect"

There is a knee-slapper.

Although, it is a good suggestion, and - some times - it really does make it a bit better.

But that is about the best you can do. As strongm points out, Word is not a layout application.

Gerry

 

[jsgs]

Hi! Thanks for all your inputs guys. I think I got a solution to my problem and that's the use of Non-Breaking Space. But I have to do that manually though but it helps.

strongm, I've started learning Quarkexpress but I am not yet at ease with it yet. Hopefully I'll be able to use it easily some day.

 

[BlueHorizon]

Hi,
Just a quick note: Sometimes the last line in a justified paragraph gets expanded across the entire line even if there are only a few words. A quick workaround: Add a tab after the last word.

Good day all!

Best,
Blue Horizon

 

[SkipVought]

Great tip Blue! ==> [purple]*[/purple]

Skip,
[sup]Don't let the Diatribe...
talk you to death![/sup][sub]
Just traded in my old subtlety...
for a NUANCE![/sub]

 

[macropod]

Hi Blue Horizon,

Sometimes the last line in a justified paragraph gets expanded across the entire line even if there are only a few words

Not so. This only happens on lines ending with a manual line break (Shift-Return). IMHO, a much better way of preventing justification on those lines is to go to Tools|Options|Compatability and check the 'Don't expand character spaces on the line ending Shift-Return' option. This approach ensures consistency throughout, without the risk that subsequent edits could leave a last line that's empty except for an orphaned tab character.

Cheers

[MS MVP - Word]

 

[jsgs]

I'm disillusioned. Non-Breaking Space doesn't work. Using it does reduce the space between the words but it tends to break the line ending words to make it fit. For example, if a line ends with the word "together", depending on the number of words in the line, it's going to break down to "togeth" on one line followed by "er" on the next line without any hyphen added.

I'm gonnas try the Tools|Options|Compatability as suggested by macropod and come back to you with feedback.

 

[macropod]

Hi jsgs,

Non-breaking spaces won't help much with justification issues; indeed they're liable to make the remaining gaps on the same line overly large.

Your hypenation problem can be addressed by increasing the size of the hypenation zone, or turning off auto hyphenation.

Cheers

[MS MVP - Word]