Greg's office has a mixture of machines, all running different versions of Word. Some are running Word 2000, some Word 2003, some Word 2007, and others Word 2010. The folks in the office frequently have to exchange documents for editing. Whenever Greg receives a document prepared with an older version of Word and opens it in Word 2010, the line spacing and even the font spacing are frequently different, so much so that the pagination can be completely different on the two versions. Greg is wondering what causes this and if there is a cure.
There are a lot of factors that go into determining how Word renders a document—so many that it is sometimes hard to pinpoint the cause for any given problem. There are a couple of things you can check out, however.
One possible cause is the printer drivers used on the different machines. Different printer drivers can render different fonts in subtly different ways, which can affect pagination over the course of a document. Check to make sure that the two machines have the same version of printer driver, and that they are both using the same printer driver.
Once the printer drivers are the same, you will need to make sure that both versions of Word use the printer driver to do their layout. In Word 2010, follow these steps:
Now, in the other machines in the office, display the compatibility options and make sure that they are set the same way you set them in Word 2010. (How you display and change the compatibility options depends on the version of Word you are using. In most versions through Word 2003 display the Compatibility tab of the Options dialog box. In Word 2007 display the Word Options dialog box and click Advanced at the left side. The compatibility options are at the bottom of those displayed on the screen.) Hopefully the printed versions on the two machines will now be much closer to identical.
If that still doesn't work, then you might try round-tripping the document through the RTF filter. Save the document in RTF format, then reload it from the RTF file. This may help to clear up any formatting idiosyncrasies that may have crept into the document.
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2017-10-26 17:30:12
Jim
Don't see this in Office 2016
2014-06-01 16:20:41
Rohn S
Here is the lowdown for some of the changes to Office 2013.
Short form, they dumbed it down to fit on a 7" "smart" phone. Thanks for nothing on my 27" monitor ... <sigh>
"Office 2013 has undergone a substantial shift to a relatively new display facility, Direct2D, and a new text facility, DirectWrite. These are the display facilities that are used on Windows Phone 8, the new Windows RT slates, and optionally on Windows 7 & 8. Up through Office 2010, the Windows Graphics Device Interface (GDI) and complex script support by Uniscribe were used."
full Story :
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/murrays/archive/2012/07/29/office-adopts-new-windows-display-technology.aspx
2012-11-01 15:46:35
Sankalp
Hi Allen,
Stuck with this problemn since 2 days. Any help appreciated.
We have an RTF template say A.rtf. The invoices for our client are generated
using this template.
I want to replace a line in that template with an image.
The last time somebody eidted the RTF was an year back, that guy left the
organisation.
Before that the same operation was performed on that templte 2.5 yr back.
That guy does not remember the exact procedure now.
He used Word 2003. I am using Word 2007.
I tried lot of ways to edit the RTf, but am unable to do so. I am able to edit the
file as such, but dont know why the code which further refers this RTF gives errors.
Ideally, if an replace the Text in this RTF at the exact same location, we are not
expecting any the further code to give errors.
I see this as some sort of RTF format or some other issue.
Deadline approching very fas
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