Fine Tuning Text Justification

[PhilMaznyk]

Hi, is there a way in Publisher 2003 to tighten up the text a bit when I am
justifying entire paragraphs in a 2 column layout? The defaults tend to some
larger than desired word spaces. I do have hyphenation enabled. Thanks.

Phil.

 

[Charles W Davis]

Phil,

You can Select a row (the whole paragraph would defeat your purpose), choose
Character Spacing from the Format drop down menu. Shrink or stretch to suit
your needs. I hope your proofing is complete and accurate. Because once you
have one line as you wish, the next line becomes a challenge, and so on...

 

[PhilMaznyk]

Thanks Charles, I'm not sure we're both on the same page. If for example I
look at a 'justified text' paragraph in my column and I see that there are
some glaring gaps between words. I do not know what parameters Publisher
works on when it does it's justifying. I'd like to be able to say okay no
more than a 3 letter gap for example. Is this even possible?

Phil.

 

[Mary Sauer]

Turn on special characters ( ¶ ). You may have an extra return or tab that is
causing the gaps. Are there also gaps in words, like this: U n i t e d? Did you
originally create the text left aligned and then decide to justify? If this is
the case, create a new text box with two columns in the scratch area, copy your
original text, paste into the new box. Does it justify better now?

 

[PhilMaznyk]

Hi Mary, I think you've nailed it. The original text was left justified.
Could I not just remove all formatting and then format and justify? or would
you prefer the new text boxes as mentioned?

Phil.

 

[Mary Sauer]

Whatever you try to do Phil, will not take much time. Just see what will work
and go with it.

 

[PhilMaznyk]

Thanks Mary will do.

Whatever you try to do Phil, will not take much time. Just see what will work
and go with it.

--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
news://msnews.microsoft.com