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Mark Tangard
I use a lot of frames to tuck tables & diagrams & off the side
and wrap text around them when they're less than the full width
of a page. For years now, on unpredictable occasions, I get
the following behavior: The last line of the paragraph ABOVE
the paragraph in which the frame sits (and to which the frame
is anchored) is displayed with a blank, one-line-high gap above
it, separating it from the rest of its paragraph. To see what
I mean, look at http://www.speakeasy.org/~mtangard/zoom100.jpg.
See the gap between the 4th and 5th lines on the page.
This has happened before. I've resorted to elaborate and
unworthy cheats to get the page to behave. Today, while
growling in frustration and tapping keys a wee bit harder
than usual, I accidentally printed the page and discovered
that it PRINTS just FINE, no matter how mangled it looks on
screen.
A few more tests also yielded this: The screen only mangles
at zoom levels between 98% and 106%. The screenshot at the
link above is at 100%. See another screenshot of the same
page at 90%: http://www.speakeasy.org/~mtangard/zoom90.jpg.
The text appears accurately.
Even more curiously: Print Preview, which you'd think would
show you what'll print, ALSO doesn't show the page correctly
within roughly that same zoom range.
Why does this happen and how can I make it stop? True, I
could just assure myself that since it prints OK it isn't
a big issue. But since I need to eyeball the layout exactly,
this really doesn't work.
It can't be a video issue, because I've had this problem on
4 monitors on 3 PCs through 3 versions of Word (97-2002)
and in dozens of documents. Since I see no mention of it
on Google, so it must be something I'm doing wrong and not
specific to the current instance (which is Word 2000 SR1 on
both Win98 and WinXP).
Any clues much appreciated.
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and wrap text around them when they're less than the full width
of a page. For years now, on unpredictable occasions, I get
the following behavior: The last line of the paragraph ABOVE
the paragraph in which the frame sits (and to which the frame
is anchored) is displayed with a blank, one-line-high gap above
it, separating it from the rest of its paragraph. To see what
I mean, look at http://www.speakeasy.org/~mtangard/zoom100.jpg.
See the gap between the 4th and 5th lines on the page.
This has happened before. I've resorted to elaborate and
unworthy cheats to get the page to behave. Today, while
growling in frustration and tapping keys a wee bit harder
than usual, I accidentally printed the page and discovered
that it PRINTS just FINE, no matter how mangled it looks on
screen.
A few more tests also yielded this: The screen only mangles
at zoom levels between 98% and 106%. The screenshot at the
link above is at 100%. See another screenshot of the same
page at 90%: http://www.speakeasy.org/~mtangard/zoom90.jpg.
The text appears accurately.
Even more curiously: Print Preview, which you'd think would
show you what'll print, ALSO doesn't show the page correctly
within roughly that same zoom range.
Why does this happen and how can I make it stop? True, I
could just assure myself that since it prints OK it isn't
a big issue. But since I need to eyeball the layout exactly,
this really doesn't work.
It can't be a video issue, because I've had this problem on
4 monitors on 3 PCs through 3 versions of Word (97-2002)
and in dozens of documents. Since I see no mention of it
on Google, so it must be something I'm doing wrong and not
specific to the current instance (which is Word 2000 SR1 on
both Win98 and WinXP).
Any clues much appreciated.
Remove ZZZ to reply.