Spacing

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CaroleW

I have created a 15 page document on my computer. When I go to a different
computer in the office and pull this document up the spacing is all wacko!
All of the computers are sp3 if that matters. Shouldn't the document be the
same on all of the networked computers?
 
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Joseph Meehan

Most likely the default printer is different or the printer driver is
different.

I might also suggest that when spacing goes all wacko, it usually means
someone spaced thing out manually rather than using the proper tools.

For example don't use a return at an end of most lines, let Word do it.
You can change the length of the lines and usually get what you want easier.
Likewise use a page break if you want a new page, don't just hit enter to
get to the next page. That is why that key is call ENTER and not RETURN.
Your keyboard is not a typewriter. That was a big thing back when WYSIWYG
first came in years ago and every typist on the staff could not get it right
for months.

If you use the proper tools, usually then the spacing does not go wacky
for different printers or drivers.
 
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CaroleW

Thanks Joseph but I'm not trying to print the document just view it from
another computer. So the printer driver shouldn't come into play, right. If
I'm in another office and I want to add a paragraph to this particular
document it shows to wacko spacing. If I close it and open it on my computer
the spacing is correct. The document should be the same document regardless
of which computer I bring it up on.
 
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Jacinthe

It is entirely possible that you did the spacing as Joseph suggested, with
spaces and enters instead of tabs and page breaks. Right? In that case, if
you are opening the document on another computer (where the user may have
different "page preference" settings - i.e. size, margins, etc), it is
entirely possible that simply viewing the document would be your spacing
issue.

Have you tried correcting the document to the "correct" spacing settings and
then re-viewing it on the other computer? Or heck, just correct one
paragraph and see if it looks better. If not, then that isn't the problem.
 
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Joseph Meehan

CaroleW said:
Thanks Joseph but I'm not trying to print the document just view it from
another computer. So the printer driver shouldn't come into play, right.
Click to expand...

Wrong. Word needs to know things like what size paper you will be using
(A4 or Letter etc.) and what the printer capabilities are (like how close to
the edge of the paper and the top and bottom can the printer print. The
printer selected and driver are important.
 
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