Tables in Word (for Mac) document aren't accurate in pdf

[Chris]

I have Word documents that contain many tables - these are fairly
straightforward but do have some dotted lines and as well as solid
borders. I am able to print to pdf using my Mac Preview program and
the document is rendered accurately and appears beautifully when viewed
in Preview. However, when viewed in Adobe Reader, the table borders
and dotted lines are irregular in size and shape. The problem also
occurs when the pdf is created with Adobe Acrobat (v.7.0). In both
cases, the document prints fine and looks okay when magnified (300% or

 

[Jean-Guy Marcil]

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Chris nous racontait que :

I have Word documents that contain many tables - these are fairly
straightforward but do have some dotted lines and as well as solid
borders. I am able to print to pdf using my Mac Preview program and
the document is rendered accurately and appears beautifully when
viewed in Preview. However, when viewed in Adobe Reader, the table
borders and dotted lines are irregular in size and shape. The
problem also occurs when the pdf is created with Adobe Acrobat
(v.7.0). In both cases, the document prints fine and looks okay when
magnified (300% or >), but just look terrible when viewed page size on
screen. Adobe Support was not able to resolve the issue. Any
suggestions?

There isn't much you can do.
I have observed the same thing before and lived with this Adobe "problem".

Even if you manage to make it look good on your computer (by slightly
changing the border thickness for example) there is no guarantee that
someone else with a different screen resolution and lower/higher quality
hardware will see the same thing you do.

Since the print out is of good quality (and this has always been the
ultimate goal in my case), I have never bothered to look deeper, so there
maybe a solution, but I do not think so.

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Salut!
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Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP
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Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org

 

[Chris]

Thanks for your response! It helps at least to know there's not a
solution out there I'm not aware of.