Spacing between words (not a justified or cntrl+shift+8 issue)

[pdevito3]

Hi,

I have a question about spacing… As simple as it may seem (and should be), this is giving me a lot of trouble. I am making a word document and some of the spacing between words is much bigger than it should be (almost like there were two spaces). Now, before you respond, know that I have already checked the following:

• cntrl+shift+8 for the "paragraph" function: there is only one space (dot) between my words with the extra space. For whatever reason, this particular dot has extra space after it though.
• my text is NOT justified, it is aligned left.
• I have attempted to move the ruler, and only made it worse.

Thanks in advance

[JimP]

Rather than taking a guess at it, it would be helpful if you could post a word file similar to the one you are having problems with so that I and other users can see your problem and more readily offer solutions.

[Evolta]

I have the same problem.
In the image I selected both spaces.

Text is aligned to the left

I noticed that it also happens with other fonts, so it's not caused by just 1 font.

[pdevito3]

@JimP. Here's an example

[Evolta]

post #12:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/foru...between-words/
Maybe try printing the document, does the problem still occur?
For me printing to PDF does solve the problem

monospaced fonts:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samples...aced_typefaces

[JimP]

The attachments are images (does not show MSWord chacteristics)...Need to see the Word File.

[pdevito3]

Changing to courier (monospaced) did fix it. Additionally,it looks fine in pdf.

Still not an ideal fix though, because I need to use calibri.

[Evolta]

If you need to work with Calibri then I assume all others will experience the same problem, so then I would not bother about it if I were you.

A solution I found;
One other thing that might have an effect is to go to Office button > Word Options > Advanced > Display and check the box for "Optimize character positioning for layout rather than readability". Then again, it might not do anything noticeable.

But I assume this must be set on word itself, so if you send the file to someone else he/she might see the spacing different.

@JimP what purpose would sending a file have?
just open yours and try out the examples, you should get the same

[pdevito3]

Thanks for the input everyone

[Stefan Blom]

If you are saying that this is a display issue only, selecting the "Optimize character positioning for layout rather than readability" at File tab | Options | Advanced (as suggested by Evolta) should work.

If the document also looks strange on printout, then something else is wrong, and sharing an example document would make troubleshooting easier.