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From: ronaldp@cat46.cs.wisc.edu (Ronald Peterson)
Newsgroups: comp.fonts
Subject: Re: Changing Fonts in Microsoft Word
Summary: Set Tabs on the ruler
Message-ID: <1990Nov30.224716.26034@daffy.cs.wisc.edu>
Date: 30 Nov 90 22:47:16 GMT
References: <90328.221839SXS144@psuvm.psu.edu> <40137@ut-emx.uucp> <90330.115832SXS144@psuvm.psu.edu>
Sender: Ron Peterson
Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept
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In article <90330.115832SXS144@psuvm.psu.edu> SXS144@psuvm.psu.edu (subramanian sivaramakrishnan) writes:
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>
>In article <40137@ut-emx.uucp>, clouds@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Kathy Strong) says:
>
>>I suspect that subbu's problem comes from using spaces, rather than tabs,
>>to align tabular material. Use tabs. That's why it's called tabular, in
>>fact. Spaces will only print correctly if you're using a monospaced font
>>such as Monaco or Courier, and the VAST majority of fonts on the Mac are
>>proportionally spaced. Things may (or may not) look okay on screen with
>>prop. fonts, but they certainly won't print correctly if you use spaces
>>instead of tabs.
>
Subbu's response:
>
> I keyed this in (in Courier) :
>
>    Pricing               -    Mark-up, Competitive
>    Distribution          -    One-level, two-level
>
>
> Then, I changed the font to Helvetica, and this is what it looked like
> in the print-out :
>
>    Pricing               -    Mark-up, Competitive
>    Distribution     -    One-level, two-level
>
>
> Apparently, the problem is due to proportional spacing of the characters.
> FYI, in line 2 of the table, I used one tab between `Distribution' and
> the hyphen. In line 1, I had to use two tabs after `Pricing' to have the
> hyphen in line with that of line 2 (I sure sound confusing !). And then,
> when the font was changed, the formatting got messed up (By the way, this
> is MS Word on the IBM PC and not the MAC, if that makes any difference).
>
The tabs should be set in the ruler line, so only one tab would be needed to
get to the hyphen.  The hyphens would then be lined up.

Ron