Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!samsung!crackers!m2c!risky.ecs.umass.edu!umaecs!pwilliams From: pwilliams@ecs.umass.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Mathematical & scientific characters. Message-ID: <13619.282aa430@ecs.umass.edu> Date: 10 May 91 13:46:24 GMT References: <19851@slice.ooc.uva.nl> Lines: 29 In article , gregoret@celeste.mmwb.ucsf.edu (Lydia M. Gregoret) writes: > morgan@ooc.uva.nl (Chris Morgan/RIKS) writes: > >>I'm currently doing battle with one of the UNIX buffs here who insists >>that he can produce higher quality output for his technical journal >>papers using his UNIX box and TROFF/NROFF etc,. than with my Macs. > > There is a solution to the funky (uneven) line spacing that one gets > when mixing, say, Times and Symbol fonts in MS Word, or by having > subscripts and superscripts. > > The solution is to select "-12" for line spacing in the Paragraph > dialog box (Format menu) instead of "Auto" (if you are working in 12 > pt. font size and want single spacing.) Any negative number forces > even spacing of lines to that width. This is documented in the manual > under "Line Spacing". > > Lydia Gregoret > gregoret@cgl.ucsf.edu This works except when you have a fraction or integral, or something else that would normally be higher than regular words or symbols. Using -24 for double for an equation can cut off part of the upper and lower limits. I'm an avid tex fan, I do stuff in word, but only when I'm told I have to. Pam