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From: howell@unc.UUCP (William Howell)
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Subject: Microsoft Word - Justify Shortcoming (?)
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Date: Mon, 17-Jun-85 00:24:06 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 17 00:24:06 1985
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Problem with Microsoft Word (Version 1.1 and 1.15).
Right Justification Sloppy.

   Microsoft Word appears to be limited in its ability
to right justify.  It can only microspace between words
and is not capable of microspacing between letters. 
This naturally results in large gaps between words, 
unless you want to go to the trouble of hyphenating a
lot of words!  (I know that 2.0 has a hyphen program
to make it easier - but I for one don't care for 
hyphenating as many words as you generally have to in
order to smooth out the right edge.)
   Other, competitive programs, such as Wordstar can
handle microspacing between letters, but don't have the
power I need in other areas such as the ease of handling
columns.
   I'd be interested in hearing from anyone who has a 
solution to the limitation in Word, such as does 2.0 solve
the problem, or does use of proportional space print wheels 
solve the problem.  Does Microsoft plan on fixing this or
don't they see it as a limitation?   Does WordStar 2000
handle the problem?
   Also, are there any word processing programs that can 
handle microspacing and column work?
   Please respond by mail as I do not read this group
regularly.  Thanks.