Controlling space sizes of letters?

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Is it possible to have each letter and number occupy identical widths? IOW, i and W take up the same space. I am compiling columns
of numbers and it would handy if I could control this without bothering with tables, etc.
 
sdlfkj said:
Is it possible to have each letter and number occupy identical
widths? IOW, i and W take up the same space. I am compiling columns
of numbers and it would handy if I could control this without
bothering with tables, etc.
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That is purely a matter of which font you apply to the text. Most fonts are
"proportional", in which different letters have different widths. Only a
relative few are "nonproportional" or fixed-width. The most commonly
available nonproportional fonts are Courier New and Lucida Sans Typewriter.

However, in many nonproportional fonts the digits are all the same width so
that they will line up in columns, as long as you get the rightmost digits
to align. The tool to make that happen is the decimal tab. At the left end
of the horizontal ruler is a button with what looks like a bold L on it.
Click that button several times until you get an upside-down T with a dot.
Then click on the ruler at the position where the units digit should align.
Then press the Tab key and enter your number; hit Enter, hit Tab, enter the
next number; etc. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/SettingTabs.htm
for more info.
 
Is it possible to have each letter and number occupy identical
That is purely a matter of which font you apply to the text. Most
fonts are "proportional", in which different letters have different
widths. Only a relative few are "nonproportional" or fixed-width. The
most commonly available nonproportional fonts are Courier New and
Lucida Sans Typewriter.

However, in many nonproportional fonts the digits are all the same
width so that they will line up in columns, as long as you get the
rightmost digits to align. The tool to make that happen is the
decimal tab. At the left end of the horizontal ruler is a button with
what looks like a bold L on it. Click that button several times until
you get an upside-down T with a dot. Then click on the ruler at the
position where the units digit should align. Then press the Tab key
and enter your number; hit Enter, hit Tab, enter the next number;
etc. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/SettingTabs.htm for
more info.
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That's some good info. Thanks. Of course it would be nice to be able to click View, non-proportional with any font I'm
using.....but hey........that would be too easy.
 
sdlfkj said:
That's some good info. Thanks. Of course it would be nice to be
able to click View, non-proportional with any font I'm using.....but
hey........that would be too easy.
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You can *view* a nonproportional representation of text in any font by (a)
going to Tools > Options > View and checking the box for "Draft font" and
then (b) switching to Normal view if it isn't already chosen. However, it
still won't *print* that way.
 
Word is about printing, not viewing. The only way to change what you see is
to change what will print.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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sdlfkj said:
That's some good info. Thanks. Of course it would be nice to be able to
Click to expand...
click View, non-proportional with any font I'm
 
Is it possible to have each letter and number occupy identical
click View, non-proportional with any font I'm
Click to expand...
Word is about printing, not viewing. The only way to change what you
see is to change what will print.
Click to expand...

You always get to the point Suzanne. That's an excellent way of looking at it. As the printing is the end result that has to take
priority.
 
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