Weird page issue...

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Hi all

First time posting here - I have a little issue; not a bad one, just
something I would like clarification on before it drives me batty!

I have a fairly long manuscript I'm writing, on 2 computers; I'm
transferring it from one to the other as I write it using various
methods, generall ZIP drive.

OK, here's where it gets weird.

On one computer, it's 598 pages (so far). 1" margins all round, double
spaced, courier non-proportional font, and so on.

On the other, with EXACTLY THE SAME SETTINGS, it's 652 pages.

What gives? Anyone help out there? It doesn't matter that much, but I'd
like to know how long the doc is going to be, and why it doesn't show
up with the same length, regardless of the settings!

Cheers

Callum
 
My GUESS is that the style is changing and the font is a different size,
perhaps a 12instead of a 10. You say the font is the same but is the size
of the font the same???? The Zoom setting might vary on these two computers
so the font size might look similar but it is not.
 
This is an extreme example, but if you have different printer drivers set as
the default on the two computers, you could see this much variation. See
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Formatting/TextReflow.htm. Also, if the
document contains TC or XE fields, you could see tremendous variation in
pagination if one system has Hidden text displayed and the other does not.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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Thanks for the replies. It's probably the printer thing, to be honest
There's no "special" formatting on the ducument - just reams of bod
text. I DID break the cardinal rule of had page breaks, though - it'
got to start each new chapter on a new page, so it has to use har
breaks.

Well, that looks like it, anyway. Thanks for the replies. It's not
MAJOR problem, but it was an annoying and mystifying one!

Cheers

Callu
 
Chapter openings are a valid reason for page (or section breaks). An easy
way to accomplish this is to format your Heading 1 style (or whatever style
you use for the chapter title or chapter number, whichever comes first) as
"Page break before."

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.
 
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