Arial Font not fixed pitch on display zoom <79%

[Guest]

In Excel 2000, if you use Arial font with a size of 10 pitch, with a View
Zoom factor of 79% or below it is displayed as a proportional font. i.e. the
number 1 uses less space than the number 8. If you use a zoom factor of
greater than 80% it displays as a fixed pitch font. Is there any way to make
the font display permanently as fixed pitch, regardless of zoom factor?

 

[Dave Peterson]

Arial is always proportional--maybe you meant courier new???

Maybe this post by Debra Dalgleish will help:

You can change a registry setting to prevent this from happening (make a
backup copy of the registry first):

1. From the Start button, choose Run
2. Type regedit then click OK
3. Click the + sign to the left of HKEY_CURRENT_USER
4. Open Software, Microsoft, Office, 9.0, Excel, Options
5. Choose Edit>New>DWORD Value
6. Type the name for the DWORD: FontSub
7. Press Enter to complete the renaming
8. Choose Edit>Modify
9. Type 0 as the value, select Decimal, and click OK
10. Close the Registry Editor

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That 9.0 will vary with your version of excel.

 

[Guest]

The fix suggested had no effect. The Font is definitely Arial and it does
display as a fixed pitch on Zoom >80%

Thanks.

 

[Dave Peterson]

I've never seen Arial show up as fixed width at 100%.

So I don't have another guess.

That fix worked for me in xl97, xl2k, xl2002 and xl2003, though.