line height (or something similar) difference not shown?

[Keith G Hicks]

I have 2 documents that are supposed to be nearly identical (word 2003). The
first page has a logo at the top. If you click back and forth between the 2
docs, this logo has exactly the same size and position in each one. The
text line (same words in each one) immediately under it is Arial 26 Bold on
both documents (and same indentation, alignment, spacing, etc in the
paragraph settings AND same font settings - character spacing, no kerning,
etc.). As far as i can tell there are zero differences between these 2 lines
of text. But if you compare them back and forth so that the logo appears not
to move (so it's lined up in both doucments in the same position on the
monitor), the line of text in one is ever so slightly lower than in the
other. An entire page is like this so that each line is just a touch lower
than its counterpart and so the bottom line in one document ends up on the
next page where in the other doucment it's at the bottom of the page in
question. Iv'e been through every settign I can think of in an effort to
find a differenct but have not yet found one. Can anyone tell me why this
happens. I've seen it before but it wasn't critical. I need these to match
up.

Hope someone can help.

Keith

 

[Anne Troy]

Keith: If I could see the documents, I'm sure I could find the difference.
************
Anne Troy
www.OfficeArticles.com

 

[Keith G Hicks]

Thanks. I'd love to do that but they're confidential. I was just looking for
possible suggestions that might not be obvious.

Keith: If I could see the documents, I'm sure I could find the difference.
************
Anne Troy
www.OfficeArticles.com

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Try comparing Compatibility Options settings, as these can affect line
spacing.

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

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[Bob S]

If you print the two first pages on the same printer, are they the
same or different?

It is possible that you are seeing something that only matters on the
screen. Remember that when Windows puts font letters on the screen, it
will move them slightly so that they line up with the screen pixel
grid.


Something else you could try is selecting the line of text and
entering the following in the VBA immediate window:

? Selection.Information (wdVerticalPositionRelativeToPage)

then Enter

It should give you a number for vertical position. You could also try
it on the logo. There are several related properties, which VBA help
will try to avoid telling you about.

Bob S