NO ONE KNOWS WHY?... URGENT

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Yolande Choquette

We use at the office Word 97.

I sent a message to this newsgroup a while ago, I received two answers and
it did not resolve the problem.

I have more info now. When a secretary transfers a file to another
secretary in the office, the width of the columns is not the same. The
first secretary has let's say a widts of 5 and when the second secretary
opens the file, she cannot see the figures unless she widen the file.

As we have many files and many columns, it takes a long time.

How come Excel does not keep the same width from a computer to another? We
have looked everywhere, the two computers have the same driver, the same
resolution of the monitor, etc.

Does someone have an idea why and where we have to look to rectify this?
The width has to remain as it was originally as we transfer files from one
secretary to others.

Thanks for any help in this matter!


Yolande Choquette
 
Here are several ideas -

- Perhaps the same font does not exist on both computers. Make sure one of
the basic ones is in use, like Arial or Times New Roman. Other very likely
possibilities include Tahoma and Verdana.

- One user may have "Large Fonts" enabled within Windows, which might make
things look different. Check the display properties to see if they are the
same on both computers. On Windows XP, right-click the desktop, choose
Properties, select the "Appearance" tab, and look at what "Font Size" is set
to on the lower left side of the tab.

- The users may have different screen resolutions. While in the Properties
dialog above, check the "Settings" tab and see what the screen resolution is
set to. If they are different, this COULD account for the problem, although
I think it's very unlikely.

- As a solution, instead of having the user widen the column, try viewing
the spreadsheet at a larger zoom percentage, like 125%. This is an
inconvenient workaround, I know, but if it works, it might be worth
considering.
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HTH -

-Frank Isaacs
Dolphin Technology Corp.
http://vbapro.com
 
Some posters say that upgrading to SR2 helps. (word97 means you're using xl97,
too????) But others have said that it had no effect.

If you're not running xl97SR2, you may want to try it.
 
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