Word 2007 - Spacing and Kerning (changing from 1 font to another)

[John9999]

Is there any way to adjust the character spacing of either Arial or Times New
Roman font such that they are the same width at Courier New font?

Someone sent me a bunch of data tables created using Courier New font and
used a varying number of spaces to separate items rather than using columns
or even tabs. It would be quire expensive to reprogram the tables.
(Converting the tables to text, then using find and replace to change from
space to tabs, then converting back to tables does not seem realistic in this
particular case.)

I need to use either Arial or Times New Roman font per the end user.

So, I was hoping there might be a way to adjust the character spacing using
the Percent Scale, Spacing, Kerning, or some combination of those settings.

Thank you,
John

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

It sounds to me as if the tables already *are* text. It is not that
difficult to search for multiple spaces and replace with tabs, then convert
the text to a table. In any case, there is no way to do what you ask.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[John9999]

Thank you. It is helpful to know what is not possible.

My first thought was that these were just text. But, they actually are
tables with normal rows, and then for some inexplicable reason, spaces were
used instead of columns.

~ John

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Very odd indeed. In that case I think I'd get rid of all the extra spaces
(substituting tabs), then convert the table to text and back.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[John9999]

Hi Suzanne,

Thank you for the helpful suggestion. I tried that and it worked.

Best Regards,
John