Microsoft KB Archive/26643

Word: Tab Leaders and Underlined Tabs Appear as Dashed Lines

PSS ID Number: Q26643 Article last modified on 03-07-1997

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= SUMMARY =

Leader or underlined tabs in Microsoft Word for the Macintosh look correct on the screen and in Print Preview. However, the leader and underline tabs appear as dashed lines when you print.

= MORE INFORMATION =

A limitation of the font you are using and limitations of early versions of the LaserWriter driver cause this problem. If you use the LaserWriter driver version 6.0 (shipped separately from the Apple System Tools disks in a package called the Apple Color Disk), the problem is usually corrected. Typically, the underline character in the font is too narrow to span the width of the font size. To correct this problem, use the Fractional Widths option.

If you do not have the LaserWriter driver version 6.0, you can format the tab with the Helvetica font using the following procedure:


 * 1) Select a tab and change the font of the selected tab to Helvetica.
 * 2) With the tab still selected, from the Edit menu, choose Copy.
 * 3) Select all the text containing the tab leaders. From the Search menu, choose Change.
 * 4) In the Find What box, type “^t” (without the quotation marks).
 * 5) In the Change To box, type “^c” (without the quotation marks) to copy the contents of the Clipboard.
 * 6) Click the Change All button to complete the change.

Note: If the tab leaders are contained in only one area (such as the table of contents), highlight only that area, and click the Change Selection button in step 6.

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