Microsoft KB Archive/177789

= WD98: Font Scale Property Not Available on Macintosh =

Article ID: 177789

Article Last Modified on 11/23/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q177789



SYMPTOMS
You may not be able to use the scale property for fonts in Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition.

Case 1
When you go to the Character Spacing tab (on the Format menu, click Font, and click the Character Spacing tab), the Scale box is missing.

NOTE: To see the Character Spacing tab, click Font on the Format menu.

Case 2
When you run a macro that contains the Scale property nothing happens. For example, the following macro will not produce any results when you run it in Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition: Sub Scale ' Scale the contents of the active document to 110% ActiveDocument.Content.Font.Scaling = 110 End Sub Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied. This includes, but is not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language that is being demonstrated and with the tools that are used to create and to debug procedures. Microsoft support engineers can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific requirements.

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CAUSE
This functionality is by design. The Scaling property has been disabled in Word 98 Macintosh Edition.



MORE INFORMATION
The Scaling property returns or sets the scaling percentage applied to the font. This property stretches or compresses text horizontally as a percentage of the current size (the scaling range is from 1 through 600).

NOTE: The Scaling property is available and works correctly in Microsoft Word 97 for Windows.

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