Microsoft KB Archive/50488

= WD: Using Font Sizes Smaller Than 4 Points =

Article ID: 50488

Article Last Modified on 11/21/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 4.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 5.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 5.1 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q50488



SUMMARY
Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 3.0, 3.01, and 3.02, allow font sizes from 2 to 127 points. Word 4.0 allows font sizes from 4 to 127 points. Word 5.0 allows font sizes from 4 to 16,383. However, Word 4.0 and Word 5.0 do not allow 2-point and 3-point fonts. (An error occurs if you try to use a 2- or 3-point font in the Character dialog box.) Word versions 6.0 and later allow font sizes from 1 to 1,638 points.

Documents created in Word 3.x and opened into Word 4.0 and Word 5.0 will retain their font sizes, even if 2-point and 3-point sizes are used. These sizes can be used and will print correctly; however, they cannot be modified into fonts smaller than 4 points. For example, you cannot change a 2-point font to a 3-point font in Word 4.0 or Word 5.0.



MORE INFORMATION
Copying a piece of text in the point size (2 to 3 points), and then retyping the text allows the creation of the smaller fonts in Word 4.0 and Word 5.0.

To create font sizes that are smaller than 4 points, create the document (or piece of the document) in Word 3.x, 6.0, or 98, then import it into Word 4.0 or Word 5.0. You can create a default style from the text with 2- point or 3-point font sizes that can be used in new documents in Word 4.0 and Word 5.0; however, this is not recommended.

Additional query words: minimum maximum

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