Microsoft KB Archive/31377

Tabs Not Lining Up After Changing CTP to NIL in Word

PSS ID Number: Q31377 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

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= SUMMARY =

If you change the Character Translation Pointer (CTP) in the printer driver’s Font Description Table to NIL, none of the characters of that font will be remapped to characters in a CTP. This change may cause problems with justification or alignment of columns in tables created with set tabs.

= MORE INFORMATION =

If the font in which you changed the CTP uses a Width Table to determine correct horizontal spacing for characters (this is usually the case with proportionally spaced fonts), you may find that justification becomes ragged and/or columns do not align with lines that contain formerly remapped characters. This problem occurs because the width of the character, as described in the Width Table, is that of the originally remapped character, not the one currently being sent.

If a character is one that was originally remapped, change the width definition for each character you want to use. You can determine which Width Table to change by looking at the WTPS record at the beginning of the Font Description Table.

Microsoft does not have a list of the correct widths for every character each printer can print; some trial and error may be necessary to determine the correct width value for the character. The printer documentation, however, may provide this width information.

More information on modifying a printer driver can be found in the “Printer Information for Microsoft Word” manual.

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