Microsoft KB Archive/81227

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WinWord: Printing an Em Dash Using an Outline-Style Font
'Article ID: Q81227

Creation Date: 01-MAR-1992

Revision Date: 09-SEP-1996' The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Word for Windows versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1a, 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c

SYMPTOMS

If you print the em dash character with an outline-style font, Microsoft Word for Windows may print the character with a series of vertical lines dissecting the outlined em dash. If you print the same character in Microsoft Windows Write, it will print correctly.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Microsoft Word for Windows listed above. We are researching this problem and will post more information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Word for Windows prints the em dash as a series of overlapping dashes, rather than a single character. If you print the em dash using an outline-style font, the left and right edges of each overlapping dash be visible inside the printed dash and will print. This overlapping will not be visible if you use a solid font.

Steps to Reproduce Problem


 * 1) From the Control Panel in Windows, choose the Printers icon, and activate the HP LaserJet Series II printer (PCL / HP LaserJet). If you are using the Microsoft Windows operating system version 3.1, you can activate the universal printer driver for the HP LaserJet Series II version 1.1.
 * 2) Install the Hewlett-Packard AG soft font set using the printer driver's soft font installer. This font set includes the Helv Outline font in point sizes 14, 18, 24, 30, 36.
 * 3) In the Format Character dialog box of Word for Windows, select the Helv Outline font and an available font size.
 * 4) With NUM LOCK turned on, press ALT+Keypad 0150 to insert the em dash.
 * 5) From the File menu, choose Print, then choose the OK button.

If you activate the Hewlett-Packard Series III printer (HPPCL5A) in step 1 above, Word for Windows will print a solid em dash, rather than an outlined em dash. REFERENCES

&quot;Microsoft Windows User's Guide,&quot; version 3.0, pages 158-161, 168

&quot;Microsoft Word for Windows User's Guide,&quot; version 2.0, page 92
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KBCategory: kbprint

KBSubcategory: kbfont

Additional reference words: hollow broken 1.x 2.00 word6

winword 6.00 6.00a 6.00c winword2

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