Microsoft KB Archive/65085

Word Ruler Does Not Adjust for Smaller Font When Expanded

PSS ID Number: Q65085 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

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Word’s ruler will not contract to match a smaller font size when the Options “show line breaks:” field is set to Yes once the ruler has expanded to show the character spacing for a larger font size. To re-establish the correct ruler width after changing to a different font size, set Options “show line breaks:” to No, then reset Options “show line breaks:” to Yes. Pressing ALT+F7 twice will achieve the same result.

Word does not detect a change to a larger font in the interest of speed of operation. For Word to be able to detect the change in font and contract the ruler to properly display the corresponding size, it would have to continuously cycle through the document checking the font size of each character, which would significantly slow Word’s operation.

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