Microsoft KB Archive/59485

Correcting Line Spacing Offset by Superscripts and Subscripts PSS ID Number: Q59485 Article last modified on 07-14-1994

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WINDOWS

Summary:

In Microsoft Word for Windows, the baseline for line spacing is dependent on superscript and subscript characters. For this reason, when you superscript characters, Word appears to drop the current and subsequent lines down by the distance of the superscript; when you subscript characters, Word drops the subsequent lines down by the distance of the subscript (3 points by default). There is no simple method to correct for this problem; however, you can use the workarounds listed below.

This problem was corrected in Word version 6.0 for Windows.

More Information:

Word for Windows 2.0 and 2.0a
Applying superscript formatting does not have any line spacing effect on the paragraphs above or below the current paragraph. The superscript text may disappear from the current display, but it does print in the correct location.

Word for Windows 1.x
Format paragraphs containing superscript formatting with a line spacing measurement of -1. This maintains the line spacing throughout the paragraphs for all superscript formatting.

Word for Windows 2.x
Applying subscript formatting does not have any line spacing effect on the paragraphs above or below the current paragraph. The subscript text may disappear from the current display, but it does print in the correct location.

Word for Windows 1.x
To adjust the line spacing of subscript text, use the following steps:


 * 1) Insert a hard carriage return at the end of the line containing the subscript text and at the end of the line below the subscript text. This allows you to treat the first line of subscript text as a separate paragraph.
 * 2) Format the line (paragraph) containing the subscript text with a line spacing measurement equal to the point size minus the distance of the subscript formatting. For example, if your paragraph is formatted with a 12-point font and the first line contains 3-point subscript formatting, format the first line with a line spacing setting of - 9pt.

Some fonts display differently on screen than in printed output. For example, the Courier 12-point font sometimes displays a word on one line on the screen, but the word appears on the subsequent line when you print. In these cases, place the hard returns on the ends of the lines as they actually print, as opposed to how they display on screen.

Note: The workaround for subscript formatting produces incorrect line spacing if either of the hard carriage returns is missing.

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