Microsoft KB Archive/43131

Works: Uneven Columns in Spreadsheet with Proportional Font

PSS ID Number: Q43131 Article last modified on 10-16-1998

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If you print from a spreadsheet, database list, or report screen in Microsoft Works for MS-DOS with a proportionally spaced font, the columns are not aligned correctly when you print the file.

To correct this problem, select a fixed-width font. To change the font of a database report or spreadsheet, use the Format Font & Style command (in Works 2.0 or 3.0) or the Print Font command (in Works 1.0 and 1.05) to select a nonproportional font.

If you want to use a proportionally spaced font, you can copy the database or spreadsheet areas into a Word Processor document. To copy a database report or spreadsheet to the Word Processor module, use the following steps:


 * 1) From the View menu (in Works 2.0 or 3.0) or the Report menu (in Works 1.0 or 1.05), choose the appropriate report number. When the report is displayed, press ESC to return to the report definition screen.
 * 2) From the top of the report definition screen or the top of the spreadsheet, press CTRL+SHIFT+END to select the whole document.
 * 3) From the Edit menu, choose Copy.
 * 4) From the Window menu, select the Word Processor file. If a Word Processor file isn’t open, choose File Create New File (in Works 2.0 or 3.0) or New (in Works 1.0 or 1.05) to open a new one.
 * 5) Position the cursor where you want the information to be in the document and press ENTER. The percentage being transferred is then displayed in the lower-left corner of the screen.

The document should now print with the right margin correctly aligned.

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