WD: Word Compatibility Options DescribedLast reviewed: March 4, 1998Article ID: Q166016 |
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SUMMARYThis article describes the Compatibility Options that are available in Microsoft Word. NOTE: To change the Compatibility Options, click Options on the Tools menu, and then click the Compatibility tab.
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Font SubstitutionDisplays fonts used in the active document that are not available on your system by using fonts that are available on your system.
Recommended Options ForSelects the word-processing program you want to set options for. Selected options affect only the display of the document wile you work with it in Word. The document is not changed permanently.
OptionsSelects the options you want to appear in the active document. Selected options affect only the display of the document while you work with it in Word. The document is not changed permanently.
Available Option in version Option Description
Combine table borders 6.0 7.0 97 If a table contains two contiguous
like Word for cells whose border is formatted
the Macintosh 5.x differently, the left-most cell is
displayed with the border width of
the right-most cell.
Do full justification 97 To achieve full justification,
like WordPerfect 6.x WordPerfect compresses the spaces
for Windows between words while Word expands
them. This often results in different
line breaks and leads to different
page breaks. To implement the
WordPerfect justification method,
select "Do full justification like
WordPerfect 6.x for Windows" in the
Options list.
Don't add automatic tab 6.0 7.0 97 Ignores the automatic tab stop that
stop for hanging indent Word 6.0 uses when creating a hanging
indent.
Don't add extra space 6.0 7.0 97 Prevents Word from inserting
for raised/lowered additional space between lines to
characters accommodate raised or lowered
characters.
Don't add leading 7.0 97 Displays text without leading between
(extra space) between the lines. This is the same
rows of text functionality that exists in Word
versions 5.x for the Macintosh.
Don't add space for 7.0 97 Word doesn't add extra space for
underlines underlines.
Don't balance columns 6.0 7.0 97 Prevents Word from balancing
for continuous section columns at the end of a section or
starts document.
Don't balance Sbcs 7.0 97 Not used in U.S. English Word.
characters and Dbcs
characters
Don't blank the area 6.0 7.0 97 Prevents Word from obscuring any text
behind metafile or graphics surrounding an inserted
pictures metafile. Selecting this option
decreases editing speed.
Don't center "exact 97 Changes the vertical position of text
line height" lines between the top of the line space and
the bottom of the line space.
With the option off, any extra space
is split between the ascender and
descender. With the option on, all
the extra space goes to the
descender.
Don't convert 7.0 97 Not used in U.S. English Word.
backslash characters
into yen signs
Don't draw underline 7.0 97 Not used in U.S. English Word.on trailing spaces
Expand character 7.0 97 Justifies the line ending with
spaces on the line SHIFT+ENTER when the paragraph
ending SHIFT+RETURN is formatted as justified.
Expand/condense by 7.0 97 Rounds the measurement of the
whole number of points spacing for characters with
condensed or expanded spacing to
the nearest whole number.
Lines wrap like 97 Not used in U.S. English Word.
Word 6.0
Print body text before 7.0 97 Prints the main text layer before the
header/footer Header/Footer layer, which allows for
the process of PostScript codes in
the text layer the same way Word 5.x
for the Macintosh does. (This
functionality is the reverse of the
default order.)
Print colors as black 6.0 7.0 97 Prints all colors as black, instead
on noncolor printers of using grayscale (different shades
of gray) when you use a printer that
does not print color.
Set the width of a 97 WordPerfect calculates the width of a
space like WordPerfect space in a proportional font
5.x differently than Word does. In the
WordPerfect interface, this default
word spacing is named WordPerfect
Optimal. The Word 97 text converters
can use the WordPerfect formula for
spacing.
Show hard page or 6.0 7.0 97 If a frame contains a manual, or hard
column breaks in frames page break or column break, Word
displays it.
Substitute fonts based 7.0 97 Option used by the WordPerfect 6.x
on font size converter to make a font request
based on font size first, and if a
match is not found, to actually map
the font.
Suppress extra line 97 WordPerfect suppresses any extra line
spacing at bottom spacing from the last line on a page.
of page For example, if line spacing is set
to double, the final line on the page
does not show white space below it.
To implement the line-spacing
feature, select "Suppress extra line
spacing at bottom of page" in the
Options list.
Suppress extra line 6.0 7.0 97 Prevents Word from adding extra line
spacing at top of page spacing at the top of a page. If the
line spacing for the line at the top
of a page is set for more than single
spacing, Word ignores the extra
spacing so that the top margin will
not increase.
Suppress extra line 7.0 97 Prevents Word from adding extra line
spacing at the top of spacing at the top of a page. If the
page like Word 5.x line spacing for the line at the top
for the Mac of a page is set for more than single
line spacing, Word ignores the extra
spacing so that the top margin will
not increase.
Suppress extra line 7.0 97 This ensures that the layout of
spacing like WP 5.x converted WordPerfect documents
formatted with Automatic line height
closely matches that of the original
document.
Suppress space before 6.0 7.0 97 Word suppresses the space in a
after a hard page or paragraph formatted with the Space
column break Before option that follows a hard
page break or column break.
Swap left and right 6.0 7.0 97 If a paragraph has a left border
borders on odd facing (not a box) and the "Different
pages Odd/Even Headers" or "Mirror Margins"
check box is selected, Word prints
the border on the right on odd
numbered pages.
Treat \" as " " in 6.0 7.0 97 In a data source, converts a
mail merge data sources delimiter composed of a backslash and
quotation mark (\") to two quotation
marks (" "), so that Word can
recognize quotation marks.
Truncate font height 7.0 97 Word rounds the font size up or down
as in WordPerfect 6.x for Windows.
Use larger small caps 7.0 97 Applies small caps formatting in Word
like MacWord 5.x version 6.0 for the Macintosh the
same way as Word version 5.x for the
Macintosh, which produces slightly
larger smaller capital letters.
Use printer metrics 97 "Use printer metrics to lay out
to lay out document document," has also been added to the
(printer independent Options dialog box (Tools menu) under
doc layouts) Compatibility. In earlier versions of
Word, there were some problems
associated with repagination of
double-spaced documents and
footnotes. Page breaks might appear
at the wrong location or footnotes
may span several pages. This feature
resolves this. Word now uses its own
picture of the document that in this
situation is printer independent.
Use Word 6.x/95 Border 97 Word suppresses paragraph borders
Rules when paragraph is intersected by
frames or wrapped drawing objects.
Wrap Trailing Spaces 6.0 7.0 97 Automatically moves any spaces that
To Next Line trail into the margin after a word at
the end of a line to the beginning of
the next line.
DefaultSaves the compatibility options you selected as the new default in the active template. Word will display every new document based on the active template with the new compatibility options you select.
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