Printing Underline Formatting with Generic/Text Only Driver

ID: Q86285

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

SUMMARY

If you apply underline formatting to text in Microsoft Word for Windows and print the text using the Generic/Text Only printer driver included with Microsoft Windows operating system version 3.1, the underlined text will cause the line to be double spaced. In other words, an extra blank line will appear before the next line will print.

MORE INFORMATION

The above behavior results from using the Auto setting in the Line Spacing box. To work around this situation, use a fixed line spacing instead of Auto. To change the line spacing in the document, select the text, choose Paragraph from the Format menu, and use one of the following steps:

In version 6.0 of Word for Windows, select Exactly in the Line ..Spacing box. In the At Box, select 1.3 li for single spacing.
In version 2.x of Word for Windows, select Exactly in the Line Spacing box. In the At box, select the number of lines you want to use for spacing (for example, 1 li).
In version 1.x of Word for Windows, select the word "Auto" in the Line box, press BACKSPACE, then type to "-1 li" (without the quotation marks).

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem with the Generic/Text Only printer driver. We are researching this problem and will post new information here as it becomes available.

Note: The About box in the Generic/Text Only printer driver indicates version 3.1.

KBCategory: KBSubcategory: Additional query words: 1.0 1.10 1.10a 2.0 2.0a 2.0a-CD word6 winword 6.0 winword2 2.0b 3.10

Keywords          : kbprint
Version           : 1.x 2.x 6.0 6.0a 6.0c
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: February 5, 1998