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"Hanging letters" cut off in table
Using Word 2003. I have very limited space in a Word table, where the rows
must be 0.09 in height, and the font must be Ariel 7. The hanging portion of lower-case letters, such as g, j, and y, are being cut off at the bottom. I've tried "raising" the font, aligning the cell to the top, even using superscript with a larger font size. I still cannot get the lettering to press right up against the top of the cell, even though I've set the top of the cell's margin to 0. I try increasing the bottom margin in the cell but it still won't budge. Is there some way to vertically justify text in a table cell so those hanging letters won't get cut off? Auto-fit contents doesn't help. The physical space in the cell seems to allow for more than enough room, but Word insists on maintaining some sort of gap between the top of the letters and the top of the cell... |
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"Hanging letters" cut off in table
If 0.09 is inches, then this row height is simply not enough for 7-pt Arial.
One thing you can do that will help slightly is to set the paragraph line spacing to 7 points. But descenders will still be cut off. You can use 6-point Arial with 6-point line spacing and recover the descenders, but this is pretty much an insane requirement, as the text is going to be too small to read. Unless you're in the insurance industry or the legal field, why the fine print? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "John F.H." John wrote in message ... Using Word 2003. I have very limited space in a Word table, where the rows must be 0.09 in height, and the font must be Ariel 7. The hanging portion of lower-case letters, such as g, j, and y, are being cut off at the bottom. I've tried "raising" the font, aligning the cell to the top, even using superscript with a larger font size. I still cannot get the lettering to press right up against the top of the cell, even though I've set the top of the cell's margin to 0. I try increasing the bottom margin in the cell but it still won't budge. Is there some way to vertically justify text in a table cell so those hanging letters won't get cut off? Auto-fit contents doesn't help. The physical space in the cell seems to allow for more than enough room, but Word insists on maintaining some sort of gap between the top of the letters and the top of the cell... |
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"Hanging letters" cut off in table
Thanks, Suzanne! Your post put me on the right track. I switched to 6.5 font
(can't go any lower) with 6.5 line-spacing, and the descenders look much better. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If 0.09 is inches, then this row height is simply not enough for 7-pt Arial. One thing you can do that will help slightly is to set the paragraph line spacing to 7 points. But descenders will still be cut off. You can use 6-point Arial with 6-point line spacing and recover the descenders, but this is pretty much an insane requirement, as the text is going to be too small to read. Unless you're in the insurance industry or the legal field, why the fine print? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "John F.H." John wrote in message ... Using Word 2003. I have very limited space in a Word table, where the rows must be 0.09 in height, and the font must be Ariel 7. The hanging portion of lower-case letters, such as g, j, and y, are being cut off at the bottom. I've tried "raising" the font, aligning the cell to the top, even using superscript with a larger font size. I still cannot get the lettering to press right up against the top of the cell, even though I've set the top of the cell's margin to 0. I try increasing the bottom margin in the cell but it still won't budge. Is there some way to vertically justify text in a table cell so those hanging letters won't get cut off? Auto-fit contents doesn't help. The physical space in the cell seems to allow for more than enough room, but Word insists on maintaining some sort of gap between the top of the letters and the top of the cell... . |
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"Hanging letters" cut off in table
"Can't go any lower" as in, "am not permitted to"? You certainly *can*: Word
can format text from 1 point to 1,638 points, in half-point increments. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "John F.H." wrote in message ... Thanks, Suzanne! Your post put me on the right track. I switched to 6.5 font (can't go any lower) with 6.5 line-spacing, and the descenders look much better. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If 0.09 is inches, then this row height is simply not enough for 7-pt Arial. One thing you can do that will help slightly is to set the paragraph line spacing to 7 points. But descenders will still be cut off. You can use 6-point Arial with 6-point line spacing and recover the descenders, but this is pretty much an insane requirement, as the text is going to be too small to read. Unless you're in the insurance industry or the legal field, why the fine print? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "John F.H." John wrote in message ... Using Word 2003. I have very limited space in a Word table, where the rows must be 0.09 in height, and the font must be Ariel 7. The hanging portion of lower-case letters, such as g, j, and y, are being cut off at the bottom. I've tried "raising" the font, aligning the cell to the top, even using superscript with a larger font size. I still cannot get the lettering to press right up against the top of the cell, even though I've set the top of the cell's margin to 0. I try increasing the bottom margin in the cell but it still won't budge. Is there some way to vertically justify text in a table cell so those hanging letters won't get cut off? Auto-fit contents doesn't help. The physical space in the cell seems to allow for more than enough room, but Word insists on maintaining some sort of gap between the top of the letters and the top of the cell... . |
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