Lines look skinney, but print big and fat.

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Gary Burton - 02 Mar 2006 02:20 GMT

I created a lot of lines across the page in my documents by inputing 3
or mor underscores, then hitting the enter key. These lines are acutally
the bottom side of an outside border. They look perfect on the screen, and
also when I do a print preview. When I actually print them, however, those
lines come out about 4 points fatter than they apprear on the screen or in
the preview. It also happens when I create a PDF file from theWord
document. It is a very obvious difference, and I haven't been able to find
a solution. Is there any way to prevent (or fix) this problem?

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Word Heretic - 07 Mar 2006 14:52 GMT

G'day "Gary Burton" <burton.garyNOSPAM@Comcast.net>,

Stick the cursor on the paragraph that is underlined. Format >
Paragraph > Borders :- the bottom border of this paragraph has been
set to fat for your liking.

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Gary Burton reckoned:

> I created a lot of lines across the page in my documents by inputing 3
>or mor underscores, then hitting the enter key. These lines are acutally
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>document. It is a very obvious difference, and I haven't been able to find
>a solution. Is there any way to prevent (or fix) this problem?

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Gary Burton - 12 Mar 2006 18:36 GMT

I was aware of how to make each individual line thinner, but I was
hoping for a way to set it globally. I have hundreds of those fat lines.

I am also very curious as to why the lines don't look fat on either the
screen display or the print preview. Do you have any feedback on that?

> G'day "Gary Burton" <burton.garyNOSPAM@Comcast.net>,
>
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>>find
>>a solution. Is there any way to prevent (or fix) this problem?

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Robert M. Franz (RMF) - 13 Mar 2006 21:55 GMT

Hi Gary

> I was aware of how to make each individual line thinner, but I was
> hoping for a way to set it globally. I have hundreds of those fat lines.

Well, that would certainly have been good to mention. :-)

You can certainly loop through a document with, i.e., VBA and change the
width of such lines in one go. If you need help for that, one of the
.vba groups might be a good place to look for and maybe ask.

> I am also very curious as to why the lines don't look fat on either the
> screen display or the print preview. Do you have any feedback on that?

Screen resolution and printer resolution differ greatly. On screen, you
have something between 70-90 dpi, on a printer, you may have a lot more.
Also, on paper you see (most usually) 100%, while on screen you may
reasonably zoom a document between 50-200+%.

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Robert

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