Re: Underscore (_) will not always display in RTF files (Word 2002

Some applications will allow the display of screen fonts, like Courier. Word
will only display the fonts that the printer driver can print. Some,
especially older, apps. will produce a printed representation of screen
fonts. Word won't do this. Try a google search for courier fonts.

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David A Edge wrote:
> Thank you for your continuing interest.
>
> I followed the link and read the article indicated. It seems not
> directly pertinent, but it prompted me to install my printer for Word
> 2002. (I have a laptop, a Compaq, and currently use no other
> machine. I have installed two operating systems (dual-booting) and
> two word processing packages: (1) MS Word Vs 6.0 for DOS (Vs 6.21),
> exactly as it was on my previous laptop; (2) MS Word 2002 (Windows XP
> Home). I have only one printer, the only one I have ever had: an HP
> DJ310.)
>
> I then printed an appropriate page (from Word 2002), and the
> underscore character was there, printed properly, despite its not
> being visible on screen.
>
> Furthermore, with the cursor positioned on screen at the (invisible)
> underscore, the Reveal Formatting pane exhibited the Selected Text as
> an underscore (visible).
>
> As a point of interest, I considered using an underlined non-breaking
> space as a work-around. (That character is typographically
> indistinguishable, by me, from the underscore.) It displays entirely
> satisfactorily on screen while the underscore refuses to display at
> all (unless I clear the version of Courier introduced during
> conversion via RTF, and apply a font which, as explained before, I
> would prefer not to use: viz, Courier New).
>
> I am wondering whether it is possible to install additional Courier
> fonts in Word 2002 (at least one of them to be identical, if
> possible, to that in Word for DOS). If so, how? And from where?
>
> I would very much like to be able to resolve this problem. It may be
> that, as I delve further into Word 2002, I shall discover a
> satisfactory solution. (I am proceeding cautiously before finally
> deciding how best to convert my (previously existing) files from Word
> for DOS to Word 2002. They contain the work of many years, which is
> still in progress and has some distance to go.)
>
>
> "Graham Mayor" wrote:
>
>> The ability to display fonts is determined by the current printer
>> driver and the font outlines available. See
>> http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TextReflow.htm .
>>
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>> Graham Mayor - Word MVP
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>> My web site www.gmayor.com
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>>
>> David A Edge wrote:
>>> Thanks for the reply, which I appreciate.
>>>
>>> I have already got a copy of the converter you suggest,
>>> DOSWRD32.CNV, which I had rejected in favour of the RTF route. I
>>> find that both options have shortcomings in converting symbols; and
>>> though the first succeeds with the underscore, the converted page
>>> length does not match so nearly my accustomed page length - in
>>> Courier font - as does the RTF option. (Text requires a greater
>>> length of page than before, though the width is unaffected.)
>>>
>>> It seems my originally-stated problem (non-displaying underscore)
>>> may be a result of Courier incompatibility between Word for DOS and
>>> Word 2002. In Word 2002, I have now discovered that I can make the
>>> hitherto non-displayed underscores appear on screen by selecting a
>>> suitable block of text, including paragraph marks, and changing the
>>> font to Courier New (the only Courier option available). But this
>>> also has the effect of expanding that block of text height-wise - so
>>> I might as well have used DOSWRD32.CNV. (I would prefer to stick
>>> with Courier, at least initially. It seems odd that Word 2002
>>> should be less efficient than Word for DOS in that respect.)
>>>
>>> I shall root around a bit more. But I would appreciate any
>>> additional informed comment.
>>>
>>> "Graham Mayor" wrote:
>>>
>>>> The Word for DOS filter is linked from the downloads page of my web
>>>> site. I do not claim it will work any better, but it would save
>>>> some time and can be used with the batch conversion wizard.
>>>>
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>>>> Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
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>>>>
>>>> David A Edge wrote:
>>>>> I use the underscore character (_) regularly. Just now, I am in
>>>>> the process of transferring from Word for DOS to Word 2002,
>>>>> converting my data files via RTF. I find that some RTF files
>>>>> opened in Word 2002 accept and display the underscore quite
>>>>> normally, but others refuse to do so (whether via the keyboard or
>>>>> as an inserted symbol). And yet the very same RTF files opened
>>>>> in Word for DOS all accept and display the underscore without any
>>>>> problem. What must I do to ensure that any RTF file (and any
>>>>> other file) opened in Word 2002 will accept and display the
>>>>> underscore?


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