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adas

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Jun 23, 2003, 8:02:54 AM6/23/03
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I am having a really annoying problem with nonbreaking spaces on word
98 for Mac. When I print a document on a LaserWriter (or create PDF
with Destiller 4.0.5), nonbreaking spaces appear as outlined squares.
Any idea what is happening, anywone?

Ramón G Castañ

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Jun 23, 2003, 9:54:09 AM6/23/03
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In article 2b346c7b.03062...@posting.google.com, adas at
ad...@studiospartan.com.pl wrote on 6/23/03 5:02 AM:

Does it happen with any font? Or just some of them?

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Beth Rosengard

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Jun 23, 2003, 12:32:22 PM6/23/03
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Hi Adas,

It's possible that you have Borders & Shading set for those spaces without
realizing it. Select one of the squares, go up to Format> Borders and
Shading, and choose None. Any help?

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John McGhie [MVP - Word]

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Jun 23, 2003, 10:35:01 PM6/23/03
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The most likely explanation is that the font you are using does not contain
the non-breaking space character.

A hollow square is Word-speak for "character unavailable".

Which character are you using? The Word default "non-breaking space" is a
Unicode character that is not available in all fonts. Try Times New Roman,
I am sure that has the character.

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adas

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Jun 25, 2003, 3:10:42 AM6/25/03
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"John McGhie [MVP - Word]" <jo...@mcghie-information.com.au> wrote in message news:<f3effvgpkcfpsfocf...@4ax.com>...

> The most likely explanation is that the font you are using does not contain
> the non-breaking space character.
>
> A hollow square is Word-speak for "character unavailable".
>
> Which character are you using? The Word default "non-breaking space" is a
> Unicode character that is not available in all fonts. Try Times New Roman,
> I am sure that has the character.
>

Thanks John,

you were 100% accuret on this. I was using a special version of Times
font, Times CE, which contains special characters for Central European
languages. This font comes from Central European script for Mac OS 9
(installer is on the CD with Mac OS 9). I changed Times CE to a better
font from Adobe (Minion and Miriad CE, accompaning Acrobat Reader
4.0.5 CE, are for free) and squares gone away.

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