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Mac Forum / Applications / Word / October 2008Tiny Non Printing Characters
Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Processor: Intel Hello, I have a nagging problem with my non printing characters. Mainly the problem is with the dots that represent spaces. I don't want to get rid of them, I just want to make them larger. No matter what font size I select they are teeeeny tiny! I think they take up literally about two pixels. The paragraph marks seem to be fixed at a rather small maximum size as well, though not as bad as the space marks. If I zoom out the paragraph marks will get smaller, but up to a certain size refuse to grow any larger. I am using a 24" IMac, so you can imagine how annoying it can be to be looking at these little tiny space marks. I have looked everywhere I know how to look so I was hoping some one here might have some ideas. Thanks. Hi Bill, you cannot change the appearance of non-printing characters. Please send your feedback to Microsoft (Help>Send Feedback about Word). On 08/10/08 9:52, in article 59b5bfd3.-1@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw, > Version: 2008 > Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Thanks.  SignatureMichel Bintener Microsoft MVP Office:mac (Entourage & Word) *** Please always reply to the newsgroup. *** Sorry Bill - you can turn them on/off but you can't do anything about their size, color, etc. You may want to offer a suggestion via Help> Send Feedback. I'm sure many people are experiencing similar frustration as a result of high resolution displays. Regards |:>) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 10/8/08 3:52 AM, in article 59b5bfd3.-1@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw, > Version: 2008 > Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Thanks. Thank you for that response. I was hoping that was not the case but oh well. I suppose I will just turn off the space marks and leave the other marks as they stand. I submitted feedback as you suggested and I hope they can incorporate that functionality in a future update. Bob, I replied to Michel and I think you posted shortly after I started my reply. Thanks for reply as well though. I think this problem might give us a bit of an insight into how the Microsoft team works with the software. I think that if they were working with Word on a high resolution display (and really, who thinks they are doing this stuff on bad resolution 16 inch displays) with the formatting marks turned on, this would be a pretty obvious problem. I think maybe they just aren't using these marks as often as some of us do. Oh well, its a pretty small problem with an otherwise pretty nice software package. I hope they can fix it soon. Thanks again. I understand your point, but for MacBU it's a no-win situation :-) At one time the non-printing characters were bigger & blacker which triggered complaints that they were obtrusive. They responded & were hit by complaints that they were too faint. They responded by changing the color to blue for higher contrast & guess what... So where do they go from here? {Insert platitude of your choice here - my Dad's favorite was "You can't win for losing."} Regards |:>) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 10/8/08 7:25 AM, in article 59b5bfd3.3@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw, > Bob, > I replied to Michel and I think you posted shortly after I started my reply. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Thanks again. I agree, Bob. Jeff, if by "extra spaces are a big deal for some people" you mean that you need to be on the lookout for unwanted double spaces, all you need to do is key Command-Shift-h, then when the Find & Replace window appears, type in two hits of the spacebar, then hit the Tab key, then one hit of the spacebar. Then key Command-a. Voila! All duplicated spaces gone! Clive Huggan ============ On 17/10/08 4:14 PM, in article C51D9789.450CB%onlygeneraltaz1@com.cast.net, > I understand your point, but for MacBU it's a no-win situation :-) > [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] >> >> Thanks again. Yeah it is really frustrating that they don't have this feature extra spaces are a big deal for some people so we really need to be able to see the marks clearly. Hi Jeff; You might consider using Help>Send Feedback to submit your comments & requests where the decision makers are likely to see them. Nobody here has any control over what MS does/doesn't do. Regards |:>) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 10/16/08 10:50 PM, in article 59b5bfd3.4@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw, "Jeff" > Yeah it is really frustrating that they don't have this feature extra spaces > are a big deal for some people so we really need to be able to see the marks > clearly. I've just sent Feedback to keep them small... ;-) CH == On 17/10/08 4:20 PM, in article C51D98C3.450CD%onlygeneraltaz1@com.cast.net, > Hi Jeff; > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> are a big deal for some people so we really need to be able to see the marks >> clearly. |
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