Word adds a space character when printing   

Hello everyone,
I'm having a problem printing with Word.
Some of the text is in a special font, a barcode font. When I edit the 
document, it looks allright, but when I shoot print preview, or when I 
actually print, the words have a space character appended to it.
This is bad for me because that breaks the barcode and makes it unreadable.

So, how do I make Word not append space characters when printing?

PS: I tried with OpenOffice, and it went smooth, but my boss doesn't want me 
to use OpenOffice, because I'm the only one in the company using it.
-- 
if a problem looks too big, break into smaller objects

date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 02:34:02 -0800   author:   Joël Miranda

Re: Word adds a space character when printing   

Is the bar code created by a field? If so, delete the space at the end of 
the field code. This is a known problem with EQ fields and may affect others 
as well. You say the bar code is created by a font; it may have extra space 
built in, or it may be that Word is using some "smart" option that you can 
disable on the Edit tab of Tools | Options, or it may be a printer issue 
(since the display seems to be correct). What it *isn't* is Word "appending" 
space characters when printing because Word sends to the printer just what 
is in the document. If the printer is rendering it incorrectly, you might 
try using the printer option to send the document as TrueType or bitmaps or 
however it's worded in your specific printer driver Properties. This forces 
the printer to print what's on the screen and not use its resident fonts, if 
any.

-- 
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Joël Miranda"  wrote in message 
news:251DEDBD-AB7F-4DB6-9CD1-E4F20418A43C@microsoft.com...
> Hello everyone,
> I'm having a problem printing with Word.
> Some of the text is in a special font, a barcode font. When I edit the
> document, it looks allright, but when I shoot print preview, or when I
> actually print, the words have a space character appended to it.
> This is bad for me because that breaks the barcode and makes it 
> unreadable.
>
> So, how do I make Word not append space characters when printing?
>
> PS: I tried with OpenOffice, and it went smooth, but my boss doesn't want 
> me
> to use OpenOffice, because I'm the only one in the company using it.
> -- 
> if a problem looks too big, break into smaller objects
>

date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:30:05 -0600   author:   Suzanne S. Barnhill

Re: Word adds a space character when printing   

Do you mean that extra white space is appearing between the bar-code 
characters or that the character Word uses to represent a space on the 
screen (if and when non-printing-characters are set to "on"), a centered 
dot, is being printed as part of the bar code?

Tom
MSMVP 1998-2007

"Joël Miranda"  wrote in message 
news:251DEDBD-AB7F-4DB6-9CD1-E4F20418A43C@microsoft.com...
> Hello everyone,
> I'm having a problem printing with Word.
> Some of the text is in a special font, a barcode font. When I edit the
> document, it looks allright, but when I shoot print preview, or when I
> actually print, the words have a space character appended to it.
> This is bad for me because that breaks the barcode and makes it 
> unreadable.
>
> So, how do I make Word not append space characters when printing?
>
> PS: I tried with OpenOffice, and it went smooth, but my boss doesn't want 
> me
> to use OpenOffice, because I'm the only one in the company using it.
> -- 
> if a problem looks too big, break into smaller objects

date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:43:59 -0400   author:   Tom Ferguson