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SUMMARYWhen you type a Microsoft Word document, you may want to have a certain number of characters on each line of text. If the characters are formatted in a monospace font, it is possible to calculate the horizontal printable space between the margins of the document required to produce a desired number of characters per line in the document. MORE INFORMATIONThe following formula can be used to calculate the necessary space between margins to produce a certain number of characters (also referred to as columns) per line:
Monospace fonts such as TrueType Courier New are made up of
characters with equal widths. This attribute allows the creation of
documents with specific numbers of characters per line. Proportional fonts
contain characters of varying widths that do not facilitate the creation
of certain numbers of characters per line.NOTE: "Characters per line" in documents is sometimes referred to as "Columns per line." The following table lists some commonly used font sizes:
The following example illustrates how to apply the formula.If you need to create a document with 120 characters per line using a 12-character-per-inch font, use the following formula:
The printable area required for this example is 10 inches. To obtain a
10-inch printable area on a standard 8.5-by-11-inch page, use the
following parameters:
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