WD2000: Bullets Not Vertically Centered Displaying/Printing Word Document Object

• Microsoft Word 2000

SYMPTOMS

When you insert a Word document object that contains bullets into a Microsoft Excel worksheet, a Microsoft Word document, or a Microsoft PowerPoint slide, the bullets may not be vertically centered with the line of text.

CAUSE

Some fonts have different display and print metrics. This is the case with some symbol fonts used to create bullets in Word. When Word creates the display part of an object, it renders a metafile based on the font's print metrics so that you get a satisfactory printout.

The display part of the bullet font may have characteristics that are different from the font of the text, such as the baseline for the font. This difference results in how the bullet is displayed and printed. Microsoft Word renders the Word document object based on the current active printer driver.

This problem is known to occur with the following printer driver:

• Hewlett Packard LaserJet 4Si version 3.8

WORKAROUND

To workaround this problem, do one of the following:

• Double-click the Word document object. If the object is in an application other than Microsoft Word (for example, in Microsoft Excel), click back into the document sheet to regenerate the display image. If the object is in a Word document, click Close & Return to <filename>.
  
  -or-



• Set your current printer driver to a different printer.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

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Additional query words: embedded bullet list print font symbols

Keywords : kbdta wd2000
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug