More Characters Fit After Tab Codes Than Inde

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Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 8:29:47 PM

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WordPerfect® 6.0 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: In Full Justification, WP allows more characters after ten Tab codes than it allows after ten Indent codes in the same amount of space. This problem does not occur with Justification set to Left. This problem occurs with both proportionally or monospaced fonts. Steps to Duplicate: 1. Select Layout|Line|Justification and set to Full 2. Press Tab ten times and then type the letter a until the line of text wraps to the next line 3. Press Backspace until the a characters no longer wrap and then press Enter 4. Press Indent ten times and repeat the process Note that not as many a characters fit, even though the amount of space is the same. Solutions: WP is working as designed. This seeming inconsistency is caused by the Hyphenation Zone (HZone) and by the fact that a [Tab] works with it differently than an [Indent]. If you insert a [Tab] code, the temporary margin that the HZone is calculated from does not change. Thus, if you insert 10 [Tab] codes, the HZone will be 10%, 4% of 6.5" (assuming full justification) which results in a 0.26" right Hyphenation Zone. If you insert an [Indent] code, the temporary margin that the HZone is calculated from DOES change by the amount of the indent. Therefore, if you insert 10 [Indent] codes, then the HZone will be 10%, 4% of 1.5" (instead of 6.5") for a total of 0.06". The difference between the zones (0.26" for Tabs and 0.06" for Indents) causes about two more characters to fit on the [Tab] line. If justification is set to Left, the right HZones are ignored and this difference does not occur. Status: Working as Designed ***|wad|*** Press Enter on link token.

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