Pat, Have you tried to print the page? With some fonts words may appear to run tgether when in fact they do not. --- Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ GOONS #5307
"Pat Hickin" <pph...@gmail.com> wrote: >Thanks for your swift answers! -- and apologies for the all-caps! > >I'm using Adobe 10.1.4 for viewing the .pdf. > >But I think the problem must be with Legacy, as I just generated a new .pdf >& looked at it while still in the print preview stage (with the Legacy icon >in the upper left corner) & it seems to have the exact same words run >together as the previous 'edition.' I haven't actually printed anything. > >Also there's the spacebar problem I mentioned in my original post. > >I don't know how to generate the .pdf outside Legacy, Barry. > >Pat > >On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 2:16 AM, Barry Hardman <bndlh...@iinet.net.au>wrote: > >> Pat,**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Are you using the built-in .pdf writer within Legacy? Do you have another >> .pdf writer such as Adobe Acrobat loaded and if so have you attempted >> printing to the non Legacy writer and reviewed the results?**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Some years back we encountered numerous issues with the Legacy built-in >> writer and which was confirmed by Legacy programmers. Not aware whether >> the built-in .pdf writer has been upgraded (doubt it) but we now only ever >> utilise Adobe Acrobat and without further issue.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Barry**** >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* Pat Hickin [mailto:pph...@gmail.com] >> *Sent:* Saturday, 15 December 2012 12:43 PM >> *To:* LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >> *Subject:* [LegacyUG] BRAND NEW - NEVER BEFORE ENCOUNTERED PROBLEM!! -- >> Spacing problem in .pdfs**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Has anyone ever had this problem with words being run together in a .pdf?? >> **** >> >> I recently created my umpteenth ancestor report (this one of c 150pp incl >> source citations).**** >> >> ** ** >> >> I'll italicize the words Legacy/Adobe has run together: **** >> >> ** ** >> >> This from the General Notes:**** >> >> " . . . wrote of his**** >> >> *grandmotherMcConell* that when he saw her she was "an**** >> >> old but even* thena *pretty blond vivacious lady of many**** >> >> words," most of *whichhe* 'does not now remember.' He**** >> >> has 'a picture of her* incolor* taken many years before'**** >> >> the time he saw her, '*butafter* she was mature, showing**** >> >> her to have been a *beautifulwoman*.'**** >> >> 'She inherited from both her parents great vitality and**** >> >> *astrong* personality. She always was, and so remained**** >> >> *duringher* entire life, a Beatie, never fully integrating**** >> >> *herselfwith* the McConnells.'"**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Here's the spacing in the original**** >> >> ** ** >> >> wrote of his **** >> >> grandmother McConell that when he saw her she **** >> >> was "an old but even then a pretty blond vivacious **** >> >> lady of many words," most of which he "does not **** >> >> now remember." He has "a picture of her in color **** >> >> taken many years before" the time he saw her, "but **** >> >> after she was mature, showing her to have been a **** >> >> beautiful woman."**** >> >> ** ** >> >> "She inherited from both her parents great vitality **** >> >> and a strong personality. She always was, and so **** >> >> remained during her entire life, a Beatie, never fully**** >> >> integrating herself with the McConnells."**** >> >> ** ** >> >> I have a similar problem with Event Notes (but not I think, with other >> parts of the events. The problem with notes (general, research, and event) >> seems to continue throughout the report. **** >> >> ** ** >> >> I didn't see a problem with source citations except with a section that >> was a quote from the "Text of Source" box. But I admit I didn't check**** >> >> the citations at all carefully!!**** >> >> ** ** >> >> I've never had a problem like this before, but for the last few weeks, >> I've had another spacing problem in Legacy. For one reason or another I've >> wanted to add a space at the beginning of a line in the notes, but when I >> put my cursor at the beginning of the line and press the space bar, nothing >> happens.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> For example, on the line which reads "beautiful woman." (at the end of >> the first paragraph in the quotation above), If I press the space bar in >> front of "beautiful," nothing happens. I can type "a" followed by a space >> in front of "beautiful" and that works fine. Or if the line is totally >> blank, the spacebar works fine.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Should I just re-download and re-install Legacy? If not, what should I >> do? Perhaps I should just contact "Technical Support."??**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Thanks, **** >> >> Pat**** >> >> >> >> Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
