Hi Pat You may have received and answer by now, but in case you haven't, the problem appears to be with the original paragraph, where there are some codes between the words in some places that are not just the usual "space". I don't know enough to identify what they are, but can see some when looking in MSWord with formatting marks displayed (Options/Display settings).
However what I do when copying text with possible formatting problems is to paste into a text editer (Notepad) before copying and pasting into more sophisticated programs that may use the rogue codes. You end up wth only the text left in the "pasted" copy. That might help you here to ensure the text is clean. Cheers, Brett B McL Robinson PO Box 1252, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand On 16/12/2012 3:29 a.m., Pat Hickin 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 > <mailto: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 <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 > > > > 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 > > > > > 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 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). 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