Spacing due to the ° symbol
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Hello,
I am writing to you because I am using Word 10 and I have a problem with the line spacing of a Word document. Every time we insert the symbol ° (which we do for the abbreviation of the word "number" which then becomes n°), an extra space is added between the lines of the paragraph even though I can't change anything in the spacing options.
I have attached a screenshot of a part of my text (the original document is several pages long) along with the screenshot of the line spacing used.
I would like to be able to solve the problem throughout my document if possible. Not all sentences containing this symbol are affected, but some are, and I don't understand why.
The document has been used by several people in review mode.
Can you help me fix this issue?
Thank you in advance!
Al
I am writing to you because I am using Word 10 and I have a problem with the line spacing of a Word document. Every time we insert the symbol ° (which we do for the abbreviation of the word "number" which then becomes n°), an extra space is added between the lines of the paragraph even though I can't change anything in the spacing options.
I have attached a screenshot of a part of my text (the original document is several pages long) along with the screenshot of the line spacing used.
I would like to be able to solve the problem throughout my document if possible. Not all sentences containing this symbol are affected, but some are, and I don't understand why.
The document has been used by several people in review mode.
Can you help me fix this issue?
Thank you in advance!
Al
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Hello,
It may be related to the font.
Can we see an excerpt from the document? If so, you can put it here
https://www.cjoint.com/
and give us the link.
Just for your information, the symbol used for number is normally not the degree symbol. For correct typography, we should use an exponent o that can be made manually or by inserting a Unicode: 1D52 followed by Alt+C, which also allows for the plural. The number sign nᵒ represents the last letter of the word, like for folio or verso.
As you can see it’s nᵒ and not n°... ;)
m@rina
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Thank you m@rina.
I note the information for the insertion
as for this document (of which I sent you an excerpt in private link), since it has already been drafted, is it possible to modify it entirely to correct the error wherever it occurs, or should I replace all the degrees with the Unicode insertion?
Thanks again
Al -
I haven't received a private message!
Otherwise, yes, it's possible to replace all the degrees with the superscript o. But we need to be sure there are no "real" degrees, and I would still need to see what this issue is... So, I'm waiting for the PM. -
I'm sorry, I misunderstood the procedure.
Here is the link to the document: https://www.cjoint.com/c/IJiozarAbHs -
The explanation is that there are two fonts used: Arial and Arial Unicode MS. Even though these two fonts should be identical, they are not! Adobe created the second one after the first due to the Unicode extension, but the fact is that it's better not to mix them.
Select the line and change it to plain Arial, and that will solve the problem.
Generally speaking, it is always better to use a set of fonts or a theme, and this way there are no more font mixtures, normally.
To replace all your n° with nᵒ, the easiest way is to insert one in your document and copy it. Then, in Find - Replace, you search for n° and paste the nᵒ into the replacement box.
This way you ensure that you only replace the numbers and only the numbers.
m@rina -
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