Changing the spacing between letters and words
Word and letter spacing adjustments affect the distance between all letters, whether or not they are kerned. You can change the spacing between letters, and between words in fully justified text. In fully justified text, which is text that is aligned on the left and right margins, you can change the space that appears between letters by compressing and expanding the letters to fit on a line.
This is an example of changing word and letter spacing. The first line represents normal spacing. The second line represents increased spacing.
Kerning is the process of adjusting the space between letter pairs. Certain letter pairs appear to have more space between them than others because of the shape and slant of each letter. Automatic kerning adjusts the distance between all occurrences of certain letter pairs depending on the font used. Large font sizes tend to make the distance between certain letter pairs more obvious. You can enable automatic kerning or use manual kerning in WordPerfect. Manual kerning lets you change the spacing between one instance of a kern pair that you select.
This is an example of kerning. The first line of text represents proper kerning. The second line of text represents poor kerning.
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Click between two letters.
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Click Format
 Typesetting Word/Letter spacing. |
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In the Letter spacing area, enable one of the following options:
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Normal — determines the settings for the spacing used between letters, based on the font used
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Percent of optimal — uses a percentage of the Optimal (default) spacing.
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Specifying values of less than 100 for the percentage of optimal spacing decreases the space between words. Values of more than 100 increase the space between words.
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You can also set the spacing by typing a value in the Set pitch box to specify the number of characters per inch.
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You can change the spacing between words by enabling options in the Word spacing area.
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To adjust spacing between words in fully justified text | |
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Click Format
Typesetting Word/letter spacing. |
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Type a value in the Compress to box.
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This value specifies the maximum percent of distance between words.
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Type a value in the Expand to box.
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This value specifies the maximum percent by which the distance between words can increase.
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To enable automatic kerning | |
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Click Format
Typesetting Word/Letter spacing. |
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Enable the Automatic kerning check box.
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To use manual kerning | |
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Click between the two letters.
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Click Format
Typesetting Manual kerning. |
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Choose a unit of measure from the Units of measure list box.
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Type a value in the Add/Remove space box.
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Positive values increase the distance between letters, and negative values decrease it.
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