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Monospaced fonts

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    GARY
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    Monospaced fonts

    I normally use "Courier New" because the characters are so easy-to-read
    and they align so neatly on my monitor and on the printed page.

    However, the smallest "Courier New" font size is "8" which, in some
    instances, is too large.

    Is there another smaller, monospaced font-style that is as easy-to-read
    as Courier New?


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    Monospaced fonts

    Hi Gary

    You simply need select the cells with the text you wish to resize then click into the font size box on your toolbar and type in the size you want you font to be.

    Cheers

    KS

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    GARY
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    Re: Monospaced fonts

    The toolbar shows the font is "COURIER NEW" and the font-size is "8".
    I know that I can click the font-size box and change the font-size to
    "10", "24", etc.
    But I want a SMALLER font-size (like "6" or "4").

    Since "COURIER NEW" doesn't offer a font-size smaller than "8", I'm
    looking for a different font-style (like Arial or Times New Roman") but
    the new font-style needs to be monospaced (i.e., all characters taking
    up the same amount of space) with a small font-size.


  4. #4
    Dave Peterson
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    Re: Monospaced fonts

    Don't try to choose 6 or 4. Just type it in.

    GARY wrote:
    >
    > The toolbar shows the font is "COURIER NEW" and the font-size is "8".
    > I know that I can click the font-size box and change the font-size to
    > "10", "24", etc.
    > But I want a SMALLER font-size (like "6" or "4").
    >
    > Since "COURIER NEW" doesn't offer a font-size smaller than "8", I'm
    > looking for a different font-style (like Arial or Times New Roman") but
    > the new font-style needs to be monospaced (i.e., all characters taking
    > up the same amount of space) with a small font-size.


    --

    Dave Peterson

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    GARY
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    Re: Monospaced fonts

    Wow! That works great! Just what I was looking for.

    By the way, Dave. I really appreciate your replies to my "Matching
    Cells" posting a couple of days ago - your last reply did the trick!
    (You've helped me out quite a few times with problems/questions in my
    other postings and I thank you for those suggestions, too).


    Thanks,

    Gary


  6. #6
    GARY
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    Re: Monospaced fonts

    Why do the characters at Courier New "8" align so neatly on the screen
    but smaller sizes (like "7" or "5") are wavy-looking?


  7. #7
    Dave Peterson
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    Re: Monospaced fonts

    Glad you got it working.

    GARY wrote:
    >
    > Wow! That works great! Just what I was looking for.
    >
    > By the way, Dave. I really appreciate your replies to my "Matching
    > Cells" posting a couple of days ago - your last reply did the trick!
    > (You've helped me out quite a few times with problems/questions in my
    > other postings and I thank you for those suggestions, too).
    >
    > Thanks,
    >
    > Gary


    --

    Dave Peterson

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    Dave Peterson
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    Re: Monospaced fonts

    Excel can substitute fonts when things get small--either zoom or size (if I
    recall correctly).

    maybe this post by Debra Dalgleish will help:

    You can change a registry setting to prevent this from happening (make a
    backup copy of the registry first):

    1. From the Start button, choose Run
    2. Type regedit then click OK
    3. Click the + sign to the left of HKEY_CURRENT_USER
    4. Open Software, Microsoft, Office, 9.0, Excel, Options
    5. Choose Edit>New>DWORD Value
    6. Type the name for the DWORD: FontSub
    7. Press Enter to complete the renaming
    8. Choose Edit>Modify
    9. Type 0 as the value, select Decimal, and click OK
    10. Close the Registry Editor

    =====
    That 9.0 will vary with your version of excel.

    GARY wrote:
    >
    > Why do the characters at Courier New "8" align so neatly on the screen
    > but smaller sizes (like "7" or "5") are wavy-looking?


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    Dave Peterson

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