WD: Using Font Sizes Smaller Than 4 Points (50488)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 4.0
- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 5.0
- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 5.1
- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 6.0
- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 6.0.1
- Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition
This article was previously published under Q50488 SUMMARY
Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 3.0, 3.01, and 3.02, allow font
sizes from 2 to 127 points. Word 4.0 allows font sizes from 4 to 127
points. Word 5.0 allows font sizes from 4 to 16,383. However, Word 4.0 and
Word 5.0 do not allow 2-point and 3-point fonts. (An error occurs if you
try to use a 2- or 3-point font in the Character dialog box.) Word versions
6.0 and later allow font sizes from 1 to 1,638 points.
Documents created in Word 3.x and opened into Word 4.0 and Word 5.0 will
retain their font sizes, even if 2-point and 3-point sizes are used. These
sizes can be used and will print correctly; however, they cannot be
modified into fonts smaller than 4 points. For example, you cannot change a
2-point font to a 3-point font in Word 4.0 or Word 5.0.
MORE INFORMATION
Copying a piece of text in the point size (2 to 3 points), and
then retyping the text allows the creation of the smaller fonts in
Word 4.0 and Word 5.0.
To create font sizes that are smaller than 4 points, create the document
(or piece of the document) in Word 3.x, 6.0, or 98, then import it into
Word 4.0 or Word 5.0. You can create a default style from the text with 2-
point or 3-point font sizes that can be used in new documents in Word 4.0
and Word 5.0; however, this is not recommended.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 5/13/2003 |
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| Keywords: | kbhowto kbinfo kbprint KB50488 |
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