

- #Paragraph window remains in upper left in word for mac 2011 full#
- #Paragraph window remains in upper left in word for mac 2011 plus#
In all the years I’ve been using Word, I think this is the first time I’ve seen this crop up. If you want to change this for all future new documents, go to the drop-down at the top of Compatibility Options and choose All New Documents.
#Paragraph window remains in upper left in word for mac 2011 full#
This will change the full justification scheme for the current document only. short-key combination to reveal the Page Break code. Your text will shift somewhat (so check your pagination), but the character spacing should be much improved. To show paragraph marks on in Microsoft Word for Mac: Click Word in the top menu. Click the OK button to save the change.Find the one that says “Do full justification the way WordPerfect 6.x for Windows does,” then check the box next to that option. You will get a huge list of options with check boxes next to them.
#Paragraph window remains in upper left in word for mac 2011 plus#
Click the plus sign (+) next to Layout Options to expand it. On one machine I get characters as soon as I type on the other machine only after pressing enter (the field remains empty and the cursor does not move while typing until enter is pressed, and then I get the full word at once).

Here’s another area where WordPerfect got it right (and, strangely enough, Microsoft agrees): The scheme by which Word inserts extra space within and between words to achieve the “full justification” is different than the one WordPerfect has used, and (whaddya know) WordPerfect does it better.īut the good news is, you can get WordPerfect’s justification scheme in your Word 2007-2010 document.

When I first saw this in my draft, I just thought I’d made a typo - inserted a space in the middle of the word “and.” But when I went back to the document, it looked like this on the screen: It makes a document looks so much more polished. It’s got those nice, straight margins on both sides, not that ragged right margin that looks like it could have been typed on a Selectric. I have a confession to make: I love the look of fully-justified text.
