why does a documents length change when viewing it on another com.

when I transfer a large document, over 200 pages, to a different computer the
document is actually longer, and less words fit per line and there is avout
one less line per page. Both computers have the same default margins, same
spacing and same font and are seemingly running the same version of Microsoft
Word 2002. However, one is running Windows XP and the other Windows
Professional 2000. No matter what I do the computers just fit the words on
the pages differently, one with 247 pages, and the other comes back with 232.
What's the deal?

nadsat14 wrote:
when I transfer a large document, over 200 pages, to a different
computer the document is actually longer, and less words fit per line
and there is avout one less line per page. Both computers have the
same default margins, same spacing and same font and are seemingly
running the same version of Microsoft Word 2002. However, one is
running Windows XP and the other Windows Professional 2000. No
matter what I do the computers just fit the words on the pages
differently, one with 247 pages, and the other comes back with 232.
What's the deal?

Different printer drivers usually give Word different information about
character widths, which leads eventually to different line breaks and page
breaks. This can happen even with two drivers for the same printer, which is
pretty much guaranteed by the computers using different operating system
versions.

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TextReflow.htm.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org