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I have a 70 pages word document with many formulas, graphs and images. It moves real slowly (compared to other open word documents on the same computer).
But the main problem is that when I save and close it. After I open it I find that some paragraphs became bold, I don't know why. The same happens when I try to save it to PDF.
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I've had the same issues, and using a software called Bullzip PDF printer (http://www.bullzip.com/products/pdf/download.php) has solved my problems. Give it a shot, it's free.
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The fact that the text appears correctly when you zoom in seems to indicate that this is related to the relatively low dot pitch (optical resolution) of computer monitors. Keep in mind that printing at below 300 dpi (dots per inch) is considered low resolution, but a computer monitor might at best sport around 100 dpi. For example, the monitor I'm sitting in front of typing this packs 1920 pixels into 52 cm visible display width, for a resolution of 1920 [dots] / (52 [cm] / 2.54 [cm/inch]) = 93.8 [dots/inch]. (1 inch equals 2.54 cm.) If it were 300 dpi, those same 1920 pixels would cover about 16 cm physical length.
Because of the low dot pitch, if it happens to be in just the right place, character spacing (kerning), font weight, and a number of other aspects of typesetting don't always show quite correctly on a computer monitor. Displaying in higher resolution, such as in printing or for that matter simulated by zooming in, gives more accurate results because the computer has more individual pixels to work with.
If it looks right when you zoom in, and layout on screen isn't critical, I would say don't worry about it. If layout on the screen is critical, you may want to try different fonts to see if some other one doesn't show the issue so clearly, but you cannot guarantee to completely eliminate the effect.
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I've experienced a similar problem when converting from Word to PDF, where whole pages displayed in bold text. After testing, the problem was not the particular monitor or computer and the pages printed correctly. The problem was consistent when I remade the PDF in the same way -- the same pages were always bold. There were no differences in the font styles used.
The solution I found was to change the Acrobat Preference setting, accessed from the Word ribbon, from Press Quality to High Quality Print.
mark beresfordmark beresford
I have seen this problem many times. When you try to save it in word using adobe pdf or save as pdf file, sometimes, random bold text, or junk appears in the created PDF file.
The way that always has worked for me is to print it as Adobe pdf. It works perfect for me. Use the printing option.
JeffJeff
I experienced a similar problem: when I converted some word documents to PDF for reading on my ereader, random parts of the text showed up in bold. I found that changing the font (Calibri) of the entire word document - to Arial, in this case - before converting to PDF solved this problem completely.I realize my problem wasn't identical to the one discussed here, but it may be sufficiently similar to help solve this problem.
Gert Jan ter BraakGert Jan ter Braak
I used a previous response concerning the kerning and pixels, and found that if I saved the word document with the setting to be best for printing (instead of best for viewing on screen), that the problem of the random bold of characters went away.
Michael PattonMichael Patton