Word 97—Online

Collaboration

Portable Documents

In the past, when you opened your document on a different machine than the one you created it on, the layout of the document changed – page numbers changed and often text in your document looked different. Now, no matter where you open your document, it will look the same:

• Layout done to a virtual device – Word now does its layout to a virtual device instead of the printer you are connected to. This prevents repagination when your document is opened on a different machine and guarantees that a carefully crafted one page document will not spill into a two page document.

• Improved font substitution – Word improves its logic for choosing which font to substitute by using the PANOSE font matching system. We now include the PANOSE number in the font table. Word uses the PANOSE matcher to find the best available match based on the installed fonts and the desired fonts.

• Improved font embedding – Word makes font embedding less costly to the user in terms of file size. We always compress embedded fonts. In addition, Word lets you subset embedded fonts so that only the characters or styles used in your document get embedded instead of the entire font. For example, if you have used a unique font for headings or bullets, Word is smart about limiting embedded font information to what’s required for displaying your headings and bullets correctly.

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