Better-Looking Full Justification for Paragraphs

When you "full justify" text, that means that Word stretches each line so that the text starts and ends at each margin. Those who have used WordPerfect know that full justification is handled differently in WordPerfect than it is in Word. The Word method of justifying text has traditionally been to add spaces between words to stretch a line, whereas WordPerfect's method was to add or narrow the spacing between letters throughout the whole line. This means that WordPerfect's method provides a better looking printed page, without spacing gaps that could appear as a result of Word's method.

The good news is that you can get better-looking text by modifying the way that Word does justification to match the method used in WordPerfect. Follow these steps:

1. Click the Office button in the upper-left corner of the screen, then click on Word Options. Word displays the Word Options dialog box.
2. At the left side of the dialog box, click Advanced.
3. Scroll through the entire list of advanced features to the very end. There you'll see "Layout Options" with a plus sign next to the option.
4. Click the plus sign next to Layout Options. You'll see a huge list of options appear in the dialog box. (Click here to see a related figure.)
5. Scroll through the list of options, locating the one entitled "Do Full Justification the Way WordPerfect 6.x for Windows Does." The layout options are listed alphabetically, so this option will be located near the top of the list.
6. Make sure the check box next to the option is selected.
7. Click OK.