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From: DK <decay@pacbell.net>
Subject: Re: ASCII ART PROBLEM
Date: 1997/06/14
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References: <1997Jun14.134259@omega.ntu.ac.sg>
To: ba7507959 <ba7507959@omega.ntu.ac.sg>
Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services
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Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art


ba7507959 wrote:
> 
> I have a problem about ASCII art.
> It is compatible with MS notepad and writepad.
> However, they becaome distorted on ce they are
> save as Word Doc.(Office 97) and in
> internet expoler Internet Mail.
> Any solution to that?
> I would not want to send an attachment file
> of ASCII ART.
> thanks!
> 
> Regards,
> Jeff (http://web.singnet.com.sg/~maxjeff/)

Jeff--

You need to make sure that the font you are using is a "monospace" font
for ASCII art to work correctly.  Monospace means that each character
takes up the same amount of horizontal space.  That is,

OOOOO   and

iiiii  

take up the same amount of space.  An example of a monospace font is
COURIER.  Other fonts, i.e. Times New Roman, are not monospaced.  If you
try the above experiment in MS WORD with Times New Roman, you will find
the horizontal space taken up by the five O's will be greater than that
of the 5 i's.

So, bottom line, when you have ascii art in MS WORD, highlight it and
change the font to COURIER.

Hope that helps.

-DK
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