Hi Mike, Yes, I can verify this behavior with FrameMaker 8 on Windows XP.
Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com >I posted this topic a couple of days ago with no response. Probably I made >it too complicated. :) Can someone please tell me if they see the same >problem with FM8? > > 1. Click in a sample body text paragraph. > > 2. In the Paragraph Designer, set alignment to justified. Extra space is > added between words to make the text line reach the right-hand margin. It > works as expected. > > 3. Now, in the Advanced tab of the Paragraph Designer, check the Allow > Automatic Letter Spacing checkbox. Some lines in the paragraph jump back > from the right-hand margin, and are no longer justified! (You may have to > change your zoom level to see it, and it's more obvious in narrow columns > than wide ones.) FM applies letter spacing to words on some lines, and > those are the lines that lose justification. > > Justification and Automatic Letter Spacing used to work together. Now, > only one or the other works. Is anyone else seeing this? > > Mike Wickham > FrameMaker 8.0p236 (trial version) > Windows XP Pro > > P.S. I have DisplayUsingPrinterMetrics=On in maker.ini, but the problem > exists whether it's on or off. PDFs match what I see on screen.