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dnolan1-Visitor
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June 18, 2015
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Formatting Issues - Text Jumping Around

  • June 18, 2015
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I am having a formatting issue with my Mathcad when files are opened up on different computers. Everyone is using the same version of Mathcad, but if I work on a file and send it to my coworker, when he opens it up, the text and images are all overlapping and moved around.  Has anyone experienced this?

Best answer by RichardJ

Then I don't know. Zoom seems to have fixed this for some people, not for others. The bug is a really old one that has annoyed a lot of people, but neither Mathsoft nor PTC have ever seen fit to do anything about it. Here's a relatively recent thread:

https://community.ptc.com/t5/PTC-Mathcad/Mathcad-14-and-Windows-7-zoom-resolution-settings/m-p/83652#236665

Here's one from 2005:

https://community.ptc.com/t5/PTC-Mathcad/Alignment-Changes-with-Different-Zoom/m-p/404067#88650

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RichardJ19-Tanzanite
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June 18, 2015

It's a well known bug. I think setting the zoom to 100% fixes it.

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dnolan1-VisitorAuthor
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June 18, 2015

Everyone in the office has the zoom set to 100% and we still see this issue.  Is there another setting we can change that might help?

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    RichardJ19-TanzaniteAnswer
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    June 18, 2015

    Then I don't know. Zoom seems to have fixed this for some people, not for others. The bug is a really old one that has annoyed a lot of people, but neither Mathsoft nor PTC have ever seen fit to do anything about it. Here's a relatively recent thread:

    https://community.ptc.com/t5/PTC-Mathcad/Mathcad-14-and-Windows-7-zoom-resolution-settings/m-p/83652#236665

    Here's one from 2005:

    https://community.ptc.com/t5/PTC-Mathcad/Alignment-Changes-with-Different-Zoom/m-p/404067#88650

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    mmills1-Visitor
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    December 14, 2016

    To Daniel Nolan:

    Thank you for asking the the question .... [between computers using Mathcad] ... the text and images are overlapping and moved around.  Has anyone experienced this?

    Yes, we have experienced this and it is a problem.  Still looking for a solution.

    To Richard Jackson:  Thanks for the references, they were interesting and gave an idea for elimination of solutions for the problem.

    Still looking for a solution to the problem.

    As noted, zoom seems to work for some, but not others.  That has been our experience, but not consistently.

    PC#1 can create and open file(a) and see a normal view.  PC#2 can open the same file, see an overlapped file, change the Mathcad zoom to 125% and have a normal view.

    (From Windows Control Panel, resolution is the same for both PC's, PC#1 has text size set to 125%, while PC#2 is at 100%.)

    (Control Panel\Appearance and Personalization\Display\Screen Resolution  or Control Panel\Appearance and Personalization\Display)

    However for another worksheet, PC#2 can open the file(b) and see a normal view.  But for PC(#1), the view is overlapped and the overlap problem remains no matter how the zoom is changed.

    See the screen shot for a sample.

    This is more work that Mathcad needs to do on zoom controls and other viewing features.

    MGM

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