Question Windows 10 txt document problem with text alignment

[Enki2024]

Hi, i have a computer with dual boot windows 7 and windows 10, i have some documents created on W7 the text is aligned like patterns for my studies, but if i open it from W10 the text isn't aligned, that is a problem cause if i must read or update these documents i must restart and select W7 everytime, look at screenshots

W7 txt above / W10 txt below (is there a way to have the same spacing)?

 

[rgd1101]

change the font

 

[zinkles]

Hi, i have a computer with dual boot windows 7 and windows 10, i have some documents created on W7 the text is aligned like patterns for my studies, but if i open it from W10 the text isn't aligned, that is a problem cause if i must read or update these documents i must restart and select W7 everytime, look at screenshots

W7 txt above / W10 txt below (is there a way to have the same spacing)?

Picture 1 seems to be using "monospace font".
In monospace, no matter the character, the space occupied by that character will be the same.

If you can change the font to monospace in win10 text editor, you can get the same spacing as the pic 1.

How-To

 

[Nigel Spike]

Neither Windows 7 nor Windows 10 are text editors. What program are you using? Notepad, Wordpad and most word processing programs can save files as .txt , but they may not display them the same way.

 

[Enki2024]

Picture 1 seems to be using "monospace font".
In monospace, no matter the character, the space occupied by that character will be the same.

If you can change the font to monospace in win10 text editor, you can get the same spacing as the pic 1.

How-To

exactly, u understood what i mean, in win7 all the characters get the same psacing, i know hoiw to change font in notepad but on win10 there is no monospace font, where i can get it?

 

[Enki2024]

Neither Windows 7 nor Windows 10 are text editors. What program are you using? Notepad, Wordpad and most word processing programs can save files as .txt , but they may not display them the same way.

the common notepad, when you create a txt file, but i can't find monospace font setting on win 10

 

[Nigel Spike]

Notepad in Windows 10 appears to have a fixed tab setting for every 8 character, if this differs from Windows 7 I don't know, since I haven't used if since 2016.

Perhaps Wordpad would be a better tool for your use case, since there you can set tabs where you want them.

 

[rgd1101]

your windows don't have the Courier font?

 

[zinkles]

exactly, u understood what i mean, in win7 all the characters get the same spacing, i know how to change font in notepad but on win10 there is no monospace font, where i can get it?

You don't need monospace specifically, you can set it to whatever font, but you need to apply the same font for both.

 

[dwd999]

the common notepad, when you create a txt file, but i can't find monospace font setting on win 10

Fonts can simply be copied from one version of windows to another. Just copy the font file to a usb, and then on the new computer right click on the font file and choose the Install option.

 

[Enki2024]

your windows don't have the Courier font?

solved, yes it was courier font, i thought windows 7 use arial, thank u so much