View current or default trapping settings

Microsoft Publisher traps TrueType fonts on all MicrosoftWindows platforms. Publisher traps PostScript Type I fonts only if you're running Windows NT or Windows 2000 and have Adobe Type Manager (ATM) installed. To see trapping details for characters with different colors or multiple text formats, you must select each individual character.

Publisher does not trap text formatted with outline, underline, shadow, engrave, or emboss effects.

View default trapping settings for selected objects or text

1. On the Tools menu, point to Commercial Printing Tools, point to Trapping, and then click Preferences.
2. Select the Automatic trapping check box, and then click OK.
3. In the row that describes the component you want trapping information on, click Details.

   If you want to check trapping settings for other objects, you can select them without closing the dialog box.

4. Click OK, and then click Close.

View current trapping settings for selected objects or text

1. Select the objects or the text whose trapping settings you want to view.
2. On the Tools menu, point to Commercial Printing Tools, point to Trapping, and then click Per Object Trapping.
3. In the row that describes the component you want trapping information on, click Details.

   If you want to check trapping settings for other objects, you can select them without closing the dialog box.

4. Click OK, and then click Close.

View current trapping settings for an entire publication

1. On the Tools menu, point to Commercial Printing Tools, point to Trapping, and then click Preferences.
2. Select the Automatic trapping check box to view current default trapping settings.