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Monospace fonts are not monospaced in Word 2010

I am writing up some software documentation and am trying to use Courier New for the code parts to make them clear to read. I chose Courier New because it is a monospace font. However the results I am seeing are defiantly not monospace, and as a result it makes the code more difficult to read.

Why is Word doing this and how do I get it to stop?

Running Word 2010 on Windows 7.

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Assuming you have Courier New on your computer (and there is no reason to think you do not) it is monospaced.

In addition to Full Justification, Distributed Text can cause this.

Alignment / Justification of Text in Microsoft Word

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That certainly looks monospaced to me. If you are referring to subtle differences in spacing between characters, partly that's a result of their being monospaced. But you might try changing the setting of File | Options | Advanced: Display: Optimize character positioning for layout rather than readability.
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