Copied from the Help file: "Change the spacing between characters Select the text you want to change. On the Format menu, click Font, and then click the Character Spacing tab. Do one of the following: To expand or condense space evenly between all the selected characters, click Expanded or Condensed in the Spacing box, and then specify how much space you want in the By box. To kern characters that are above a particular point size, select the Kerning for fonts check box, and then enter the point size in the Points and above box. Note Selecting Expanded or Condensed alters the spacing between all selected letters by the same amount. Kerning alters the spacing between particular pairs of letters." That was the point of my question: kerning is not automatic, and the overlay-exact match word doc was done with default settings. so, was any kerning done on the forgeries?
I don't think there was any kerning.
I was looking at the memo "BushGuardmay4.pdf" and zoomed in on the line that starts : 1. You are ordered
In a Word document I created two lines of the same text. The first line with kerning on, the second with it off.
It really looks like the forged doc matches my "kerning off" line. I can see the biggest difference with the letter pair "Yo" from You. Make sure to zoom you word doc to 150 or more to see the changes.