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From: mr2t+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Tod Rose)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Eureka! Word/PM Italics problem fixable
Message-ID: <EZNWEnq00UhW81h=ZG@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 19 Nov 89 03:55:31 GMT
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Organization: Class of '91, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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Way back when, back when this group had a volume less than that of the
average waterfall, I posted something about a problem where PageMaker
would import Word files and shoot the text styles (italics especially)
all to hell.  Unfortunately, nobody was able to offer a rational
solution.

Now (smack myself in the forehead) I notice in the current issue of
Aldus Magazine (slap myself across the face) that Word's "Fast Save" can
screw up file importation (kick myself soundly in the butt).  This
should come as no surprise to anybody.

Solution: "Save as..." all documents before importing them, and turn off
the "Fast Save" option in the dialog.  Word documents import pristine
and Ivory-soap pure, and I can breathe easy again.

Just goes to show that even the obvious solution can be ignored by a
complete and total bonehead.

-mike