Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!fox!portal!cup.portal.com!fleming From: fleming@cup.portal.com (Stephen R Fleming) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Eureka! Word/PM Italics problem fixable Message-ID: <24271@cup.portal.com> Date: 20 Nov 89 18:02:53 GMT References: Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 27 mr2t+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Tod Rose) writes: >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. > >[goes on to report turning Fast Save off solves the problem] Sorry, not quite. Turning off Fast Save solves a lot of problems, but not all. For example, if you type a word in mixed bold full caps and small caps, PageMaker will not only ignore the small caps, but will turn off the boldface as well. It's things like this that drive me buggy about PageMaker. I use it, but it takes a lot more proofreading than it should. (Once the Word original has been proofread, I mean.) I don't even want to talk about what it does to hyphens! +--------------------------+-------------------------------------------+ | Stephen Fleming | My employer doesn't pay for this account. | | fleming@cup.portal.com | In fact, my employer doesn't even know | | CI$: 76354,3176 | I'm here! Disclaimer enough for any | | Voice: (703) 847-7058 | network-aware lawyer-types, I hope... | +--------------------------+-------------------------------------------+