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From: rogerson@PEDEV.Columbia.NCR.COM (Dale Rogerson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: MS Word using 800x600 VGA resolution
Message-ID: <2957@PEDEV.Columbia.NCR.COM>
Date: 16 Mar 90 16:18:15 GMT
References: <63320011@hpl-opus.HP.COM> <63320014@hpl-opus.HP.COM>
Reply-To: rogerson@PEDEV.Columbia.NCR.COM (Dale Rogerson)
Organization: NCR Corp., Engineering & Manufacturing - Columbia, SC
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In article <63320014@hpl-opus.HP.COM> knotts@hpl-opus.HP.COM (Tom Knotts) writes:
>>>How can I configure MS Word for Windows to use the full 800 x 600 resolution
>>>of which my VGA card/monitor is capable? My understanding is that when a

>Ah, this brings up another question that I have: Is there a problem
>in running MS Word for Windows without Windows 386? Certainly there are
>ultimate advantages to having full windows, such as being able to pull in
>data from another window into Word.
	Currently the best environment for running WfW (Word for Windows)
	is probably Windows 286v2.11 and 386^Max.  This will provide more
	memory for WfW to use.  Windows 386 should really only be used when
	one wants to run DOS programs from within Windows.  It does not
	really give Windows programs many benefits.  The makers of Actor
	also recommend running Windows 286 and 386^Max instead of Windows 386.
	On the other hand, I would not recommend running any Windows program
	under only the runtime version.  Windows 286 is only $50 mail order
	and you get Windows Write - the perfect Word Processor for letters
	and simple documents.
	
>The only reason that I don't have
>Windows 386 is that I am holding out for the rumored next version (3.0?) of
>Windows.
	I think we all are waiting for the release of Windows 3.0.  It should
	solve some of the memory cram that I am facing when running WfW on a
	4.0 Meg machine.
>Perhaps my graphics card (Fastwrite I think) can supply a driver
>for Word.
	The Fastwrite VGA card has 800x600x16colors driver for Windows.
	It also has drivers for 640x400 and 640x480.  I believe that the
	Video 7 BBS has a 640x400x256 color driver also.

	I hope this helps you somewhat.

	-----Dale
		Rogerson-----