Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!purdue!iuvax!bsu-cs!mithomas From: mithomas@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Michael Thomas Niehaus) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Fractional Widths, ATM, & Word: HELP! (Repost) Summary: How about Excel as well Message-ID: <11054@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> Date: 9 Apr 90 06:08:44 GMT References: <9292.260ffb37@amherst.bitnet> <9324.26189c9d@amherst.bitnet> Reply-To: mithomas@bsu-cs.UUCP (Michael Thomas Niehaus) Organization: CS Dept, Ball St U, Muncie, Indiana Lines: 38 I don't believe that Word uses fractional character widths, but don't hold me to it (I prefer MacWrite II myself)... Here's one for you: I was using the LinkSaver "printer" driver to capture an image of an Excel worksheet. I then copied it into a Persuasion presentation. No problem, unless I turn the fractional widths on (using some meu option of Persuasion that I don't remember). Then, the character spacing in the Excel image changes. This wouldn't be bad, except that Excel apparently draws column-by-column. This shows up when you have some text in one cell that carries over to the next. Before it looks something like: Income Statement for 1990 After, it looks something like this: Income State ment for 1990 The 'm' in "statement" is still in the same position (the start of the second column), and the "I" in "Income" is as well (start of the first column). So, fractional widths are out. Why doesn't Excel go ahead and draw out the entire cell? (Microsoft's programmers wouldn't be lazy, now, would they? :-) I really wish that I could copy a section of a spreadsheet directly to the clipboard, complete with formatting, styles, colors, etc. Then I wouldn't have to go through this whole process. -Michael p.s. This is my last posting from a Mac. It's been sold, and is shipping out tomorrow. Of course, I'm ordering a IIcx, but it won't be in until after I graduate. I guess I'm going to have to live with VT320 terminals for a while. -- Michael Niehaus UUCP: !{iuvax,pur-ee}!bsu-cs!mithomas Apple Student Rep ARPA: mithomas@bsu-cs.bsu.edu Ball State University AppleLink: ST0374 (from UUCP: st0374@applelink.apple.com)