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From: utoddl@uncecs.edu (Todd M. Lewis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: ProWrite 3.0.1 problems
Message-ID: <1990Jul25.135341.16083@uncecs.edu>
Date: 25 Jul 90 13:53:41 GMT
Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service
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[...tried to post this once before but I don't think it worked.
 Sorry for any duplication....]

Hello, net.
   I haven't seen much talk about ProWrite version 3.0.1, a fact
which surprises me since previous releases seemed to generate
lots of comments and because there seem to be quite a few
problems with it.  Is it just me or are others having problems
similar to these:

*  Cancelled printing often locks up the program.

*  Space after paragraphs should cause a blank line after the
   last line of a paragraph.  Instead it causes a blank line
   before the last line of a paragraph.  This happens when
   using the printer's fonts (I dont generally use printed
   screen fonts).

*  If you select "no gaps between pages" and top and bottom
   margins of 0.00 to print 66 lines on a page (this is using
   the printer's fonts again) the top 3 lines on the page
   over-strike one another.

*  The program doesn't properly advance to the end of the
   page.

*  "Phantom text" sometimes appears which duplicates real text
   but cannot be edited.  It screws up page layouts until
   it mysteriously disappears later.

3.0.1 seems to be quite a bit slower in text entry and cursor
movements.  I've had to drop back to version 2.5 for anything I want
to work right.  Have others had these problems?
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