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From: bfag@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Meneldur)
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Date: 26 Jul 90 02:21:59 GMT
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In article <1990Jul25.020523.28948@amd.com> indra@ashirvad.amd.com (Indra Singhal) writes:
>In article <9848.3498.forumexp@mts.rpi.edu> Barry Bailey writes:
>>
>>   I recently purchased Word for Windows and am interested in obtaining
>>   the Technical Reference Manual ($20). Has anyone seen it in any
>>   bookstores? Could someone from Microsoft indicate whether they
>>   distribute the manual to retail outlets, or exclusively sell it
>>   directly to customers?
>>   thanks
>Hi Barry,
>	I recently took a look at the TEch ref. from MS for W4W. It is
>	written in the same fashion as the user's reference. I did not
>	find it useful. I am going to wait for a 3rd party author to
>	publish.
>
>	As for its availability, I have seen it at Daltons and at the
>	Computer Literacy book store. 
>
>	Just my personal opinion.
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Sorry, I'd have to disagree with you on this one!  If one has any intent in
making some really fantastic macros, for example, the book is a must.  I'm
a bit miffed that Microsoft made the reference optional and requires another
$20 or so to buy it.

Indra's correct on the book's being available at most of the bookstore
chains.  I've seen it most everywhere.  Further, it comes out cheaper to
buy it from your local bookstore than to buy it direct from Microsoft and
have to pay shipping.  And lastly, with it being in the bookstore, it does
give you the chance to take a peek first and see if you can make do without
the reference at the present time.

If you're into programming, I imagine you'll buy the book.  WordBASIC can do 
some pretty spiffy things -- including allowing you to fix some minor bugs.  
I rewrote the super- and sub-script macros (an awful lot of W4W features
are actually macros) to shrink the point size of the super/subscripted
characters the way the book says it's supposed to do in the first place.
Pretty neat!

Enjoy!

Bill Faggart
Dept. of Geological Science
University of Rochester
Rochester, New York