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From: pfr654@csc.anu.oz
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: reductions in word 4 counter-intuitive
Message-ID: <2704.26d9015c@csc.anu.oz>
Date: 27 Aug 90 11:17:48 GMT
Organization: Computer Services, Australian National University
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Something that really bugs me with the new version of word is that in 
selecting a reduction to say 80% in the page setup, the program acts as if 
you then have a pge which is 125% as big as you began with RATHER than just 
reducing your page which has been setup correctly in a particular way WHEN 
IT IS PRINTED.

I'll explain it again: Word 3 allowed one to set up an A4 page, say, and 
then reduce it by 50% to give an A5 page, albeit not sideways (but on an 
imagesetter you can get other than US letter/A4 page sizes). In word 4 if 
you tell it to reduce to 50% it acts as if all of your text is reduced by 
50%, without changing the printing area!

Can I change this without going back to word 3?
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Phil Ryan                                         
ANU Department of Physics and Theoretical Physics 
Canberra, Australia                               
pfr654@csc.anu.oz.au   phone:(61 6) 249 4678   fax:(61 6) 249 0741