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From: karl@pdn.paradyne.com (Karl Schlenther)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: beware of Micrografx Designer 3.0!!!!
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Date: 20 Sep 90 11:45:34 GMT
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While Designer has never corrupted my disk, I have to agree with the sentiment
that Micrografx has a quality problem with this product.

I started using Migrografx products with Draw under Windows version 2.03 and
was very happy with the way I could copy and paste my drawings into Write.
When Designer came out, I eagerly cajoled my manager to buy me a copy...
just imagine, an *improved* Draw, more features, more productivity! 

Through many upgrades, I have persisted with Designer, now at 3.01, and the
#$*& copy to clipboard function (using windows metafile PICTURE rendering)
has *never* worked reliably.  It is indescribably frustrating to spend hours
on a beautiful drawing and then not to be able to copy it into a Write
document.  It is still more frustrating to spend still more hours trying this
and that workaround attempt trying to get the drawing to copy.  You have to
do the strangest things, like moving all the text to the top, or changing
fonts, or not using certain types of drawing tools (beware of fancy arrowheads!).
There is almost a cult-thing here about using Designer workarounds...magical
tricks various people have come up with for making it work... some real, others
probably superstition.  What a productivity WASTE!

I really hoped that with Win30 and W4W, Designer would finally be tamed.  Ha.
Now I get "Unrecoverable Application Error" when I paste a Designer image into
my word processor.  The latest "trick" is to avoid laserjet cartridge fonts and
only use graphic fonts.  I tell you, I think I am going to learn to use Corel Draw!

In closing, I have to admit that Designer works very nicely when Designer is the
only tool you use.  But that isn't why we use Windows, is it.  The whole idea is
for applications to share what they do best with other applications.  Why doesn`t
Micrografx test their support for the Clipboard better?  I feel it is inexcusable.

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Karl Schlenther                         AT&T Paradyne
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