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From: aslakson@cs.umn.edu (Brian Aslakson)
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Subject: Re: Word 5 Wishes
Message-ID: <1991Jan17.012140.2414@cs.umn.edu>
Date: 17 Jan 91 01:21:40 GMT
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sadowski@tartarus.uchicago.edu (Robert Sadowski) writes:
>In article <...> aslakson@cs.umn.edu (Brian Aslakson) writes:
>>How about doing something about those temp files?
>What's the big deal ? Have you ever had an error because your HD is full?
>If you really hate the damn things, use Temperament II.

I was hoping against hope that no one would say that.  I should have known
better.  

I know about Temperament II.  It's a work around for a deficiency in Word.
It isn't a HD full error that is the "big" deal.  My system folders are
plenty full right now.  And any program that creates all of those (usually)
empty temp files is waaay sloppy.  Not the kind of thing I want from a "top
of the line" program.  Not the kind of mess I want in my system folders.

Just today Word reminded me of another deficiency.  When you want to set up
a custom page size, the place you do it is not obvious.  It's under Preferences.
Not under Page something or Custom something.  It's not even a separate
command.  My boss at first, and then myself pulled our hair out over this
simple thing.  We had to go raid a manual (long story) to figure it out!


Brian Aslakson <-= Clues for sale
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