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From: clarson@ux.acs.umn.edu (Chaz Larson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Word 5 Wishes
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Date: 17 Jan 91 14:24:11 GMT
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In article <1991Jan17.012140.2414@cs.umn.edu> aslakson@cs.umn.edu (Brian Aslakson) writes:
|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!

Worse, Brian, under Word 4.0 one can no longer define a custom page size for
use with the LaserWriter; only the ImageWriter.  Under 3.02 I used to use
custom page sizes when printing to the LaserWriter quite often.  I can't
imagine why Microsoft had to remove that ability.

chaz



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Someone please release me from this trance.
clarson@ux.acs.umn.edu                                       AOL:Crowbone