Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!uwm.edu!bionet!ames!dftsrv!mimsy!mojo!burgoyne From: burgoyne@eng.umd.edu (John R. Burgoyne) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: Word Perfect -> Word for Windows Message-ID: <1991Feb16.065509.10518@eng.umd.edu> Date: 16 Feb 91 06:55:09 GMT References: <1991Feb15.173709.6780@eng.umd.edu> <1991Feb15.213112.7910@portia.Stanford.EDU> Sender: news@eng.umd.edu (C-News) Organization: College of Engineering, Maryversity of Uniland, College Park Lines: 46 I wrote about Windows inflexibility with printing. >>Please fix this one MS, or WordPerfect please ignore the Windows >>printing standards in WP4W. >> Someone who doesn't seem to make extensive use of WordPerfect's printing capabilities shot back: > >No no no no no... One of the main reasons for using Windows is so you don't >have to put up with the weird behavior of maverick programs. BTW, there is >a way to change orientation on the fly using documented Windows interfaces, so >WP would not have to bypass Windows. > Sure, you could embed some Ctrl characters, etc. in a Windows document which ask the printer to change orientation, perhaps even size and tray. But W4W sure as heck doesn't do this and I'm afraid WP4W will follow their lead. Consider the following scenario. We have a network with (3) printers. HP Laser Jet II running HPPCL on LPT2: DEC ScriptPrinter running PS on LPT3: Epson dot matrix for wide carriage when needed on LPT1: WP documents associate a printer with the document. An 11" wide page makes senseonly for the Epson. The HP has some soft fonts, but if I try to send it something it didn't have, Windows might try to graphically create it or it might barf. In either instance, you're probably affecting other users by holding up their jobs. With Windows, I must select the printer each time a document which uses a different printer is loaded. This sucks and there is no easy workaround. Because the printer driver is part of the Windows Op. Sys., W4W macros cease execution when they get to the Windows D.B. Almost forgot, typing in W4W with full justification is a joke. I'd rather not have WYSIWYG when it looks like this! Don't get me wrong about Windows. Other than Word Processing, its great. I'm using XTALK right now, and I own many Windows products. I just wish that the printer switching, etc. could have been done with more creativity and attention to detail. Robert