Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!mintaka!proton.LCS.MIT.EDU!mikew From: mikew@proton.LCS.MIT.EDU (Michael B. Williams) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: Word Perfect -> Word for Windows Message-ID: <1991Feb18.230957.3320@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> Date: 18 Feb 91 23:09:57 GMT References: <5900@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <1991Feb15.173709.6780@eng.umd.edu> <2368@travis.csd.harris.com> Sender: daemon@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu (Lucifer Maleficius) Reply-To: mikew@proton.LCS.MIT.EDU (Michael B. Williams) Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lines: 37 In article <2368@travis.csd.harris.com>, leoh@hardy.hdw.csd.harris.com (Leo Hinds) writes: |> In article <1991Feb15.173709.6780@eng.umd.edu> burgoyne@eng.umd.edu (John R. Burgoyne) writes: |> >My big gripe with W4W is that the printer tray, orientation, and paper |> >size are outside the scope of the program and are instead part of the |> >Windows operating system. |> |> Seems logical to me ... and many others as well (I believe) as I do not recall |> anybody else complaining about it ... I will concede that possibly some |> "features" (such as orientation & probably paper size) would not change all |> that often in any single document ... but most of the time there is a default |> configuration that (I) use ... so once I have set up the printer ... that's it |> (why would I do it for every document ... argh !?!) As a WordPerfect user, I'd have to agree with John's original comments on Word for Windows printing limitations; WordPerfect handles printing with much less fuss than Windows in general. (And to calm a pet peeve of mine, just because there are no other complaints doesn't mean that it's implemented either logically or appropriately.) At a Windows expo held in Boston last year, I asked the WordPerfect representative how printing would be handled in WordPerfect for Windows, considering Windows' (perceived) lack of precise control (such as forms, orientations, etc.) for printing. The rep said that users will have the option of using either the Windows printer driver or the current .PRS files, which is great for me, because all the enhancements to WP's default Panasonic KX-P1124 printer driver that I made (additions such as double-high priting, for example) won't be lost. It's also a double blessing, because Windows still doesn't support this printer at all, except in emulation mode where I miss the Panasonic-specific features. ________________________________________________________________________ Michael B. Williams \ 1-2-3-4, KICK THE LAWSUITS OUT THE DOOR MIT NE43-532 \ 5-6-7-8, INNOVATE DON'T LITIGATE Laboratory for Computer Science \ 9-A-B-C, INTERFACES SHOULD BE FREE 545 Technology Square \ D-E-F-0, LOOK AND FEEL HAS GOT TO GO! Cambridge, MA 02139 -------------------------------------- (617) 253-5983 Internet: mikew@athena.mit.edu CompuServe: 73667,3264