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From: jess@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Jess M Holle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Graphics in Word 4.0
Message-ID: <1991May28.172832.21284@gn.ecn.purdue.edu>
Date: 28 May 91 17:28:32 GMT
Sender: jess@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Jess M Holle)
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
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Why is it that MS Word cannot handle fractional-point line widths?

One example of this problem is trying to paste Claris CAD 2.0 drawings
into Word and having the lines turn out a lot thicker or thinner than desired
(and than appeared in output directly from Claris CAD). This was output to
a LaserWriter II of some sort.

Also, why can't Word position objects accurately within imported PICTS? After
snapping a line to the edge of a rectangle in Claris CAD, I find that Word
continues the line into the rectangle when the drawing is pasted into it.

Why can't Word get these things straight, or have they in some more recent
bug fix? What word processors handle these things better?

Jess Holle