Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!ucsfcgl!socrates.ucsf.edu!altman From: altman@socrates.ucsf.edu (John Altman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Pasting PICT's into MSWord Summary: Word is munging my MacDraw figures! Keywords: MacDraw II, MSWord, PICT Message-ID: Date: 29 May 91 23:23:31 GMT Sender: daemon@cgl.ucsf.edu Distribution: comp Lines: 29 I have some figures done in MacDraw II (1.1) where it is important that several horizontal bars are aligned perfectly with the text above it -- the text represents a protein sequence, is in the Courier font (I needed a constant width font), and has one space between each letter. When preparing the document, I forgot that the default setting in version 1.1 is to use fractional font widths, so the MD file was prepared that way -- I don't think this turns out to be a problem if I use fractional widths on the Word end. I then group all of the text and bars together and paste them into a Word document, and things look fine on my SE at home. I then take the document to the lab and attempt to print it, but now the bars are no longer aligned with the text, and the Courier font comes out on the laserwriter looking something more like Monaco (I don't know if that is a laser font, but the letters are very, very plain). Not all of the text in the graphic shows up as Monaco-like. In addition, the graphic looks ok on the screen, but the hard copy is seriously out of alignment. I'm fairly certain that we have Courier installed on the laserwriter, so that is not the problem. Any ideas? Thanks in advance, John -- John Altman * altman@picasso.mmwb.ucsf.edu Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, S-926 * University of California, San Francisco * San Francisco, CA 94143 *