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From: daveo@hpcvra.cv.hp.com. (Dave Ochs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Damn WordPerfect and HELP !!!
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Date: 12 Jun 91 19:44:10 GMT
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/ hpcvra.cv.hp.com:comp.sys.ibm.pc / s64421@zeus.usq.EDU.AU (house ron) /  7:30 am  Jun 11, 1991 /
s902255@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (A. Vanderstock) writes:

>My first document:  Let's have some bold 10 pt roman, some italic 10 pt
>Helvetica, etc etc...  What happened?  All the fonts came out in different
>sizes because idiot Word thinks points are a horizontal measurement!

This is just plain wrong.  Points are exactly what you expect ... they refer
to vertical size.  I don't know what YOU were doing, but it works fine for
me and the rest of the world (possible a slight exageration).

>Ron House.   (s64421@zeus.usq.edu.au)

Dave Ochs
daveo@cv.hp.com