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From: parora@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Pavneet Arora)
Date: Sun, 10-Jan-88 21:36:37 EST
Message-ID: <1988Jan10.213637.7864@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu>
Organization: University of Toronto Computing Services
Subject: WordPerfect - Differing opinions
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Keywords: Bewildered - but not because of the cold temps in Toronto


I am sorry for not responding earlier.  Our site just received the
INFO-ATARI 16 digest.  I didn't realize there was any activity on
WordPerfect.

ASIDE:  Al Gaspar or Rich Dankert, if you could please send me a 
        summary I'd really appreciate it.

I didn't get Al's original posting either but I did see Rich's
response.

I too am at a loss as to our differing opinions.  I will try to
present some details that may clear up the situation.

As far as I know, there are two existing versions of the program
with another one out in the US but not yet up in Canada.  These
are 10/10/87 and 10/28/87, both of which I have.  You can verfify
the dates by invoking the online HELP.  It is on the top right of
the HELP screen.

My configuration is as follows:

          A 1040ST with a single DD floppy
          Monochrome monitor
          Roland 1012 9-pin printer (just another FX-80 emulator)
            I believe this printer sells in the US as the Panasonic
            1080i.

My problems stem mainly from using printer.prg.  That is where there
I have found most of the bugs.  Of course, if there are bugs there
then it is awfully difficult to get formatted documents for your
printer 8{).  However, there are bugs in WP.prg as well.

The critical problem for me was the following:

I was trying to get right-justified documents with a proportionally
spaced NLQ font, i.e., use my printer to its fullest.  I spent
many hours skirting the plain sloppy bugs in printer.prg and finally
got my character width defintion set up.

I then transferred this definition on the WP disk etc. so that I
could use it.  Now when I try to print the document, it prints it
beautifully, NLQ, proportionally spaced font.  At least it does the
first time.  Now without doing ANYTHING to the document and just
asking it to print the document again, all of a sudden right-
justification is forgotten and you get a non-formatted document.
Nothing except getting out of the program and invoking it again
will print documents right-justifified.

I can try to list other bugs as well if people are interested.  I
didn't know if netters would want to read about the intricacies
of WP.

The only other thing I can really say is that I have written WP
two letters with different lists of bugs.  They have acknowledged
that the bugs existed and the latest release (i.e. early January,
the one I presume Neil was Beta testing) was actually scheduled
for Dec 15, 1987.  I was told by WP Canada (ala J.B. Marketing)
that they had relayed my lists to UTAH and the Dec 15 release was
delayed a month as a result of the list of bugs that I sent them.

I hope this helps us get to the bottom of this. 

Pavneet Arora
parora@utgpu