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From: dlt%computer-lab.cambridge.ac.uk@NSS.Cs.Ucl.AC.UK (David Tennenhouse)
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Subject: WordPerfect 5.0
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Date: 19 Jul 88 21:02:11 GMT
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I am just switching over to WP 5.0 which looks to be a well thought
out compromise between a word processing package suited to authors
and a desktop publishing system....just a few little problems and I
would greatly appreciate some help or a referral to an alternate
newsgroup...and yes, I know about the wordperfect helpline.

1.  WP 5.0 is supposed to support the inclusion of postscript files
within graphics windows.  The manual says little about the format of
the postscript file other than it being encapsulated postscript and
having the correct %! comment at the top.  I have tried to include
lots of different variants (almost null files) but WP keeps complaining
about the format.  Does anybody know the magic incantation?  If so,
could you please forward a copy of a skeleton postscript file that works?
Is the filename sacred?

2.  Is there an easy way to get MacDraw to produce a postscript file
that I can transfer to my IBM and include in my WP document?  I am not
a MAC user and as near as I can tell the "default" laserwriter driver
doesn't have a "print to file" option.  We do have a pagemaker driver
with that option but I haven't tried using it yet.

3.  Either WP 5.0 or my AT clone (an Olivetti M280) has a bug that
appears when saving files using the Text IN/OUT (DOS) feature.  The
second time you save a file the file length gets set to zero.  Funny
things happen thereafter and if you really persist disk clusters go
amissing.  I can live with this one but thought I would pass on a
warning.

Thanks for any help/referrals.

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