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From: stuartb@microsoft.UUCP (Stuart Burden)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Status of MS Word 4.0
Message-ID: <164@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 2 Jan 89 16:07:46 GMT
References: <456@tekn01.chalmers.se> <129@microsoft.UUCP> <801@tasis.utas.oz>
Reply-To: stuartb@microsoft.UUCP (Stuart Burden)
Organization: Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA
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In article <801@tasis.utas.oz> ben@tasis.utas.oz (Ben Lian) writes:
     | In article <129@microsoft.UUCP> stuartb@microsoft.UUCP
     | (Stuart Burden) writes:
     | >>In article <456@tekn01.chalmers.se> d83_sven_a@tekn01.chalmers.se
     | >>(Sven (Sciz) Axelsson) writes:
     | >>     | It would be interesting if those who has had
     | >>     | real experience with the program could post their
     | >>     | observations to the net, or better to me directly.
     | >Well... it's tempting... nah.. :-) :-)

     | Don't do this Stu.  NEVER, EVER, tease people (like me,
     | for e.g.) who are spittin' chips because Word 3.0x don't
     | work proper an' all, when some of us are DEPENDING on it
     | to.  You tired of living or something?

1.  This was not intended to be a "tease".
2.  I have no business discussing specific features of an unreleased
    product, other than those that have been announced (by program
    managment.. and then I should think twice.. and do!)
2.  It would be far better that the net do it's own critique of a product.

Don't you think it would be a tad biased if I did a review?.. that's why I
haven't... that's why the smiley faces Ben!

     | BTW, I assume that Word 4.0 will be able to read 3.0x
     | files, including style sheets?

Word 3.xx does not have style sheets.  The PC version of Word uses
seperate sheets/documents to store styles, the Macintosh versions of Word
have never done this.  Styles on Macintosh Word are stored with the
document that you "attach" them to.

Word 4.0 will read Word 3.x styles.

     | Ben Lian
     | Benjamin Y H Lian
     | ben%tasis.utas.oz.au@uunet.uu.net University of Tasmania

Stu.

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