Path: utzoo!mnetor!frank
From: frank@mnetor.UUCP (Frank Kolnick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Word 4.0 questions
Message-ID: <4991@mnetor.UUCP>
Date: 4 May 89 15:25:34 GMT
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Reply-To: frank@mnetor.UUCP (Frank Kolnick)
Organization: Computer X (CANADA) Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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A few more questions:
1. I have a title page for a manual that uses 36pt Stone semi-bold.
   With Word 4.0, the letter-spacing is terrible: letters run into
   each other, spacing between some letters is greater than *word*
   spacing. This was fine under version 3! I've tried it with and
   without fractional widths (the output changes, but just shifts the
   problem to different parts of the words). Can I fix this?
2. Is the minimum tab spacing really 1.5pt (or thereabouts)? I'm trying
   to create bullets with the bullet symbol followed by a tab followed
   by the text. I can't get as close to the bullet as I'd like; if I
   try a tab any closer than about 1/8" it bumps the text to the next tab
   stop. (I can get a lot closer with XPress, for example, so it's not
   the font that causes the problem). This was a quirk with 3 but I'd
   hoped it would go away with 4. Am I doing something wrong?
3. It seems that if I use a small font size (in this case, 9pt Helvetica
   Light), I can't get the leading below about 12 points. Hence two lines
   of text look like two paragraphs.  (again, XPress handles this ok)
4. I really detest the new print dialog. I'm used to tabbing from 'copies'
   to the page numbers. While the added flexibility of the section range
   is welcome, it's also inconsistent on two counts: it differs from
   other applications, and it behaves differently (i.e., normally) if the
   document only has one section. (Since I'm updating manual pages on
   a regular basis, this aberration in typing is enough to make me want
   to use a different word processor. There's nothing quite as 
   frustrating as finding yourself in the midst of printing the wrong
   page. BTW, why does Word take so long to cancel printing?)



-- 
Frank Kolnick,
consulting for, and therefore expressing opinions independent of, Computer X
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