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From: briand@tekig4.LEN.TEK.COM (Brian Diehm)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: MS Word 4.0 --- First (and Last) Impressions
Keywords: Bugs
Message-ID: <3965@tekig4.LEN.TEK.COM>
Date: 4 May 89 20:45:54 GMT
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Reply-To: briand@tekig4.LEN.TEK.COM (Brian Diehm)
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton,  OR.
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> In Word 4.0 (also Word 3.0) if you save a document in RTF format and read it
>with Word on another system, font assignments will be mapped by name. Since
>the RTF file encodes all of the properties stored in a Word binary file, you
>can ship the RTF to the service bureau confident that they will be able to
>print exactly what you sent them, provided they have loaded on their system
>all the fonts you used in your document.
> I guess I was far-seeing back then. ;-)
>
>Best regards,
>
>Dave Luebbert
>Microsoft Corp.

Dave, thank you for your response.

I was under the impression that RTF was supposed to assist in moving things
between platforms, not back to the same program. It's nice to know that this
loop-the-loop solution is there (at least the problem can be gotten around),
but the problem solution was specified over a year ago by Apple. WHY HAVE YOU
PEOPLE IGNORED IT?

I mean no disrespect, but if I were in your shoes, I would be embarrassed to
make this "solution" public. Why not just fix the program, especially during
an upgrade cycle?

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Brian Diehm                                  (SDA - Standard Disclaimers Apply)
Tektronix, Inc.                                       briand@tekig4.LEN.TEK.COM
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Brian Diehm                                  (SDA - Standard Disclaimers Apply)
Tektronix, Inc.                                       briand@tekig4.LEN.TEK.COM