Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!mit-eddie!rutgers!psuvax1!psuvm!q8n From: Q8N@psuvm.psu.edu (Scott D. Camp) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: More Word gripes Message-ID: <90052.210048Q8N@psuvm.psu.edu> Date: 22 Feb 90 02:00:48 GMT Organization: Penn State University Lines: 46 I have seen a lot of people posting their complaints of MS Word 4.0 lately. I guess I'd like to add a couple of pointed questions myself. Recently, I saw a post where the person was asking about anchoring a graphic to a page location and then having Word flow text around it. I don't think the poster used these types of terms, but that was how I interpreted the request (I lost the original post). Unfortunately, I didn't see any replies posted to the net (or a summary yet). To the best of my knowledge, this is not possible with Word 4.0. However, since this is a real problem for me as I need to insert tables, charts, and graphs into Word to produce draft chapters of my dissertation. As it is, I assume that I have to place and then tweak the text around it myself. However, I would like to tap the collective knowledge of the net to make sure that I am not missing something in Word. Am I? Is it possible to do this with Word? Having to keep readjusting chapter drafts manually is not a thought I relish at all. It would almost be simpler to cut and paste. If not with Word, then how about another Mac product? At this point, I am seriously considering a switch. On the IBM side, I am aware that WordPerfect 5.0 (5.1) allows you to place a graphic and have text flow automatically around it. So please don't post responses that I am asking a word processor to do the work of DTP package. Even with Waterloo Script on my IMB mainframe (OK, so it actually belongs to Penn State) I can kind of do these types of things by dumping floating blocks. Also, is there a way to tell Word to automatically number a new document with the next logical page number from the previously printed document. Again, I keep my chapters in separtate files. I then print the whole thing by choosing the appropriate file under the Next File selection of Page Setup. While this works to print all chapters, I have to manually change ahead of time the starting page number for each chapter. Again, am I missing something? I admit I haven't read the 4.0 documentation as closely as I csign have, but I have been unable to find a way of doing this. Oh well, thanks for any information in advance. If you don't like posting to the net, send me e-mail and I'll summarize. ------- Scott D. Camp Dept. of Sociology The Pennsylvania State University 305 Oswald Tower University Park, PA 16802 814-863-0393