Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sunybcs!rutgers!umn-d-ub!cs.umn.edu!ux.acs!clarson From: clarson@ux.acs.umn.edu (Chaz Larson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Postscript from Word 4.0...? Message-ID: <1216@ux.acs.umn.edu> Date: 24 Feb 90 02:09:21 GMT References: <1096@ux.acs.umn.edu> <122@cavanasic.nsc.com> <1205@ux.acs.umn.edu> Reply-To: clarson@ux.acs.umn.edu (Chaz Larson) Organization: University of Minnesota, ACSS Lines: 42 In some article I wrote: >In article <122@cavanasic.nsc.com> maul@asic.nsc.com (Rob Maul maul@asic.nsc.com (408) 721-7637) writes: >>Since I don't have a LaserWriter I can't extract the PostScript using the >>Click-OK command-f stuff. Is this right? > >You don't need a LaserWriter physically attached to the Mac to do this. Just >add the LaserWriter and Laser Prep files to your system folder, select the >LaserWriter in the Chooser [even though there isn't one available] and try the >Command-F trick again. It will work. > > I received a bit of E-mail from someone who alleges to be: adimail!giza!tel@uunet.UU.net [my mailer didn't like that, hence the post] who asks: >Have you actually got this to work with WORD? No one I have contacted can do >this. > >Z The answer is: Yes, I do this from MS Word on a regular basis. I did it about 5 minutes ago, just to be sure. Command-F and Command-K output was generated without a hitch. I'm not sure what could be preventing your system from leaping through this particular hoop, Z. Are you sure you have the Laser Prep and LaserWriter files in your system folder? Is the LaserWriter chosen? What specifically happens when the attempt fails? Hope I can help clear it up for you... 8) -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Chaz Larson - clarson@ux.acs.umn.edu "Great Scott! This 9 foot alien woman is a swinger! ...and she has the hots for me!!!" - Flaming Carrot