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Re: Word 5.1



>>>>> "Stephen" == Stephen P Lee <splee@news.sfu.ca> writes:
In article <4gdjrl$83q@morgoth.sfu.ca> splee@news.sfu.ca (Stephen P Lee) writes:


    Stephen> I wish to install MacWord 5.1 in Executor for Linux
    Stephen> 1.99q. The installing program kept reminding me that '/'
    Stephen> was damaged and to switch to another disk. I gave-up on
    Stephen> this and manually unpacked the files using unstuffit.

Sadly, that's the only choice you currently have under Executor.  Word
5's installer program doesn't run although Word itself does.

    Stephen> Word5.1 now works but printing is a problem. I have Linux
    Stephen> setup to print with lpr using the APS filter to handle
    Stephen> postscript output. In Executor/Word 5.1 printing a file
    Stephen> results in pages of postscript commands.

You don't mention which version of Executor you have, but it sounds
like you have 1.99q, which has a bug that results in "%%" being
printed instead of "%" when printing the Document Structuring
Comments.  The double '%' confuse PostScript detecting filters.  That
bug is fixed in 1.99q6.

    Stephen> Does Executor normally send print jobs to lpr?

Yes.

    Stephen> If I send output to a
    Stephen> file and view with ghostview I almost get what is suppose
    Stephen> to be printed with one exception - parts of text at the
    Stephen> top of the page and sometimes down the middle of the page
    Stephen> are missing. Is printing fully functional in the demo
    Stephen> version of Executor?

In theory, yes.  Although 1.99q definitely has problems.

    Stephen> One final question, is it too late
    Stephen> to purchase an educational license for 1.99q?

It is not (yet) too late.  We've fired up our CD-ROM burner to help
out a friend (i.e. not Executor related) and we have a bunch of blanks
on hand, but we still need to get some release forms returned before
we can release our first "official" Executor beta CD-ROM can be made.
Once we have a stable beta CD-ROM our pre-beta prices will go away.

    Stephen> Thanks for your answers!  Stephen -- Stephen P. Lee
    Stephen> Office: (604) 291-4291 Department of Biological Sciences
    Stephen> Fax: (604) 291-3496 Simon Fraser University E-mail:
    Stephen> Stephen_p_lee@sfu.ca Burnaby, BC, Canada. V5A 1S6

--Cliff
ctm@ardi.com


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