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- From: scls_ss@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Eric Scoles)
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- Subject: Re: WordPerfect v5.1 - 2 problems
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.172041.14514@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>
- Date: 28 Jul 92 17:20:41 GMT
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- In <sjlai.4@fcit-c1.fcit.monash.edu.au> sjlai@fcit-c1.fcit.monash.edu.au (SIMON LAI) writes:
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- >I've used 5.1 for some time now (since its inception). Have persevered with
- >the crashes and strange behavior, though I'm beginning to think its time to
- >change to something like TeX or similar.
-
- Hm, you say it's crash-happy? I've never had that problem -- it's possible
- that you got a bad interim release of WP. You may be able to get them to
- send you a new interim free (the latest is March 92, I think) by whining
- about it on the phone (hey, it's worked for me), but they may want to make
- you pay for it -- $10 for WP for DOS, I think. As long as you make sure you
- ask for them, you get new printer drivers too. (And yes, it really does
- change from interim to interim!)
-
- Also, WP _will_ crash during complex operations with large documents on an
- 8088 or on a 512K system.
-
- >Anyhow here are the problems, any help appreciated.
-
- >1) When printing to a postcript printer via our Novell fileserver ...
- [this was already answered better than I can]
-
- >2) Have just started to use Parallel-Protected columns for a thesis. Inside
- > these columns I can't seem to be able to create a footnote or a table.
- > Eventually got around the table problem by creating a text box
- > and creating a table inside that text box. This worked fine for about
- > 5 minutes, but when moving the text box around, 5.1 hung (surprise,
- > surprise).
-
- Don't use Parallel columns with block protect for complex stuff. I also
- seem to remember that there is an explicit problem with block protect and
- tables. You can always turn off parallel columns for a while and turn it
- back on. Tables are like paragraphs: You should be able to do a simple
- indent on it once you've got it to the right width.
-
- Also, you could use a table or a succession of tables instead of parallel
- columns. That's what most of the office people that I teach opt for. You
- could then create a simulation of a freestanding table in one "column" or
- another by simply showing the lines.
-
- Right off hand I don't know how well this stuff is explained in the book;
- you might try to lay hands on Acerson's 5.1 book or the ENCYCLOPEDIA
- WORDPERFECT (I think from Sybex).
-
- >Once again, help appreciated.
-
- >Simon "Thinking Seriously of Changing to something else" Lai.
-
- Personally, I suspect changing would be more difficult than staying. Til
- something _really_ nice comes along. That "really nice" thing is more
- likely to be able to read in WP 5.1 than TeX. 8-)
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