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- From: faigin@aero.org (Daniel P. Faigin)
- Subject: Re: WordPerfect v5.1 - 2 problems
- In-Reply-To: scls_ss@uhura.cc.rochester.edu's message of 28 Jul 92 17: 20:41 GMT
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- References: <sjlai.4@fcit-c1.fcit.monash.edu.au>
- <1992Jul28.172041.14514@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 19:59:56 GMT
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- My wife writes....
-
- On 28 Jul 92 17:20:41 GMT, scls_ss@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Eric Scoles) said:
- > 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!)
-
- If you have a registered copy and find a "bug" -- the copy is free (so it the
- phone call). I've gotten three updates in the last three years this way.
-
- > Also, WP _will_ crash during complex operations with large documents on an
- > 8088 or on a 512K system.
-
- Read... "generate" on a document > 500K.
-
- >>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).
-
- RTFM. Using "tables" or "footnotes" within "columns" is *explicity* prohibited
- -- see Columns, parallel, features in the WP51 manual (p 83 of my mnaual).
-
- > 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.
-
- Tables will protect data blocks in the same row from page breaks. To move
- tables around, use an "advance code" (Format (F8), Other, Advance)
- *immediately* prior to the table code.
-
- > 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.
-
- I second this! I was able to do this for some fairly complex 3 column stuff in
- my latest masterpiece. Also, footnotes *are* allowed in tables. Easiest method
- -- construct the table, stuff everything in -- make corrections -- *then* turn
- off the lines.
-
- Karen Davis
- via
- Daniel
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