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- From: robertt@vcd.hp.com (Bob Taylor)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
- Subject: Re: WPWIN and Landscape printing
- Message-ID: <BtKCtv.2B5@vcd.hp.com>
- Date: 25 Aug 92 23:49:06 GMT
- Article-I.D.: vcd.BtKCtv.2B5
- References: <BtIHEE.F5r@animal.gcs.co.nz>
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- Organization: Hewlett-Packard VCD
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- Laurence Chiu (lchiu@animal.gcs.co.nz) wrote:
- : In article <cuddon.17.714357087@eng2.eng.monash.edu.au> cuddon@eng2.eng.monash.edu.au (Andrew Cuddon, Civil Postg.) writes:
- : >I am using the Windows printer drivers in WordPerfect for Windows. Does
- : >anyone know how to change from portrait to landscape mode withing a
- : >document? Under the paper size command all I get is the 'Current Windows
- : >Form' and it doesnt let me add another paper size?
- : >
- : >Any wisdom greatly apreciated,
- : >
- : >Andrew
- : >CUDDON@ENG2.ENG.MONASH.EDU.AU
- :
- : I could be wrong but I don't think you can do this with a Windows driver.
- : It's a limitation of windows. You need to select a WP driver and then of
- : course you will lose all the TT fonts etc.
-
- Yep, you're wrong (at least for Windows). This capability was added in
- Windows 3.1 (it's a new API called ResetDC()). It's up to applications
- to support it though - I suspect that WP4W doesn't yet (I know that
- WinWord does).
-
- :
- : Laurence Chiu
- :
- Bob Taylor
- HP Vancouver
-