[net.micro.pc] Bugs, Comments re Microsoft Word

peterr@utcsrgv.UUCP (Peter Rowley) (11/29/83)

A couple of bugs appear to be in Microsoft Word, tho' they are not severe:

1.  If you delete a selected area with the DEL key and then start typing
    right away, the selected area block winds up a dozen or so characters
    to the right of where it should be.  Doing almost anything puts it
    back where it belongs.

2.  When printing on an MX-80 retrofitted with Graftrax Plus (and, I
    assume, a new MX-80 or -100 with the built-in Graftrax Plus),
    printing something sub/super-scripted puts the printer in double-strike
    mode and leaves it there (they used an ESC T to end the mode, they
    should have used an ESC H, I think).  Adding the ESC H in the text,
    after the sub/super-scripted text works fine (hold ALT down while
    pressing 2 7 on the keypad, release ALT, type H).

Some comments on the program:

I like it.  There's a lot to go at, and the manual is a bit confusing on
the advanced features, but the stuff I've used so far works well and
cleanly.  The mouse interface works well indeed.  On the wishlist
already, though, are: use of pop-up menus with the mouse, a command to
give a word count, and better documentation of how the capabilities
of the various supported printers are used.

peter rowley,  University of Toronto Department of C.S., Ontario Canada M5S 1A4
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