wjc@ho5cad (Bill Carpenter) (05/11/88)
In article <463@david.UUCP>, david@david (David A. Roth) writes: > >I am thinking of buying MS Word for the UNIX PC for my wife to use. I >know nothing about MS Word. Does anyone have any experiences using MS >Word on the UNIX PC that used it on MS-DOS systems? Are there >any features missing or problems with what printers it will work [I haven't used MSWord a lot, but I did play with it for a few days to see if it would be worthwhile to put a lot of time into it. These comments are based on that. Sorry, I don't remember the version number of MS Word that I was looking at. It was about 15 months ago, I think.] 1. Apparently, there is no way to add or modify printer description in the UnixPC version. They're all hardwired in. So, if you're lucky, you're lucky. If you're not, you're stuck. 2. I called MS with several questions. They weren't interested in helping me at all. They didn't do the port for the UnixPC and disclaimed all knowledge or responsibility about it. They advised me to see my dealer. 3. I called the UnixPC hotline, and they were fairly helpful and knowledgeable about the MS Word product. Alas, that knowledge added up to confirming my fears. I surmise whoever did the port must have been under a lot of time pressure. If you know about a MS Word feature under MSDOS but can't find it mentioned in the UnixPC version document (or if you find it in the document but it doesn't seem to work), then it probably wasn't ported or doesn't work right. -- Bill Carpenter (AT&T gateways)!ho5cad!wjc