julius@yugas.UUCP (Julius OKLAMCAK) (02/25/88)
lharris@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Leonard Harris) sezs: >I got a look at Microsoft word the other day. Its a really nice program - >a bit slow though. The one thing that pissed me off was that you need an >atari laser printer to print fonts. Why is this? Why not provide a set of >dot matrix fonts (as on the mac) so people with cheap printers can get good >looking output. The lack of non-laser fonts cripples this program and makes >probably the best word-processor for the ST - almost useless! >(Yes - I know there is a metafile to postscript converter but if I had a >postscript printer I wouldn't be compaining) Microsoft _Write_ is being shipped with Atari SMM804, Epson FX-80 (9 pin), and Star NB-15 (24 pin) printer fonts and drivers. A few copies of Write slipped out in Canada without the FX-80 and NB-15 support disks...the US is also 'correcting' the 'situation'. Julius Oklamcak UUCP: julius@yugas.UUCP Atari (Canada) Corp. GEnie: J.OKLAMCAK (416) 479-1266 CIS: 70007,1070 "Is this what they call 'flaming'?" |-]
pes@ux63.bath.ac.uk (Smee) (03/09/88)
This chain appears to carry the implication that Microsoft Write does *not* come with sufficient information to allow the purchaser to custom-brew a print driver appropriate for <whatever they've got>. Is this true? (If so, it's a major lack, in my (not very) humble opinion.) Comments?