peter@aucs.UUCP (Peter Steele) (05/11/89)
I have a question on Word's "Custom Page Size" option. When I specify a
custom page size, the "Computer Paper" selection is changed in the Page
Setup dialog. If I want two custom page sizes, I can see no way to have
both permanently set in the Page Setup dialog. But, when I was looking at
Words sample documents, I noticed that the label files it provided has
another of the standard page sizes redefined, giving the option of being
able to select from one of two different custom page sizes. How has this
been done? I can find no way to set more than one custom page size in
the page setup dialog. Each time I define a new one, it replaces whatever
is currently defined in the normal "Computer Paper" selection. Are these
label files special in some way? What gives?
The way Word has dropped the page size option is very disappointing. It was
something I made use of myself, as well as several other people on campus.
There's one user who prints on at least two different custom page sizes, and
as it is now, each time he switches from one page size to another, he has
to reset the custom page size in Preferences. This is a *real* pain.
I understand that the reason for removing the feature as it was implemented
in version 3 was to conform with standard printer dialogs. I can't see why
they couldn't conform and still have page size feature as well. Other packages
do, for example PageMaker. I really hope this is something they'll reconsider.
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Peter Steele, Microcomputer Applications Analyst
Acadia University, Wolfville, NS, Canada B0P1X0 (902)542-2201x121
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