[comp.sys.mac] MacWrite II problems

pj@pnet51.cts.com (Paul Jacoby) (04/09/89)

Michael, I don't know if you are the proper person to report things to with
regards to MacWrite II, but since you have the nice Claris banner, thought I'd
give it a whirl.
I received MacWrite II 2 days ago.  The new features look nice and all, but
I've already been able to create a nasty file:
However, even in the short period of time I have been using MW II (about 2
hours), I have already been able to create a document which will cause a
system crash on save attempts.  I set up a doc with graphics in the headers,
two column text, two custom styles, and about 5 pages in length.  Any attempt
to do a "Save As..." to another format causes a system bomb with ID=01.  The
resultant MS Word 3.0 file weighed in at just over 1 meg, and was unreadable
by Word.  I suspect it wasn't closed properly at crash time...
  With this same document, if I delete the custom styles and attempt a "Save
as...", I will get "The Disk is Full".  This happens when saving to either of
my 40 meg externals, both which are less than 50% filled.  Figure that out...

(pasted that in from a message I wrote to another user)
I am running on an SE/30 under 6.0.3.  In an effort to narrow things down, I
booted up sans my many INITs.  Still had the same problems.  I have the file
sitting on disk, if you'd (or someone else) would be interested in seeing it.
I really want to like MW II, and I really do like the new features.  But being
able to randomly create a bomb in the first few hours use is a bit
disheartening.

Paul Jacoby
(612) 488-2286
St. Paul, MN

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