news@sun.uucp (news) (07/08/87)
From: sun!klein%gravity@seismo.CSS.GOV (Mike Klein)
Date: 7 Jul 87 23:25:54 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mountain View, CA
Writing technical papers and so on, I often need to be able to force figures
to float to the {top,bottom} of the next available page. There does not seem
to be any way to do this in Word 3.0... the only way I've been able to do
this is to choose the LaserWriter, then do a Page Preview, and laboriously
reposition figures one at a time. Plus I can't break a paragraph manually,
so I have only rough control over the placement.
Has anyone been able to come up with a reasonable way to do this? I realize
that it's breaking some interpretations of WYSIWYG to float figures, but it
is necessary!
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Mike Klein klein@Sun.COM
Sun Microsystems, Inc. {ucbvax,hplabs,ihnp4,seismo}!sun!klein
Mountain View, CA
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From: uunet!steinmetz!macbeth!hallett@seismo.CSS.GOV (Hallett) Date: 9 Jul 87 11:42:37 GMT Organization: General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY In article <22857@sun.uucp> sun!klein@seismo.CSS.GOV (Mike Klein) writes: > >Writing technical papers and so on, I often need to be able to force figures >to float to the {top,bottom} of the next available page. What you ask is not possible in WORD 3 (or any other current WYSIWYG system -- I discount WriteNow's version of graphics since they are not true figure environments, just embedded PICT's or bitmaps). What you really need for this is a WYSIWYG TeX or LaTeX. Sigh, one doesn't exist, but you may find either TeXtures or MacTeX good for this anyway. I would recommend MacTeX just because its version of LaTeX is out of beta-test. If you really need WYSIWYG, then try WriteNow. That is the only word processor I have seen that has something even resembling floating figures. Best of luck, Jeffrey A. Hallett (hallett@ge-crd.arpa hallett@desdemona.uucp) Software Technology Program General Electric Corporate Research and Development ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The needs of the few outweigh the needs of the many" -- Kirk (STIII) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Disclaimer: My opinions do not represent my employer's, but it is his fault for giving me this thing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---------------------------------------- Submissions to: desktop%plaid@sun.com -OR- sun!plaid!desktop Administrivia to: desktop-request%plaid@sun.com -OR- sun!plaid!desktop-request Paths: {ihnp4,decwrl,hplabs,seismo,ucbvax}!sun Chuq Von Rospach chuq@sun.COM Delphi: CHUQ Touch Not the Cat Bot a Glove -- MacIntosh Clan Motto