peter@aucs.UUCP (Peter Steele) (05/07/88)
This is really a followup to my posting regarding how to print
a LaserWriter compatible draft copy on the ImageWriter (i.e., one
that uses the same "aspect ratio" as the LaserWriter). Normally,
lines are "longer" when printing a document on the ImageWriter that
was created for printing on the LaserWriter, which can really mess
up formatting, especially when unsuspecting thesis students are
concerned. Someone pointed out that the ImageWriter's "Tall Adjusted"
setting will scale an imagewriter prinout to match the laserwriter's.
I tried this and it does seem to work. I had used this option before
when I wanted my circles to come out as circles when printing on the
imagewriter. It never clicked that this would alos work to solve the
laserwriter compatibility problem. I tried looking this option up in
various manuals and none describe this as being used for this purpose.
The Mac user's manual doesn't describe it at all, and the MS Word
manual describes it only briefly.
Now that I know what this is for, I want to set Word so that it is
in this mode by default. As it is now, the only way to turn this mode
on is to open a document, select Print, click on Tall Adjusted, click
on OK to start printing, and then click Cancel (unless you want to
get a print out at this point as well). Back in Word, the paragraphs
automatically adjust to reflect this "Tall Adjusted" setting. However,
the ruler does not--you have to hide the ruler and turn it back on before
the scaling takes affect. In my investigations with ResEdit, it does
not appear that Word keeps a print dialog as a resource, so I can't
flag Tall Adjusted that way. Its print dialog appears to be coded "in-line".
It also ignores the system's own Page Setup setting for Tall adjusted
(as well as the 50% reduction option). So even if I set the system's
print setup to be Tall Adjusted, when I run Word and check under Print,
it says Tall Adjusted is off (which is confirmed by printing).
So how can I make Word use Tall Adjusted by default? I don't relish
having to explain to users how to do it in the current setup. Its
even worse that they have to do it for every document, and their bound to
forget sometime and print out a mess on the laserwriter. Why would you even
want to use anything but Tall Adjusted anyway? Other than more characters
per line, I can see no reason not to use Tall Adjusted.
Any comments, advice, or whatever, on this subject would be appreciated.
--
Peter Steele, Microcomputer Applications Analyst
Acadia University, Wolfville, NS, Canada B0P1X0 (902)542-2201x121
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