ncliffe@axion.bt.co.uk (Nigel Cliffe) (09/07/90)
Dear Net-Readers,
I wonder if anyone could shed some light on the following.
Whilst running Word4 on a Mac Plus, paragraphs within the document
mysteriously move from one location to another. The effect happens
when switching from the "galley" mode to the "page view", one particular
paragraph is transported about 4 paragraphs forward in the document. This
movement remains when the document is printed.
I cannot get the effect to replicate on a similar Mac, with a copy of the
original file.
It strikes me that we have one of the following:
1) A bug which is caused by the interaction of particular versions of
software, including DAs and Cdevs etc.
2) A virus resident on either the system disk of the Plus, the particular
copy of Word, or the particular copy of the file.
3) A very strange hardware fault.
I think 3) is unlikely.
I will be instigating a virus search, and taking usual virus suspect
precautions.
E-mail replies please, for speed, and I'll post a summary of help received.
Thankyou.
Nigel Cliffe.
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Nigel Cliffe ncliffe@axion.bt.co.uk (...ukc!axion!ncliffe)
Tel: +44 (0)473 645275man@eilat.cs.brown.edu (Mark H. Nodine) (09/11/90)
In article <1990Sep7.073737.15558@axion.bt.co.uk>, ncliffe@axion.bt.co.uk (Nigel Cliffe) writes: |>Dear Net-Readers, |>I wonder if anyone could shed some light on the following. |> |>Whilst running Word4 on a Mac Plus, paragraphs within the document |>mysteriously move from one location to another. The effect happens |>when switching from the "galley" mode to the "page view", one particular |>paragraph is transported about 4 paragraphs forward in the document. This |>movement remains when the document is printed. I would guess that your problem is caused by a feature in Word4 called "Position Paragraph". If you positioned the paragraph for any reason, it will always appear at the same position on the page (say at the top) and all the other paragraphs will flow around it. This is a useful feature for figures; for text it's not so wonderful. --Mark