[comp.sys.mac.apps] Word 4 Weirdness: SE vs. II Incompatibility

stiber@cs.ucla.edu (Michael D Stiber) (08/29/90)

I've been trying to figure out which  word processor to  select for my
own use on  the mac, and have  run into  a  very serious  problem with
Microsoft Word  4.  I created  a 1-page document  on  an  SE  at home,
previewed it,  and  everything looked fine.   Then,   I printed it  at
school from a II.   It came out  teeny  tiny,  like  maybe 10%  or 15%
normal size.  I then created a new document on the II, copied over the
styles and the  content  from the  SE file, and  printed it   out.  It
printed out fine.

Any  idea  what  could be causing    this?   I spent considerable time
convincing  myself  that the formatting,  setup,  and  content on both
documents is identical.    I can't  very well turn    in   a 1"   tall
dissertation, and copying over many pages  in this  manner is just too
much trouble.  What magic am I missing?

Thanks in advance,
--
			    Michael Stiber
   stiber@cs.ucla.edu                  UCLA Computer Science Dept.
   ...{ucbvax,ihpn4}!ucla-cs!stiber    Machine Perception Laboratory
                                 3564 Boelter Hall,Los Angeles, CA 90024

stiber@cs.ucla.edu (Michael D Stiber) (09/01/90)

In article <STIBER.90Aug28200025@maui.cs.ucla.edu> stiber@cs.ucla.edu (Michael D Stiber) writes:

   I've been trying to figure out which  word processor to  select for my
   own use on  the mac, and have  run into  a  very serious  problem with
   Microsoft Word  4.  I created  a 1-page document  on  an  SE  at home,
   previewed it,  and  everything looked fine.   Then,   I printed it  at
   school from a II.   It came out  teeny  tiny,  like  maybe 10%  or 15%
   normal size.  I then created a new document on the II, copied over the
   styles and the  content  from the  SE file, and  printed it   out.  It
   printed out fine.

Well, almost all   of the replies  I  have received  so far  suggested
things like page setup, printer  selection, laserwriter file versions,
etc.  After some double-checking, I am sure that the  page  setup, etc
is identical  between  the  two  files.  I   also  tried other  files.
Additionally, I'm not comparing the output from the two machines --- I
did not print the file  from the SE, just the  II.  So, rephrased, the
problem is: Why does a file created on an SE print  from a II at about
10% normal size, when an  identical file (setup  and  content)  prints
normally?

Configurations:

		SE			II
Memory		4M			5M
Rom		256K, ver. 118, rev. 1	256K, ver. 120, rev. 1
System		6.0.5			6.0.2
Multifinder	6.0.5			6.0.1
LaserWriter	N/A			5.2

Thanks for any and all information that everyone has/will give.
--
			    Michael Stiber
   stiber@cs.ucla.edu                  UCLA Computer Science Dept.
   ...{ucbvax,ihpn4}!ucla-cs!stiber    Machine Perception Laboratory
                                 3564 Boelter Hall,Los Angeles, CA 90024