[comp.sys.mac.apps] MS Word 4.0 and DeskWriter

jbr@key.COM (Jeff Rubin) (08/24/90)

I am having trouble getting Microsoft Word 4.0 to use all 8 inches
of the imageable area of a DeskWriter.  I am using MS Word 4.0
(no A or B suffix) and DeskWriter driver A.02.00.  I took the following
steps in Word:

Page Setup - selected US Letter
Format Document - set left and right margins to 0"
Show ruler - click on Page Scale icon

This shows a ruler going from 0" to approximately 7.68"
followed by a 3/4" gray pattern.  When I type in text to a paragraph
whose left indent is 0.25" and whose right indent is negative to allow
the text to go to about 8.5" and attempt to print, the text on the
paper is cut off at about 7.5".  I used font New York and told the
Page Setup dialog to use the DeskWriter's built-in precision font.

According to the DeskWriter manual appendix 1 the imageable area of
a US letter is 8" by 10.16".  Other applications seem to be able to
print this entire area (centered within the 8.5" with a 1/4" margin
on each side).  What do I have to do to get Word to do so?


Jeff Rubin
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