stanger@otago.ac.nz (Nigel Stanger) (05/19/91)
Here's an addendum to the TrueType problem I have encountered. I have just found that it *does* happen on the SE/30. It doesn't appear to do it in MacDraw II 1.1 or WriteNow 2.0. This implies to me that it *may* just be a problem with Word (surprise surprise, Microsoft strikes again... ;-) BTW, I read this morning that Microsoft are having trouble integrating TrueType into Windows 3.1, and Windows 3.1 will be delayed until about October as a result. Serves them right, ha ha! Apple strikes back against Microsoft! ;-) But seriously, does anyone out there know if there is a conflict of some sort between TrueType and Word? -- See ya Nigel. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Nigel Stanger, Internet: stanger@otago.ac.nz c/o University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Phone: +64 3 479-8179 Dunedin, NEW ZEALAND. Fax: +64 3 479-8311 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "If I had a quote, I'd be wearing it." -- Bob Dylan ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Christopher Tate <CXT105@psuvm.psu.edu> (05/19/91)
Yes, there is a confirmed incompatibility between Microsoft Word 4.0 and TrueType. The problems affects printing on the Personal LaserWriter LS (and supposedly other QuickDraw printers as well) catastrophically; it may well be that the problems you are having are related. Microsoft has released an INIT that is designed to install itself *after* TrueType is installed, that will correct the problem that Word has with TrueType until a fixed version of Word is released. I have it, I've tested it and found that it does indeed fix the problem with printing to an LS, but DO NOT ASK ME FOR A COPY. I don't have time to act as a mail server. I'm going to see if Microsoft gives permission to distribute it freely; if so, I'll upload a copy to the University of Michigan Macintosh archive for anonymous ftp (that's mac.archive.umich.edu). ------- Christopher Tate | cxt105@psuvm.psu.edu | You can lead a horse to water, ..!psuvax1!psuvm.bitnet!cxt105 | but a vest has no sleeves. cxt105@psuvm.bitnet |