Subject: Re: A problem with a Word conversion
From: Dom Lachowicz (dominicl@seas.upenn.edu)
Date: Mon May 28 2001 - 15:04:00 CDT
Hi,
The MSWord importer now handles different paper sizes and orientations. As for
fonts and SEGVs, I'm guessing that you're using the Windows build, and I don't
know too much about the page-setup dialog there, other than it's prone to
segfaulting.
Dom
Quoting Helen Borrie <helebor@dingoblue.net.au>:
> Hi All,
> I opened a Word 97 document (created on NT4) in abiword (on Win98). The
> .doc file was set up in landscape on A4 paper, in two columns, using the
> Trebuchet MS font. abiword opened it in portrait orientation in two
> columns on Letter size paper. I forgot to notice what font it used as I
> didn't realise at the time that Trebuchet wasn't supported.
>
> I went to Page Setup and changed the orientation to landscape and the
> paper size to A4. When I clicked OK, abiword crashed with an AV,
> internal errors, etc. Good old '98, lots of unreferenced memory left
> around, too.
>
> So - I guess there is a gotcha to know about here. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Helen
>
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