From: Stuart Soloway (vze2j5mv_at_verizon.net)
Date: Mon Mar 22 2004 - 14:49:37 EST
Hello,
I am running AbiWord v. 2.05 on windows XP. I've noticed that what I
see in the window when I specify "print layout" for the view isn't quite
what I get when I print it. It's as if the page formatting or,
possibly, the font used by AbiWord is slightly different from the one
used when printing. The page layout and/or typesetting is a little
different, so that the number of words on each line is not the same.
Consequently, there is no way to tell if something will fit on one page
or not until you actually print it.
When I save something as a .doc or .rtf and then look at it with MSWord
2000, it seems to display the same way it prints when printed from
AbiWord. In other words, the only way to see the printed layout without
printing the document is to look at it with MSWord.
On a slightly different topic -- If I save a document as a .doc and look
at it in MSWord 2000, I find that sometimes MSWord opens it as a text
document. I can see a bunch of what I assume are MSWord commands rather
than my document. The same thing happens sometimes if I create a
document in MSWord and open it with AbiWord. (My guess is that I can
always get around this by using rich text format instead of .doc format,
and my guess is also that complete compatibility with MSWord .doc format
is a moving target, so I won't be offended if this is something that
just can't be fixed.)
I'd appreciate any insight anyone can give into these problems,
expecially the first one.
Regards,
Stuart Soloway
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