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Subject:Re: Company Wide Change from WP to Word From:Gregory Keith <GKeith -at- DELRINA -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 13 Jul 1995 09:56:00 PDT
David;
Well, I don't know WP, but you CAN rotate text in Word, using the WordArt
1.0 applet in Word 6.0, as well as apply a number of other special effects.
That said, I still wouldn't trust long docs to Word. It just doesn't have
the reliability, speed or the degree of choice in adjusting headers, footers
and graphics compatibility of a real DTP package. We use Corel Ventura 5.0,
which perhaps isn't up there with Frame and Interleaf, but it's an enormous
leap over Word. It also has no problem with incorporating sophisticated
graphics from CorelDRAW or other graphics apps.
BTW, when would you need to rotate text? Writing marketing brochures and
promo pieces, or is there another context I'm missing?
Greg
Gregory Keith
Documentation Specialist
Delrina Canada
gkeith -at- delrina -dot- com
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Subject: Re: Company Wide Change from WP to Word
Date: July 13, 1995 08:00
One major setback from WP to Word - You cannot rotate text in Word like you
can in WP.
