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Subject:Re: Graphics on screen vs. reality in Word 97 From:Gershon Joseph <gershon_joseph -at- ICOMVERSE -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 18 Aug 1997 14:07:46 +0200
Scott, I'm afraid the most reliable way to preview your work in Word
is to use Print Preview. As far as I know, there are no workarounds.
BTW, make sure you use the print driver you will be using to print
your docs, otherwise even Print Preview will NOT be WYSIWYG.
Gershon L Joseph
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Subject: Graphics on screen vs. reality in Word 97
Author: <COVER_SCOTT_L -at- CAT -dot- COM> at Inter-mail
Date: 8/14/97 2:43 PM
First off, let me thank everyone who responded to my questions on
corruption in Word master documents, I abandoned that approach after
hearing very little good about it. Now for the next problem.
I am working on a document that is graphics heavy. In place of "Click
the Reset button..." it has been decided that Click (graphic of
button) will be used. While it is a minor nightmare resizing and
wrapping, I can deal with that. The problem I am having is when I try
to see that what I have done looks right.
Word, in page-layout view skews things all over the place, but when I
look at it in print preview, it is fine. Is there a way to refresh
the view to show changes or some other way to see if what I have done
works without having to flip back and forth to print preview?
I saw a couple posts that critisized Word's WYSIWYG, but is there a
solution?
Thanks again for the help,
Scott Cover
Technical Writer at Caterpillar
Cover_Scott_L -at- cat -dot- com
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