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Re: Printing Documents in Postscript

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From: Nikos Troullinos
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1993 00:12
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In article <slcC4L683.GqC@netcom.com> slc@netcom.com (Stefan Curl) writes:
>Jerry Stratton (jerry@teetot.acusd.edu) wrote:
>: Does anyone know how to print a series of documents as postscript files?
>: Word is reverting back to printing to a printer in subsequent documents
>: when I check 'save to postscript file' while printing the first document
>: in a series of documents.
>
>This is reaching back, but there used to be a way to convert any printed
>file to postscript by typing command-k immediately after selecting
>"OK" in the print dialog. This was a system trap, not a Word feature and,
>if it's still there (or a version of it), it should print everything to 
>a postscript file.
>
>Good luck!
>
>Stefan

Last time I checked with Microsoft the answer was that this is _not_ a
supported feature of Word. Too bad, because it makes a lot of sense.

-Nikos Troullinos
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From: nicktrou@puma.cat.syr.edu (Nikos Troullinos)
Subject: Re: Printing Documents in Postscript
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