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Re: landscape vs portrait - dumb application software

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From: Eric BIDSTRUP
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 1990 16:47
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In article <3365@hcx1.SSD.CSD.HARRIS.COM>, leoh@hardy.hdw.csd.harris.com writes:
> SONG & DANCE ROUTINE:
> 	Microsoft tech support claims that because the Laserwriter will 
> 	"automatically rotate text if the page size is defined as 11x8.5, 
> 	instead of 8.5x11, therefore no landscape init file is required, and 
> 	not supplied"
> 
> Of course when I tried it with 2 printers (one was ADOBE 47.0 (DataProducts 
> LZR1260), the other ADOBE 51.0 (QMS's PS2200)) it did not work

Have used Word 5 on a NEC LC890 & done this no problem, but you
do need the 5.0 POSTSCRP.PRD/INI vs same files from Word 4.
-Eric Bidstrup
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!microsoft!ericbi
From: ericbi@microsoft.UUCP (Eric BIDSTRUP)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: landscape vs portrait - dumb application software
Summary: works for me...
Message-ID: <53738@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 23 Mar 90 16:47:11 GMT
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