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Re: Word 5.0 PC text justification problem?

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From: Rich Wales
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1990 22:09
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In article <8912262204.AA05348@crayola.cs.UMD.EDU> I wrote:

	I have been having a problem with the proper handling of
	right-justified paragraphs and right-flush-tabbed material
	in Microsoft Word 5.0 for the PC and compatibles.  If anyone
	else has seen a similar problem, I would like to hear from
	you -- especially if you have a fix for it.

I eventually discovered my problem was not in fact due to any bug in
Word 5.0, but was being caused by a bug in the set of software fonts I
was developing at the time.  (I made a mistake in the way I was speci-
fying the width of a space in the fonts.)

Once I fixed my font generation software, the problem went away.

I had initially called Microsoft, asking them about the problem.  Once
I discovered it was "my fault" after all, I called them back and told
them they could discard my earlier bug report.

-- Rich Wales <wales@CS.UCLA.EDU> // UCLA Computer Science Department
   3531 Boelter Hall // Los Angeles, CA 90024-1596 // +1 (213) 825-5683
   "I never lie when I've got sand in my shoes, Commodore."
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Subject: Re: Word 5.0 PC text justification problem?
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