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Article #30734

Re: Microsoft Word for the ST

#30734
From: Robert Jung
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1988 02:10
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(A divergent tangent, but bear with me, please)


In article <148@forty2.UUCP> poole@forty2.UUCP (Simon Poole) writes:
>In article <8802072043.AA15363@orville.nas.nasa.gov> rowley@ORVILLE.NAS.NASA.GOV (Karl Rowley) writes:
>............
>>The package comes with GDOS, and a device driver and fonts for the Atari
>>dot matrix printer.  Included is a set-up program for GDOS.  It appeared
>..............

Waitaminute! What if you don't *have* an atari dot-matrix printer? In my
case, for example, I've got a Panasonic KX-P1091 (Epson FX compatable [I
think, somebody lemme know if I'm wrong])...Does this mean that if I get
Microsoft Word for the ST, I *CAN'T* use the graphics printing/custom fonts
on my setup?

  Maybe I'm stupid, but why doesn't Atari include GDOS drivers for other
printers in the package, then? On the other foot, if I've read the above
quote wrong, will somebody correct me?

  Thanks a bunch,


						--R.J.
						B-)

P.S. 1st Word is great, but if I can get MW to work (and get all them nifty
fonts and tricks, too), then I'll buy it...
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From: rjung@castor.usc.edu (Robert Jung)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Microsoft Word for the ST
Message-ID: <298@nunki.usc.edu>
Date: 22 Feb 88 02:10:32 GMT
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Summary: Whaddabout non-SMM804 owners?