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In article <1991May28.172832.21284@gn.ecn.purdue.edu> jess@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Jess M Holle) writes:
>Why is it that MS Word cannot handle fractional-point line widths?
>
>One example of this problem is trying to paste Claris CAD 2.0 drawings
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>Also, why can't Word position objects accurately within imported PICTS? 
>
>Why can't Word get these things straight, or have they in some more recent
>bug fix? What word processors handle these things better?
>

I share your sentiments. I always had a great deal of frustration
pasting PICTs saved from MacDraw into WORD. Curved lines always
printed out a bit more jagged after pasting them into WORD, and
lines often lined up different in WORD than they did in the original
PICT, and printed out even a bit different than that.

This is why many people have switched to FrameMaker, which has an
excellent built-in graphics environment. EPS graphics, such as
those from Freehand and Illustrator, WILL print out perfectly when
included in a WORD document (usually). PICTs are part of the world
of fast screen-drawing implemented on the Mac, but they are truly
a cludge in every other aspect, IMHO.

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