Printing rotated text with MS Word on a LaserWriter LS

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From: Steven Spielman
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 05:39

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I can't get Word (5.0a) to do a decent job with text oriented at 90
degrees (for example, the y-axis label of a graph).  I have a Personal
LaserWriter LS, which is a 300 dpi, non-postscript printer.  My
understanding is that the computer basically sends a bitmap of the
page to be printed, so the printer is too stupid to be at fault here.

What happens is this: Rotated text gets printed at 72 dpi.  It happens
with Pasted PICT objects, as well as ones made with Word's own PICT
editor. 

Not a disaster, I know, but it looks sloppy, and it seems like it
doesn't have to be this way.  Claris CAD can print rotated text at 300
dpi.  Word can even print 300 dpi bitmaps o.k.

Has anyone discovered an antidote for this?  
Is the problem solved in Word 5.1?

--steve spielman
spielman@ux5.lbl.gov

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From: spielman@ux5.lbl.gov (Steven Spielman)
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Subject: Printing rotated text with MS Word on a LaserWriter LS
Date: 10 Jan 1993 05:39:39 GMT
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