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Re: Strange WORD4 ruler problem

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From: Michael J Kobb
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1991 23:39
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In article <YEE.91Apr25144612@pmax14.osf.org> yee@osf.org (Michael K. Yee) writes:
>In article <91114.135900IU3005@BARILVM.BITNET> IU3005@BARILVM.BITNET (Annice Grinberg) writes:
>>
] We have encountereed a strange problem with two of the Macs at the Weizmann
] Institute when running WORD4.  One is a Classic and the other an SE30, both
] System 6.07.  When the ruler is displayed it shows only six inches, instead
] of the almost seven that shows on other machines.  These "inches", when
] measured, indeed are greater than real inches.  One of these machines also
] has a Hebrew language system on it, and the ruler is fine when I open Word
] in that system, but when I boot from a floppy with a vanilla system there
] is the same problem.

I've had a similar problem with Word.  While it's true, as Michael Yee
suggested, that the size of the inches varies with the printer driver, and you
should check to make sure the proper printer is selected, I've also had Word
somehow convince itself that the paper is a totally different size.  The
solution seems to be to go to the Chooser, pick a different printer, then do
Page Setup, then go back to the Chooser and pick the proper printer again.

--Mike
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From: mjkobb@media-lab.media.mit.edu.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Michael J Kobb)
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Subject: Re: Strange WORD4 ruler problem
Summary: It's a bug, but you can fix it
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Date: 25 Apr 91 23:39:58 GMT
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Organization: MIT Media Lab, Cambridge MA
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