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I don't believe that Word uses fractional character widths, but don't
hold me to it (I prefer MacWrite II myself)...

Here's one for you:  I was using the LinkSaver "printer" driver to capture
an image of an Excel worksheet.  I then copied it into a Persuasion
presentation.  No problem, unless I turn the fractional widths on (using
some meu option of Persuasion that I don't remember).  Then, the character
spacing in the Excel image changes.  This wouldn't be bad, except that
Excel apparently draws column-by-column.  This shows up when you have some
text in one cell that carries over to the next.  Before it looks something like:

   Income Statement for 1990

After, it looks something like this:

   Income State  ment for 1990

The 'm' in "statement" is still in the same position (the start of the
second column), and the "I" in "Income" is as well (start of the first column).

So, fractional widths are out.  Why doesn't Excel go ahead and draw out the
entire cell?  (Microsoft's programmers wouldn't be lazy, now, would they? :-)

I really wish that I could copy a section of a spreadsheet directly to the
clipboard, complete with formatting, styles, colors, etc.  Then I wouldn't
have to go through this whole process.

-Michael

p.s.  This is my last posting from a Mac.  It's been sold, and is shipping
      out tomorrow.  Of course, I'm ordering a IIcx, but it won't be in until
      after I graduate.  I guess I'm going to have to live with VT320
      terminals for a while.

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