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petersja@debussy.cs.colostate.edu (james peterson) writes:
> memory for MS Word to run under Windows.  The problem is that in order
> to print within Word (using PCNFS) one must execute the PCNFS command
> "net print" from the DOS shell within Word.  Doing this causes the screen
> to colorfully display a screenfull of blinking characters (
> looks like the entire character set), then the screen goes white, and the
> machine locks up in a major way.  It must be turned off to reboot.  The
> only other way to release a print job is to exit Word, which is not always
> convenient.

Actually, you do not have to exit Word -- you just need to execute a
DOS "exit" call. An easy way to do this from within WinWord is to
create a macro which looks like this:

Sub MAIN
Shell "command.com /c exit"
End Sub

and then "Assign to Menu", say, under "File NetPrint".

This will make your screen go temporarily blank, but WfW should come
back in a second, and your printer queue should be flushed.
There is even a way to do this entirely in the background so your
screen does not get disturbed at all, but I don't have the time to
look it up right now.

Under Word for DOS (either 4.0 or 5.0) you can likewise create a macro
which does a "Library Run" of command "exit".

Sorry I have no suggestions for your TELNET problems, but this should
help with Word.
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