From: Bob Chatelle (Bob_at_FreeBaran.org)
Date: Wed Nov 26 2003 - 08:57:00 EST
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ryan Pavlik" <rpavlik_at_ryand.cjb.net>
To: "Bob Chatelle" <kyp_at_rcn.com>; "AbiWord Users"
<abiword-user_at_abisource.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 11:21 PM
Subject: Re: Printing Question From a Very New User
> Replying to list. Please use "reply to all" to make sure that further
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>
> Bob Chatelle wrote:
>
> > <snip>
> >
> >>>When I print a
> >>>document with AbiWord, the print is about two points smaller than when
I
> >>>print the identical document with Word. Most of my documents use
> >>>
> >>>
> >12-point. I
> >
> >
> >>>have to boost this to 14 to get a comparable printout from AbiWord.
> >>>
> >>><snip>
> >>>
> >>>
>
> >>>Also, my images don't print when I use AbiWord.
> >>>
> >>>Any information or suggestions would be much appreciated.
> >>>
> >>>Thanks,
> >>>-Bob Chatelle
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>The problem with printout size has been nailed down and fixed, and if
> >>I'm not mistaken, it will be in the next 2.0.x stable release, which
> >>furthermore I believe is soon. (Let me check with the developer's list
> >>on that...)
> >>
> >><snip>
> >>
> >Actually, I can just print the documents with Word, which I will keep on
my
> >system until I am confident I can ditch it permanently. I can wait until
the
> >problem is fixed in the next release.
> >
> >
> >
> >>Could you elaborate more on the image problem? <snip>
> >>
> >>
>
> >>Very few of my documents use images. However, I have a brochure that
> >>contains two photos in jpg format. When I print the brochure with
AbiWord
> >>there is just big white space where the pictures should be. Both
pictures
> >>show up fine on the screen. And the brochure prints fine with Word.
> >>
> >>I don't do anything fancy. I just load the document and print it.
> >>
> >>-Bob
> >>
> >>
> So you're loading the brochure from a DOC file (Word format)? Have you
> tried copying and pasting everything but the images into a new document,
> then inserting the images through AbiWord (Insert:Picture), and making
> sure that you save this new copy as an AbiWord .ABW file?
>
> Please try this and reply to all so the list can figure this out. It
> seems like it may be a problem with wv, the Word document file loader.
>
I tried this. The image still does not print. But it shows on the screen.
-Bob
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