RE: MS Windows AbiWord not as Wysiwyg as it should be; also probl em with .doc compatibility

From: Wannemacher, Joseph A (Joseph.A.Wannemacher_at_maine.gov)
Date: Mon Mar 22 2004 - 15:02:48 EST

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     I have precisely the same problems (both of them), running the same
    versions (XP and abiWord 2.0.5). I have always had the WYSIWYG/print
    discrepancy, but not the MSWord conversion problem. Since the change to XP
    was accompanied by the office switch from Word/Office 2000 to Office 2003,
    and abiWord 2.0.5 came out shortly thereafter, I decided to live with the
    problems rather than try to narrow down the problem. Note, that I did not
    have the MSWord conversion problem with abiWord 2.0.2.

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Stuart Soloway [mailto:vze2j5mv_at_verizon.net]
    Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 2:50 PM
    To: abiword-user_at_abisource.com
    Subject: MS Windows AbiWord not as Wysiwyg as it should be; also problem
    with .doc compatibility

    Hello,

    I am running AbiWord v. 2.05 on windows XP. I've noticed that what I see in
    the window when I specify "print layout" for the view isn't quite what I get
    when I print it. It's as if the page formatting or, possibly, the font used
    by AbiWord is slightly different from the one used when printing. The page
    layout and/or typesetting is a little different, so that the number of words
    on each line is not the same.
    Consequently, there is no way to tell if something will fit on one page or
    not until you actually print it.

    When I save something as a .doc or .rtf and then look at it with MSWord
    2000, it seems to display the same way it prints when printed from AbiWord.
    In other words, the only way to see the printed layout without printing the
    document is to look at it with MSWord.

    On a slightly different topic -- If I save a document as a .doc and look at
    it in MSWord 2000, I find that sometimes MSWord opens it as a text document.
    I can see a bunch of what I assume are MSWord commands rather than my
    document. The same thing happens sometimes if I create a document in MSWord
    and open it with AbiWord. (My guess is that I can always get around this by
    using rich text format instead of .doc format, and my guess is also that
    complete compatibility with MSWord .doc format is a moving target, so I
    won't be offended if this is something that just can't be fixed.)

    I'd appreciate any insight anyone can give into these problems, expecially
    the first one.

    Regards,

    Stuart Soloway

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