From: Stuart Soloway (vze2j5mv_at_verizon.net)
Date: Sun Mar 28 2004 - 19:47:51 EST
Thanks, Ryan. It is a strange new experience hearing from developers
when I report a software bug.
As soon as Bugzilla gives me a password, I will enter the bug information.
Best wishes,
Stu
Ryan Pavlik wrote:
>
> Wannemacher, Joseph A wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>>
> I will comment below in the original message
>
>> -----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.
>>
>>
> This is a known bug, and we're working on trying to fix it. For
> printing and layout, we use a much higher-resolution layout system than
> for screen display, and so consequently there's sometimes the small
> rounding difference between screen and printer that can cause the words
> to wrap differently. It _should_ match perfectly, but there are not
> enough Windows volunteer developers that can both reproduce the problems
> (as they can be intermittent and only occur on some systems).
> Please add your information to the BugZilla bug
> http://bugzilla.abisource.com/show_bug.cgi?id=5578
> It's free, quick, easy, and helps us solve the problem!
>
>> 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.
>>
>>
> Thank you for this information--this helps pinpoint the bug to the
> display layout system (rather than printing)
> http://bugzilla.abisource.com/show_bug.cgi?id=5578
>
>> 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 do not know why this is occurring, try bugzilla.abisource.com and
> report it if it's not already in there.
>
>> I'd appreciate any insight anyone can give into these problems,
>> expecially
>> the first one.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Stuart Soloway
>>
>>
>>
>>
> Thanks for being an active user of AbiWord!
>
> Ryan
>
>
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