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Subject:Word 7 display problem From:Tom Herme <therme -at- NVBELL -dot- NET> Date:Thu, 5 Jun 1997 21:22:45 -0700
I am seeking assistance with the way a document is displaying in Word 7.
A colleague and I both loaded a Word 7 document in a read-only format from an archive
directory on our LAN. The document is displayed differently on our two systems. In one
paragraph, I have four lines. My colleague has five, with the last few characters
wrapping to the fifth line. This difference should not be happening.
We have checked the following on both of our systems (identical Gateway 2000, Pentium
133 megahertz, 21" Gateway monitors, and have found no differences:
1. Printer and print driver definition, including last printer/driver used.
2. Display differences: resolution, font character sets, dates, and sizes.
3. Any style setting differences.
The document was created on my machine and displays as it appears in the printed manual.
It is on my colleague's machine that this doc appears differently. We loaded this
document into three other machines. On one of these, it displays similar to the way it
does on my machine. On two others, it displays as it does on my colleagues.
Does anybody have an idea as to what may be happening? This problem is only a symptom of
what we're running into. This causes a lot of extra work when all we want to do is make
minor changes on a revision.
Or is this another of Word's "undocumented features?"
Your help would be appreciated.
--
Tom Herme
therme -at- nvbell -dot- net
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