> From: George Matyjewicz[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > At 01:04 AM 2/24/99 -0800, Kathy E. Gill so eloquently stated: > >At 1:27 AM -0600 2/24/99, Michael A. Stone wrote: > >>happened to see this in the "Ask Dr. BOFH" section of the Network Week > >>website (http://www.networkweek.com/drbofh/) and nearly hurt myself > >>laughing: > > > > > >on a more serious note -- am I the only Mac user on the list who is ticked > >off at Word8 (Office98) and its use of fonts? > > > >try using "Times" (Apple) versus "times roman" (MSFT) in a letter. Word > >puts too much leading when you use "times" -- but 12 point times roman > >prints out looking like it's 10 point ... but 14 point prints out looking > >like 14. sigh. > > > > That'll learn ya. Word is a MS product. Apple is not (yet). > But Billy thanks you anyway. ;-). > dadgumit -- this is a new bug in the product -- it's always recognized Apple fonts (well, maybe word6 didn't - it was so bad i immediately uninstalled it). sigh. what's a person to do if they are communicating with PC people who have Office97 (and don't even have the latest software upgrade so they can't READ MacOffice98 files). they aren't going to change. > BTW, I just learned that Apple now represents 29% of CompUSA's > sales. I was in a store in Florida and they were doing an Apple > demo and stated that fact. > This is Cool! Thanks for brightening my day -- and, I might point out, these sales are being done *despite* the on-floor sales force. I can count on one hand the number of times there has been a salesperson in the "Apple Store" at my local CompUSAs. The last time I was there, I spent about 20 minutes with a customer -- explaining the ins-and-outs of the iMac versus other Mac desktops. Kathy ____________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Join The NEW Web Consultants Association FORUMS and CHAT: Register Today at: http://just4u.com/forums/ Web Consultants Web Site : http://just4u.com/webconsultants Give the Gift of Life This Year... Just4U Stop Smoking Support forum - helping smokers for over three years-tell a friend: http://just4u.com/forums/ To get 500 Banner Ads for FREE go to http://www.linkbuddies.com/start.go?id=111261 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
