From: Marc Maurer (j.m.maurer_at_student.utwente.nl)
Date: Wed Mar 10 2004 - 15:14:04 EST
Some interesting Win32/XP (our kind) thingies
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Thanks for the reply, Marc
I am running AbiWord v2.0.5 in Windows XP Home Edition
that is current with service packs and updates.
The reason for my critical eye is that I was in the business for
over 40 years (graphic design, typesetting, etc.), and owned
a printing business for 20 of those years.
I have just spent some time comparing AbiWord with MSWord
and, just for the hell of it, Pagemaker 6.5 and I will now admit
that my initial disappointment with Abiword's screen display of
fonts was not totally justified. Comparing the same paragraph
of text in the three mentioned programs has demonstrated to
me that the differences in screen display are not that great.
Pagemaker was the best, of course, and MSWord was only slightly
behind, and AbiWord came in third. My test font was Times New
Roman in 10 pt.
To see what I am talking about, type the word "women" in both
AbiWord and MS Word (10 pt Times New Roman) and then zoom
both to 200%. When I do this the difference in character spacing
is very apparent.
One significant problem I did discover, however, is that when
setting the left page margin to 1", both Pagemaker and MSWord
gave me that margin when I printed out the paragraph. Abiword
gave me a margin closer to 7/8".
Secondly, when setting both right and left-hand margins to 1" for
an 8-1/2" wide page the net line length of justified text should
be 6-1/2" which was correct when my paragraph was printed in
Pagemaker and MSWord. AbiWord, on the other hand, gave me
a text length of 6-3/8".
Another curious thing is that Pagemaker gives me a snazzy
apostrophe whereas both AbiWord and MSWord give me an
apostrophe that is not so professional looking. lol.
I like AbiWord and will work with it a little more. Anything
to wean dependancy on MS products is a step in the right direction.
Bill
Marc Maurer wrote:
>No you are not. The problem however is that our primary windows coder
>can't reproduce it. Once he could reproduce the caret errors, the could
>fix them.
>
>Can you describe your EXACT system you are seeing this problem on? Ie.
>Which version of Windows, which service packs installed, which version
>of AbiWord, and other information that might be relevant...
>
>Thanks,
> Marc
>
>Op di 09-03-2004, om 19:13 schreef Bill:
>
>>The text caret problem I inquired about a few days ago has
>>been corrected nicely with the new release. But now I am a little
>>disappointed with how the program handles the screen display of
>>proportional fonts. The letter spacing is not nearly WYSIWYG and
>>certainly not comparable to other modern-day word processors.
>>
>>Am I the only one who finds this to be a distraction?
>>
>>Bill
>>
>>
>>
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