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- On Fri, 1 Dec 1995, ctm@ardi.com (Clifford T. Matthews) wrote:
-
- > The stock System file should have in it:
- >
- > Chicago
- > Courier
- > Geneva
- > Helvetica
- > Monaco
- > New York <--- (*)
- > Symbol
- > Times
-
- (*) Mine didn't have it. At least it wasn't shown in the Word 5.1
- dropdown font list. How do you check the builtin fonts in the
- "stock System file" ?
-
- > In addition, the "Fonts and DAs" folder should contain
- >
- > Avant Garde
- > Bookman
- > N Helveitca Narrow
- > New Century
- > Palatino
- > Zapf Chancery
- > Zapf Dingbats
-
- True.
-
- > Using Font D/A Mover shouldn't be necessary. The stock fonts should
- > already be there, the other ones should install by just dragging them
- > to the hot-band. Right now I think there are bugs that allow you to
- > put a font in the hot-band twice and there also may be trouble
- > removing fonts from the hot-band, but if you just drag each one in
- > once, it should work.
-
- Sorry, not for me. I mean, they *did* get dragged to the hot-band and
- they seemed to stay there. But when I opened Word it seemed there was
- no means of getting these damned fonts in the dropdown font list.
-
- How do you accomplish this?
-
- On a side note. Since the MS installer crashes Executor I couldn't
- install Word, in a literal sense. I had to copy an installed Word 5.1
- from my Mac IIsi via floppy disks. I did copy all the relevant files and
- (sub)folders. At least I hope so. Is this the right way to do it?
-
- Furthermore, the Insert/Object menu item is dimmed in Word. It means the
- menu item is unavailable. So, how to insert an Equation Editor object?
-
- I had copied the Equation Editor to the ExecutorVolume. When I double
- click on the Equation Editor program, however, it starts but it complains
- that the MT Extra font is missing. So, again, how to install this font?
-
- > Currently, you're stuck with Letter paper. Under NEXTSTEP Executor
- > can communicate with the printing subsystem and you can use the
- > NEXTSTEP printing panels. There are no equivalent ones under Linux,
- > so we'll have to create them. This takes time. I realize that 8.5" x
- > 11" is not the common paper size in europe, but support for alternate
- > paper sizes is an example of Feature N+1.
-
- Try to have a look at recent postings in comp.emulators.mac.executor.
- There are at least a couple more messages relating to this topic. I don't
- think it's a feature to be postponed at level N+1.
-
- > We realize that no matter what feature set we provide, there will be
- > some who really will not be able to use Executor until Feature N+1 is
- > added. That does not bother us, as long as those people don't use
- > Executor (other than in demo mode) in the meantime. However, holding
- > back Executor from licensing until Feature N+1 is included deprives
- > people of the chance to register it now, something that many people
- > clearly want to do.
-
- I'm sorry, but really it's an effort for me to follow your reasoning...
- I for sure won't register anything which still is pre-alpha code, for
- what I'm able to see now...
-
- Don't feel offended by my statement. I mean, keep up the good work. Only,
- I'm unable to regard Executor as a valid Mac environment now. There is no
- doubt that your 68K emulator works well, at the processor level. What is
- heavily lacking, IMHO, is a valid System (MacOS) substitute.
-
- > As for Executor's price, everyone is entitled to an opinion. I am
- > sure there are some people who would not use Executor even if *we*
- > paid *them*. Luckily, they aren't our target audience. Enough people
- > think that the US$49 fee for students, faculty and staff of
- > educational institutions is a bargain, that we have no plans to lower
- > that fee. If Executor is not worth that fee, don't license it.
-
- Certainly not a bargain for our Department. Please take into account that
- we have a campus license for MS products. This means we are buying
- MS-Word and MS-Excel at a price equivalent to about US$30.
-
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- Michele Marziani
- Universita' di Ferrara e-mail (work) marziani@vaxfe.fe.infn.it
- Dipartimento di Fisica (home) marziani@estense.global.it
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