From: Gordon on

"Bob I" <birelan(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Gordon wrote:
>> On 12/04/2010 07:48, Peter K�hlmann wrote:
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>>> In that case: Stay away from *any* version of MS Office, too.
>>> Because it does *not* render the documents completely the same between
>>> versions. Not even with the *same* version, but different printers
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>> I concur with that - I have NEVER understood why the printer should have
>> a bearing on the DISPLAY of a document - but it does. Totally weird.
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> Because different printers have different capabilities. Margin
> requirements for paper handling, fonts etc.(set your default printer to a
> "generic text printer" and see what happen)
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yes but that should only be a factor when PRINTING, not DISPLAYING....a PDF
document looks the same on ANY machine, no matter what type of printer is
attached. Why should a Word document not do the same?