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>Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 08:22:31 -1000 (HST)
>From: JEFFREY J HAYDEN <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #7101 Word 5.1 prints white characters on black background
>In-reply-to: <[log in to unmask]>
>To: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]>


On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, David Kanig <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> History: A Mac user has a large quantity of Chinese documents in Word
> 5.1.  Because these files were created with an old version of the
> Chinese Language Kit, she cannot open them under a modern OS or with a
> current version of Word.  She has a new set-up for creating new
> documents, but for her older documents she uses an old Mac running OS 7
> and Word 5.1.

In the old system (Mac OS 7 and Word 5.1) she could save the files as pla=
in
text (or copy and paste into SimpleText) and re-open them in her new syst=
em.
Unfortunately all formatting will be lost, altho since it's' an older
version of Word, saving as RTF might work and preserve most formatting.
The coding (Big5 or GB) should, for the most part, be the same.  I have t=
ons
of stuff I created with CLK 1.0 using MacWrite II that I can still access
this way.

> Problem: Word 5.1 has suddenly begun printing white characters, Roman
> and Chinese, on a black background.  On the screen the document looks a=
s
> expected, but foreground and background colors are switched in printing.
>
> Can you remember solving this kind of problem for Word 5.1?

Things don't usually change all of a sudden.  Typically, there's a change=
 to
all or part of the overall setup.  Has a new printer been added?  Have an=
y
new programs or extensions been installed?  Have any preferences been
(inadvertantly)  changed in Word itself?


                                        Jeffrey


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