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Title:Word for Windows
Notice:First-time readers: Please read note 1
Moderator:chayna.zko.dec.com::manana::eppes:eppes
Created:Mon Mar 08 1993
Last Modified:Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:883
Total number of notes:4017

502.0. "Send VAX mail from within Word?" by LACV01::SILVA (Carl Silva - CBS Bus Dev Mgr - DTN 655-6458) Wed Sep 21 1994 15:24

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502.1DEC MAILworks (MS Windows Mail)TNPUBS::CLIFFORDFri Sep 23 1994 14:5515
502.2or TeamLinksHUMOR::EPPESI'm not making this up, you knowFri Sep 23 1994 21:026
502.3MAILing NT WORD 6.0 PS Files !WRKSYS::VANTWUYVERFri Jul 28 1995 18:5424
502.4Do you have to use e-mail?TNPUBS::J_GOLDSTEINRun over on the Info HighwayFri Jul 28 1995 21:2914
502.5Does Your Doc Follow DSC Line Length Rules?WREATH::DONALDSo long and thanks for all the fishMon Jul 31 1995 13:3920
502.6exitWRKSYS::VANTWUYVERMon Jul 31 1995 13:595
502.7send/foreign will do it!WRKSYS::VANTWUYVERTue Aug 01 1995 14:518
502.8VMS PS mail and MS Word for Windows 95 v7.0FIEVEL::FILGATEBruce Filgate SHR3-2/W4 237-6452Mon Feb 10 1997 17:3934
As we all know, VMS mail is quite content to read and display PS mail from
most of the worlds software, as long as the Adobe rules are followed to the
letter.

In the case of MS Word v7.0, I have yet to find an incantation that will 
allow a paper to be saved to a PS file from within Word, and still be
displayable with VMS windows mail after having been vms `mailed'.

I have tried the ln03R driver, and the 1152 driver, each enabled to print
to a file.  These files are to a pathworks served disk, so are really on a
VMS workstation.

When the files are mailed, and opened in mail, the ps window comes up, with
no text, and then when the second page is opened there is no text but instead
the error message of

      This job requires more memory than is available in this printer.
      Try one or more of the following, and then print again:
         In the PostScript dialog box, click Optimize for Portability.
         In the Device Options dialog box, make sure the Available Printer
              Memory is accurate.
         Reduce the number of fonts in the document.
         Print the document in parts.

Since there is only one font in use, no included pictures, and no memory
selections for the two test device drivers, and the document is only a
couple of pages, something else is going on here.

The mail message can be extracted and printed to a DEC 5100, if one has a
printer handy.

Has anyone found the problem with Word 7 and have a solution?

thanks
502.9save to local disk, then copy to VMS?ORION::chayna.zko.dec.com::tamara::eppesNina EppesTue Feb 11 1997 16:466
I have a vague recollection of problems resulting with .PS files saved
directly to network drives from Word.  Have you tried saving the .PS file 
to your local disk and then copying it (via FTP or whatever) to the VMS 
system, and then mailing it?

-- Nina
502.10right, tried a few variationsFIEVEL::FILGATEBruce Filgate SHR3-2/W4 237-6452Wed Feb 12 1997 11:499
1) save to network drive (VMS) and mailed 
2) save to PC and copy to network drive
3) save to PC and FTP push to VMS and mailed

I have taken another look / comparison between files that work and files 
that do not work.  The `work' are all Adobe-2.0, the `no work' are all
Adobe-3.0 from Word.

Bruce
502.11update/moreFIEVEL::FILGATEBruce Filgate SHR3-2/W4 237-6452Wed Feb 12 1997 13:0310
 Running OFFICE 95 under NT will build a PS file with lps20 that is 
 VMS Motif Mail complient, display is fine.

 If the os is changed to Windows 95 from NT, but the office suite held
 constant, the PS file is no longer VMS Motif Mail complient, eg mail
 open responds with "(This message type cannot currently be displayed.)",
 instead of posting the translated PS to the viewing window.

 Bruce