2008/12/2 Keith Bates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:30:20 +0000 > Harold Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > 2) a feature that WordPerfect had was "Make It Fit". This was > > > wonderful for making a document fit a little (or as many) pages as > > > you wanted (within reason!) > > > > > > > > With File>Page Preview you can *view* as many pages as you like on > > the screen, within reason :-) by selecting the Multi Pages option and > > picking a layout. You can't *edit* in this mode though. Again, > > perhaps this not what you meant in which case please explain. > > What the OP was asking for was a feature where the program edits the > document to fit an exact number of pages. In WP for example, you might > have a document that is 2 1/2 pages long and you might think that extra > page is a waste of paper (or you might think it would look better to > fit exactly 3 pages). You could click the "Make it fit" button and it > would ask how long do you want it to be then it would automagically > adjust font size and spacing to make it fit exactly the number of pages > you request. I used to think it was pretty nifty also. > > >
Ah. Thank you. Yes, it does sound nifty. I've never used WP and have never come across a similar feature anywhere else although I haven't used MS Word since the "97" edition so maybe I'm out of date. -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to [email protected]
