Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!gatech!bloom-beacon!husc6!cmcl2!beta!hc!ames!amdcad!sun!news From: news@sun.uucp (news) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.text.desktop Subject: Re: Floating figures in Word? Message-ID: <23151@sun.uucp> Date: Fri, 10-Jul-87 11:54:10 EDT Article-I.D.: sun.23151 Posted: Fri Jul 10 11:54:10 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 12-Jul-87 12:22:40 EDT Reply-To: uunet!macbeth!hallett@seismo.CSS.GOV (Hallett) Distribution: na Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Mtn View, CA Lines: 43 Approved: desktop-request%plaid@sun.com Xref: mnetor comp.sys.mac:4634 comp.text.desktop:178 From: uunet!steinmetz!macbeth!hallett@seismo.CSS.GOV (Hallett) Date: 9 Jul 87 11:42:37 GMT Organization: General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY In article <22857@sun.uucp> sun!klein@seismo.CSS.GOV (Mike Klein) writes: > >Writing technical papers and so on, I often need to be able to force figures >to float to the {top,bottom} of the next available page. What you ask is not possible in WORD 3 (or any other current WYSIWYG system -- I discount WriteNow's version of graphics since they are not true figure environments, just embedded PICT's or bitmaps). What you really need for this is a WYSIWYG TeX or LaTeX. Sigh, one doesn't exist, but you may find either TeXtures or MacTeX good for this anyway. I would recommend MacTeX just because its version of LaTeX is out of beta-test. If you really need WYSIWYG, then try WriteNow. That is the only word processor I have seen that has something even resembling floating figures. Best of luck, Jeffrey A. Hallett (hallett@ge-crd.arpa hallett@desdemona.uucp) Software Technology Program General Electric Corporate Research and Development ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The needs of the few outweigh the needs of the many" -- Kirk (STIII) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Disclaimer: My opinions do not represent my employer's, but it is his fault for giving me this thing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---------------------------------------- Submissions to: desktop%plaid@sun.com -OR- sun!plaid!desktop Administrivia to: desktop-request%plaid@sun.com -OR- sun!plaid!desktop-request Paths: {ihnp4,decwrl,hplabs,seismo,ucbvax}!sun Chuq Von Rospach chuq@sun.COM Delphi: CHUQ Touch Not the Cat Bot a Glove -- MacIntosh Clan Motto