WYSIWYG diffs (was: Re: Questions for PMMail Tech Support)

[Steve Lamb]

On Thu, Sep 14, 2000 at 10:32:29AM -0400, Rodney R. Korte wrote:
> What leads you to believe there is no mathematical reason?  Have you looked
> at the source code and algorithms to verify this?  In fact, you invadvertantly
> pointed out what I believe *is* the reason- fonts.  The fonts are slightly
> different sizes, even though they are the "same".  This problem extends to
> printing as well as viewing on the screen.

    Bzzt, the fonts were the same.  Can't easily access my archives but let me
explain the situation.

Written on Star Office 5.1 at home on Windows box.
Saved in Word97 format.
Viewed in Word2000 at work, page break off by 1 line.
Viewed in Star Office 5.1 at work, looks fine.

    The viewing part is important since both are loading the exact same fonts.
What leads me to believe there is no mathematical reason is, well, there was
no reason.  The fonts take up the same size and the margins were the exact
same size.  Nothing changed in the document at all.  If internal algorithms
are different then it isn't "WYSIWYG" because there should not be a difference
based on the exact same input.

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