From: dahls@fhydra.dnet.unit.no (Joern Yngve Dahl-Stamnes)
Subject: Bug in W4W 2.0a?
Reply-To: dahls@fhydra.dnet.unit.no (Joern Yngve Dahl-Stamnes)
Organization: University of Trondheim, NORWAY
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 09:26:04 EDT

Hello.

I've using W4W 2.0a (DOS 5.0 and Windows 3.1) on a 366DX/33 with 16Mbyte
memory. Yesterday I ran into something which must be a bug in W4W.

I was writing a document about a program I'm working on. I got one
document (in one file) which descripe all the commands. This document
use a template which I have created myself by modifying the NORMAL.DOT
file and saving it as NORDOC.DOT (NORwegian DOCument). All styles
(Normal, Normal indented, Heading 1, ~2 and ~3 are modified so that they
meat my requirements about fonts, language, alingment etc.

When I created the first document, I started W4W and changed the
template to NORDOC.DOT before I began writing anything. This worked
OK.

Yesterday, while I was editing on chapter 1, I wanted to begin on
chapter 2, and I used the File.New command to create the new chapter in
a new document (new file). In the New dialog box I choose the NORDOC
template from the menu.

But when I began writing, the font in the Normal style was not correct.
I began to check the styles, and they was not the styles which I have
defined in the NORDOC template. I didn't check, but I think that was the
Normal template and not the NORDOC template.

I then quit W4W and start it again. I did not loaded the first document.
I just changed the template to use in the document, and now it worked.
If I used the File.New again and choosed the NORDOC template, it failed
again.

It seems to me that I can only choose another style *only if* I'm in
Document 1. Is this right? If it's right, is it a bug or is it a
feature?

Today I checked in a book called "Running Word for Windows, version
2" by Russel Borland (MicroSoft Press). In Chapter 10, Templates
in page 223 it says:

"Word alwasy bases a new document on the default (Normal) template.
The Normal template, contains Word's default definitions..."

"When you create a document, you can also select an additional template
for the use in creating and working on the document. Document templates
other than the default (Normal) template give Word its unique ability
to adapt to features for working on a particular document."

Does this mean that when I start W4W Normal is the default template
(which I know is true), or does it mean that each time I use the
File.New command, the Normal template will be used as template (more or
less) regadless of what I choose ine the dialog box?

...or am I doing something wrong?

Please e-mail me.

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* I went back to my mother,           * Joern Yngve Dahl-Stamnes             *
* I said, "I'm crazy ma, help me!"    * University of Trondheim              *
* She said, "I know how it feels son, * The Norwegian Institute of Tech.     *
* 'cause it runs in the family."      * Division of Physical Electronics     *
*       - The Who, Quadrophenia       * e-mail: dahl-stamnes@delab.sintef.no *
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