Microsoft KB Archive/46531

Word 5.00: Purpose of Byte 194 Mod 4

PSS ID Number: Q46531 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

5.00

MS-DOS

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The “Printer Information for Microsoft Word” manual fails to describe the value at byte:194 mod:4 in a printer driver. This value tells Word Version 5.00 that the argument parameter must be sent in printer units rather than point size.

For example, to get a 12-point font size with a printer that has units in 300ths, Word sends an argument parameter of 50. This is calculated as follows:

72/12 = 6, and then 300/6 = 50

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