No Tab setting in text blocks with Quartz off

[PeterT]

We are on Macs and have never used Quartz Imaging since it was introduced. We have always set tabs in our text column blocks using the tab bar at the top of text blocks in edit mode.

I find it very frustrating that as of Vectorworks 2011 you no longer get any tab bar when editing text if Quartz Imaging is not active. Previously set tabs hold and display properly, there is just no way to set them or adjust them without turning on the preference for Quartz Imaging, editing you text, adjusting the tab, then going back into the preferences and turning Quartz back off.

Tabs worked fine in VW 2009 with Quartz off. This problem started for us in VW 2011 and has not been fixed in 2012.

We prefer not to use Quartz Imaging because it greatly affects to look of printed text. Bold text gets so bold it is hard to read, and text underlines print at about 1 mil thickness. This is not acceptable to us, as we use bold text and underlined text in may places in our drawings.

Why have tabs now become dependent on Quartz? I still can't believe this is intended.