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From: toma@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Tom Almy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Tables using WordPerfect 5.0
Keywords: graphics, lines
Message-ID: <5444@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM>
Date: 26 Jun 89 15:41:42 GMT
References: <176@mother.dde.uucp> <7243@ecsvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: toma@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Tom Almy)
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton,  OR.
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In article <7243@ecsvax.UUCP> mvolo@ecsvax.UUCP (Michael R. Volow) writes:
>In article <176@mother.dde.uucp>, kbe@dde.uucp (Kjeld Borch Egevang) writes:
>> [...]how did the WordPerfect guys plan me to use line drawing with
>> a proportional font? Actually, I can't even draw a box; the lines don't
>> meet in the corners. For the moment my solution is to make a table (alt-f9)

>We've struggled with this one too. In WP5 you can't use line draw
>with proportionally spaced fonts. We use line draw only with mono-
>spaced fonts such as the Courier or cartridge or soft font Prestige
>Elite (that is, if you want 12-pitch line draw) or any other fixed
>pitch font.

Here how to do it:

1. Set tabs and type in the proportional spaced text so that it will appear
   where you want it. Make a note of the positions where you want the lines
   to go.

2. Use set base font command, selecting the current base font.  Hit left-arrow
   and set base font to Courier. (Thus the font will be courier between the
   base font commands.)

3. Use the advance line command (under Format/Other) to (logically) move to
   the upper left corner of the text.

4. Now use the ctrl-F3 line drawing feature to draw the boxes, making use of
   the positions noted earlier.

5. Use page preview to check your work.



Actually I prefer to use the Alt-F9 line draw or table (possibly because
until recently WP 5 did not support the character line draw to Postscript
printers).  Perhaps version 5.1 will fix this all up for us.

Tom Almy
toma@tekgvs.labs.tek.com
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