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From: tbutler@wpi.wpi.edu (Timothy James Butler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Capturing PS output from Word 4.0
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Date: 20 Jan 90 19:31:47 GMT
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Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass.
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In-reply-to: johnsone@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu's message of 20 Jan 90 01:48:20 GMT


/* Written  9:52 am  Jan 17, 1990 by markwm@faline.bellcore.com */
>> I'm looking for a way to capture the postscript output from Word 4.0 so that
>> I can do some postscript postprocessing before printing.
>> 
>> I guess I need a way to dump postcript at a Laserwriter as well, huh?

   Since you already have Word 4.0, you can use that. Just put your postcript
text into a file, select it all (opt-cmd m) and select 'postcript' as the 
style. You can select postcript as the style from the menu in the ruler (where
 it usually says 'normal') If Postcript isn't visible in that menu, hold 
'shift' down while you select the menu. Then when you print the document, the
text itself won't be printed, but its effects will. Make sure the option
'show hidden text' in the printer dialog box isn't selected.
	Another way to get postcript output was given in the hints in a recent
MacUser. Make a copy of your printer driver 'Laserwriter'.(!) Then using
ResEdit, 'open as template' DITL 8191 (I'm 99% sure that is the right one).
Then scroll towards the bottom of the list. you should see a field with the 
command 'DISK FILE'. The four fields above this one define the coordinates of
this check box in the print dialog box. They are initially all set to 0, so 
the disk file option is not available. The hint in the magazine said to change
these to: 49 320 65 400; in that order. I did it and it worked, but it doesn't
include the laserprep stuff.

					Tim Butler  (tbutler@wpi.wpi.edu)
					Dept of Mechanical Engineering
					Worcester Polytechnic Institute