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From: skinner@cs.washington.edu (Shelley Marie Skinner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Postscript to file
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Date: 3 Sep 90 23:23:24 GMT
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In-reply-to: baulch@svax.cs.cornell.edu's message of 31 Aug 90 03:33:02 GMT

> I understand there is a standard way on the mac to redirect postscript
> output to a text file instead of the laser printer.  Is there?  How
> does one do it?

This is how I get Macdraw II postscript output to go to a file:

1. Open the Macdraw file.
2. Use Chooser to make sure output going to a laser printer.
3. Select Print.
4. Click OK (keep button down)
5. With other hand, press option-F (keep those keys down too)
6. Let "OK" button up.
7. After a second, let "option-F" keys up.

A message should appear saying something like "Creating Postscript file"
A file called PostScript0 is created on the directory (I think)
where Macdraw was run from.
If a PostScript0 file already exists, it creates PostScript1,
then PostScript2, etc.

You can also use this technique from a word processor program
such as Microsoft Word. Good luck. I don't know why,
but it doesn't seem to be documented anywhere.

-Shelley