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Subject: Non-interactive Editting of PageMaker Files
Keywords: automated desktop publishing
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Date: 30 Sep 90 17:12:02 GMT
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I am currently working on mega-project composed in
PageMaker 4.0.
What I will be doing with the file has an air of
programmability: I see that I could save enormous
amounts of time if I could write a program that made
the relatively regular changes (which BTW are too complex
for MacroMaker) to each page. In order to do this,
of course, I need to know how a PageMaker file is composed.

The obvious questions are:
1. Does Aldus give out the file format information for
   files created by PageMaker? 
2. If not, can it still be obtained from somewhere else?

A related question:
In the PC Norton Utilities, there is a program that lets
you see the raw data of a file (text *and* format codes)
on the screen, so that you can alter them right in front of you.
Is there a similar utility for the Mac?


-Rick Vitale.