Xref: utzoo comp.text:7391 comp.editors:1943 comp.os.msdos.apps:437 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:2466 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!ubc-cs!alberta!aunro!aupair.cs.athabascau.ca!kevinc From: kevinc@cs.athabascau.ca (Kevin Crocker) Newsgroups: comp.text,comp.editors,comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Word Perfect 5.1 question -- running headers/footers Message-ID: <345@aupair.cs.athabascau.ca> Date: 9 Oct 90 15:41:29 GMT References: <39830@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> Organization: Athabasca University Lines: 25 In article peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes: >In article <39830@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> wales@valeria.cs.ucla.edu (Rich Wales) writes: >> not willing to do all that typing, but I want to be able to define the >> layout of the running header/footer just once -- and be able to change >> the layout just once if necessary, and have the change take effect >> throughout the entire document ... >Score one for old-fashioned document processors like troff and TeX. >Peter da Silva. `-_-' Hey Peter, just 'cause WP doesn't do something that any word processor in its right mind aught to do is no reason to slam the entire evolution of word processing. In case you didn't realize :: -- ))))) In fact, Lotus Manuscript does this quite nicely and elegantly. No trouble at all. In fact its so simple I can hardly believe that WP does not yet have this 'feature'. Kevin -- Kevin "auric" Crocker Athabasca University UUCP: ...!{alberta,ncc}!atha!kevinc Inet: kevinc@cs.AthabascaU.CA