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From: tim@ggumby.cs.caltech.edu (Timothy L. Kay)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Text file from Quattro Pro
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Date: 23 Oct 90 15:45:14 GMT
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I asked, "How do I create a text file from Quattro Pro?"  Many of you
responded that I should simply use the /Print Destination File
option, and that would give me what I want.  Unfortunately, this
gave me PostScript in the file.

I finally called Borland Technical Support.  They answered almost
immediately with a very helpful gentleman.  GREAT JOB BORLAND!
(I called at 8:35 AM PST and the whole call took only three minutes.)

It turns out that their documentation is slightly wrong.  It says
that the /Print Destination File causes Quattro Pro to print to the
file as if it is printing to a text printer.  Well, this is the
case *except* if I chose a PostScript printer as my default printer.

I chose a second printer to be anything else, and then things work
as documented.

So apparently, nobody in netland has a PostScript printer as their
default printer for Quattro Pro.

Thanks for all the responses!

Tim