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From: mdixon@parc.xerox.com (Mike Dixon)
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Subject: Re: WriteNow defaults : set ruler visible : how to?
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Date: 4 Dec 90 00:27:46 GMT
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In-reply-to: cnh5730@calvin.tamu.edu's message of 3 Dec 90 21:42:06 GMT


    Can anyone tell me where in the NeXT documents I can find information
    about WriteNow defaults and how to set them?  Specifically, I want to
    have the ruler visible by default.

check out "Changing the Initial Document Format" in the (hardcopy)
User's Reference manual.  basically, if you save an arbitrary
wn file as 'Stationery.wn' in your home directory (or the WriteNow
file package), that will be used to initialize new documents.  so:
  new
  show rulers
  save as Stationery.wn
and from now on new files should have the ruler visible.

(of course, you can use this to do a lot of other stuff -- default headers,
initial boilerplate, etc.)
--

                                             .mike.