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From: mandel@vax.anes.tulane.edu (Jeff E Mandel MD MS)
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Subject: Re: Page size when printing
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Date: 14 Jan 91 14:07:33 GMT
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In article <593@anaxagoras.ils.nwu.edu> pryor@ils.nwu.edu (Louise Pryor)
writes:
>As well as hypercard, I have one of those personal organiser things - a 
>loose leaf binder to hold diary, addresses, etc.  I'd like to print out my 
>addresses from hypercard so that I can put them into the organiser, so 
>that I don't have to maintain 2 separate lists.  I have blank paper that 
>fits the organiser - 6.5 * 3.75 ins - but there seems to be no way to tell 
>the software about it. (I have an imagewriter).
>
>Does anyone have any bright ideas about how I could do this?  Any way I 
>could print to a file from HC and then print the file? Where in the 
>documentation would this sort of thing be talked about? - I haven't really 
>been able to track anything down even about the Page Setup menu item.  All 
>suggestions welcome.
>
>
>Louise
>
 I have two hacks for spiffy printing from HyperCard, but they probably reflect
the fact that I generally look for the most complex way to solve any problem.
The first is the SendPS XCMD which I wrote about last week (keep those requests
coming and I may get around to posting it, folks). While of little use to you
if you don't have a LaserWriter, it would be relatively easy (heh-heh) to put
together a PostScript dict to print a DayTimer sheet with the data filled in
from the stack. Anyone wanting to do this, either for shareware or commercial
distribution, let me know.
 The second approach I have used is RTF. Word has the capability of saving
files with all formattin information as ASCII; some information has been in
Info-Mac and there are several stacks such as RTF Tutorial on sumex-aim on
this. Basically, you create the template document in Word, us "Save as", format
export (RTF), then open that document as a text file, carve up the RTF into
separate fields in HyperCard, and reassemble the RTF file with your data. Now,
you simply open the newly created document with Word, interpret the RTF, and
voila. I use this for printing reports, using the Word column feature. This
permits me to preview my report, get it the way I want it, then print it or
email it.
 Note that neither of these approaches are "turnkey", and probably someone far
more clever than I will point you to some utility that will do exactly what you
want without any muss-or-fuss, but where's the fun in that?

Jeff E Mandel MD MS
Asst Professor of Anesthesiology
Tulane University School of Medicine
New Orleans, LA

Disclaimer: "Anyone who would let an anesthesiologist tell them how to put
together their DayTimer should be equally willing to let a yuppie give them an
anesthetic"