Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!ogicse!ucsd!sdcc6!sdcc13!rkim From: rkim@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Suro) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps Subject: Re: Formatted DOS Text from WP5.1 Message-ID: <19849@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> Date: 28 May 91 18:11:20 GMT References: <1520@rust.zso.dec.com> Sender: news@sdcc6.ucsd.edu Organization: University of California, San Diego Lines: 38 In article <1520@rust.zso.dec.com> mtp@mold.zso.dec.com (Mike Peterson) writes: > > > Other users, however, have a variety of dot-matrix printers. To provide > the document in a form that ALL of them can use, I need to print a file to > disk that is plain, vanilla DOS text. Moreover, it is important to > preserve the basic format of the document (e.g., page numbering, table of > contents, index, and glossary). The different fonts and bolded/italicized > words are not vital. > > Text In/Out does not work, nor does convert.exe work. These two > techniques do not generate page breaks except for hard and, since it > is not a print file, no page numbers, headers, etc., are generated. > > Can this be done? Print a formatted WP document as simple DOS text? > Yes. Select a generic printer (like DOS text printer) and install it where your .prs files reside. All of your users can do the same, and the generic printer will retain tbl. of contents, pg. numbering, etc, and also bold (Ithink), but not italics and underline (I think). This, I believe, will help solve your problem. Another way is to give the document as is to your users. WP will reformat the doc according to the printer driver the user is using. So for example, if you're using Apple LaserWriter IINT and some other guy uses Panasonic KX-P1124, Wp will reformat the document and provide the closest matched font for the dot matrix. Of course, if you already haven't specified, you must re-choose the correct printer. I think this is the best way, in that you lose nothing during the conversion. good luck, -- Robert W. Kim rkim@ucsd.edu University of California, San Diego. suro@ucsd.edu "I'd love to go out with you, but I have to floss my cat."