Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!mahendo!wlbr!WLV.IMSD.CONTEL.COM!mcc
From: mcc@WLV.IMSD.CONTEL.COM (Merton Campbell Crockett)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Re: Formatted DOS Text from WP5.1
Message-ID: <1991Jun1.174300.1694@wlbr.imsd.contel.com>
Date: 1 Jun 91 17:43:00 GMT
References: <1520@rust.zso.dec.com>
Sender: news@wlbr.imsd.contel.com (news)
Organization: Contel Federal Systems
Lines: 45
Nntp-Posting-Host: wlv.imsd.contel.com

In article <1520@rust.zso.dec.com> mtp@mold.zso.dec.com (Mike Peterson) writes:


>    I have a 70 page document to be printed.  The complication is that
>    it needs to be printed in two forms:  First, it must be printable
>    on our local laser printer.  This is no problem since WP supplies a
>    printer driver for our printer.  I just print the file to the disk and
>    users who have this printer can snarf it and print it in the usual ways.

>    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 <CR> 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?


The answer is yes.  In the print menu select the DOS text printer.  You may
have to go back to the printer diskette distribution if you failed to include
the DOS text printer as an option.

After selecting the DOS text printer, select option 3 to edit the printer
characteristics.  Instead of the default LPT1: printer output, redirect the
output to a disk file by specifying its path (optionally) and file name.

Exit back to the initial print screen and press 1 to print the document.
I'll make the gross assumption that your printer is currently defined as
a LN03 and you are using a proportional spacing font.  Also, that the doc-
ument needs to be capable of being passed through VMS Mail and ALL-IN-FUN.

If that be a fair assumption and if the document must be identical regardless
of form, you will probably have to go back and set your initial page defaults
for 10 cpi.  Your LN03 would then have to be set for 10 cpi for printing
the hardcopy document as well.

Noting that you're with Digital, do you have a utility to convert WordPerfect
5.1 files to VAX Document SGML format?

Merton Campbell Crockett