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From: simona@panix.uucp (Simona Nass)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: WordPerfect Question
Message-ID: <1991Jun8.052150.27872@panix.uucp>
Date: 8 Jun 91 05:21:50 GMT
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In article <3283@esquire.dpw.com> zuena@DPW.COM (Bob Zuena) writes:
>Can a typeset WordPerfect file be easily converted to ASCII and, if so, is
>decimal alignment of numerical columns maintained?
>
>Any help would be much appreciated.
>
>Bob (zuena@dpw.com)
 
Not if you used the space bar to set up the spacing. Otherwise ...

Spacing will be maintained if you used tab sets, justification or other spacing
specifications, provided you left plenty of room between vertical columns so
the text does not overlap (ascii characters are usually spaced wider than
most proportionally-spaced characters). WordPerfect will readjust the soft
returns for text in paragraphs.

Hope this helps. Please let me know if I misunderstood the question. -S.
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