Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!fernwood!portal!apple!well!nilesinc From: nilesinc@well.sf.ca.us (Avi Rappoport) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: interesting file merge question Message-ID: <25512@well.sf.ca.us> Date: 18 Jun 91 18:52:18 GMT References: <6231@mindlink.bc.ca> Lines: 32 Rick_McCormack@mindlink.bc.ca (Rick McCormack) writes: >In an article, writes: >"A friend of mine is typing a paper in French and would then >translate it to English. After this she wants to combine the >two files so that each line of French (in italics or some >other style) will be followed by the corresponding >translated English line, which would be in a different >style. Sounds exciting!! >Though Haseen Ibne Alam asks for e-mail, I thought others might face similar >problems. I think this is definitely the place for MSW's "table" function, >placing parallel sentences in cells side by side. I did this with FileMaker. Much easier to use something field-based, could probably even be done with Excel. This is not really a word processor kind of task. But Le Chanson de Guillaume le Mareshal looked pretty good, and could be exported to Word. {extra space added for picky mailer} -- -- Ask me about EndNote and about MacInfo, our db of Macintosh literature -- Avi Rappoport 2000 Hearst, Berkeley, CA 94709 nilesinc@well.sf.ca.us, 415-649-8176 Niles.Assoc on AppleLink fax: 415-649-8179