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From: db21@ihuxk.UUCP (Dave Beyerl)
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Subject: Re: Another Wordstar ?
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Date: Thu, 28-Feb-85 06:34:17 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 28 06:34:17 1985
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> Since this is the year of the wordstar questions, I'll submit mine too.
> 
> I have a text to format that has 3 columns.  I want to submit text, independent
> of line constraints, into these 3 columns (each column is about 25 char wide),
> and still retain ^B (reform) functionality.  Is there a way to do this ??
> Here is a sample of what I need.
> 
> This is column one and stops ' This is the second column and ' third column
> at the "'".  I need to fill  ' starts to the left, and is    ' always short
> this column more than column ' independent of column 1       '
> two and need the format (^B) ' in most cases                 '
> for justification purposes.  '                               '
> 
> As you can see, I need total column independence.  I have tried this and when
> I use the ^B command, it treats the entire text as line oriented.  Any
> hints ??  
> Many thanks in advance.
> 
> Walt
> -------

	I too was looking to set up multiple column text files in
Wordstar.  I finally came across a book that describes the procedure,
however, you cannot do this all on the same line.  The book is titled
"Practical Wordstar Uses" by Joan Arca.  I believe its in chapter 12
were she describes the procedure.  This procedure entails setting
your margins for the column width wanted and type in your text using
any of the formatting commands you want.  After you have determined
that what you have is the final form, you begin making block moves
into the column format you want.  As soon as you start making the
moves you lose ALL paragraph reformatting capability using ^B.
The book gives some good examples on how to do this and has many
other useful examples as well.  The book sells for around $19.95
and is published by Sybex.
	Hope this helps.

For every problem there is one           	Dave Beyerl
solution which is simple, neat,                 ihuxk!db21
and wrong!