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From: mvolo@ecsvax.UUCP (Michael R. Volow)
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Subject: Re: Word Perfect: A rich feature and its problems
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Date: Fri, 26-Jun-87 23:30:15 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 26 23:30:15 1987
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Summary: not sure if I have the answer



<Miche Bruneau (mic@lapis.berkeley.edu) asks about replacing multiple
and varying [Cmd] print formatting codes to facilitate use with 
different printers' downloaded fonts, using search and replace>

How many different formatting codes do you need to use, beyond what is
provided in the different printer's driver file?  One WordPerfect driver
provides, as you know, eight font choices right now; but my guess is th
that the next version will provide more.  Does the Ctrl/Alt key mapping
facility (Ctrl-F3), combined with standard macros, have the capacity
to do what you want?

Don't know if this suggests a solution or not.  You could also modify
the drivers for different printers so fonts 1-8 are the same for each
printer; and then make some of these fonts the downloaded fonts.  For
example, a macro ital.mac would cause italics to be printed whatever
printer you were using, and so on.  Or perhaps your application is 
much more sophisticated, in which case my suggestions would not help.

--Mike Volow, Psychiatry, Durham Veterans Administration Medical Center
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