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In article <1d4bajINN31e@charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu> psmedsha@ecst.csuchico.edu (Paul Smedshammer) writes:
>In article <1992Nov2.154711.17287@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> rjackson@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Randy W Jackson) writes:
>>
>>>
>>>In Quattro Pro for DOS, it was possible to mark a block and print it
>>>to an ASCII file.  I now have QuattroPro for Windows, and find that
>>
>>Try this:  Block what you what to go to a file and then choose:
>>
>>                File|Printer Setup|Redirect to File
>>
>>What this does is print the block to a binary prn file, that can then
>>be "copied" to the printer.  This is not the objective.  What I want
>>is a formated, ascii file, complete with hard spaces, so that I can
>>import to a WordPerfect file without having to futz around with column
>>alignment.
>>
>>Redirecting to a file doesn't serve this purpose.
>
>Sorry about that.  As somebody else also mentioned, you need to set your
>current printer as *Generic / Text Only on LPT1:*.  Then do the redirect to
>file.  Also, another way to do it (which might be easier) is to
>enable the Quattro Pro for DOS menus.  That is, when you hit the */* key it 
>will bring up the QPro for DOS menu.  Then choose Print, Block you want, 
>Destination (Choose file and then the name), then spreadsheet print.  I hope
>that will work for you.

The easiest method of all is to highlight the text.  Select Edit|Copy.
Open NOTEPAD.EXE, Select Edit|Paste and File|SaveAs.

-peter

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