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Re: Column Editor ??

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From: Richard Kooijman
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 17:48
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les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) writes:

>In article <richard.727862762@dutepp13> Richard.Kooijman@dnpap.et.tudelft.nl (Richard Kooijman) writes:
>>les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) writes:
>>
>>>Wordperfect should work.  If you are creating the file from scratch you
>>>can build tables with the column widths you want, then move around in
>>>it like a spreadsheet.  You can also get the spacing you want with
>>>tab settings and/or column modes, where it might be easier to do
>>>moves of arbitrary rectangles.

>>Now WordPerfect doesn't really output ASCII, now does it?

>Sure, if you hit <ctl-F5> (dos text) and save.  You do have to be
>careful not to save to the same filename as you exit from WP
>(it will be remembered as the default choice).

See above, the use of tables was adviced. No way they will be
usable in DOS text format for other programs.


Richard.

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