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Re: BC++ 2.0 and Help Compiler

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From: Bruce Oneel
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1991 12:45
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   Well, I just recieved the Help Compiler for Windows from Borland also. It sure
   seems unusable for me. Why? Because it seems to want to deal with files in Rich
   Text Format (RTF) for all the formatting commands. The documentation says that
   you can use one of three different word processors for it:

   1) Word for DOS
   2) Word for Windows
   3) Word for MAC

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As I understand it, RTF is human readable so you could (if you knew
what it looked like) do it yourself by hand.  But... There is a better
way.  Microsoft gives away working models of different products, word
for windows being one.  Call 800-541-1261 and talk to them.  I'm
getting this info from DDJ May 1991, p 23.  When I called they asked
me for the dept number (P94) which was for microsoft project for
windows but the nice person had no problem sending me WfW instead.  As
I understand it, the working models can't (print/save large files/??,
pick one).

bruce
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From: oneel@heawk1.rosserv.gsfc.nasa.gov ( Bruce Oneel )
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Subject: Re: BC++ 2.0 and Help Compiler
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