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Question to one and all:

Our application software runs under UNIX and is being developed using
the Progress Application Development System.

While using the applicaiton, our users can display context-sensitive
on-line help files.  These files are created using Word Perfect then
converted to ASCII for display.

The help files, in addition to context-sensitive display, include
task-based documentation.  The task-based documentation does not
display on-line.  These procedures are integrated into the help 
files to complete hard copy documentation.

We'd like our display, and particularly the printed documentation, 
to include special characters such as bold, underline, proportional
and scalable fonts, etc.  Is there an easy way for an ASCII file to
include special characters, or how can we avoid ASCII and simply 
display the Word Perfect files?

We are presently unable to recieve news groups direct, but email has not
been a problem.  Please email me direct with your responce.

thank you for your time.

james
mcmi!hotstage