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Article #7035Re: Need help w/WWST
From: Mike Matthews
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1990 20:02
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1990 20:02
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In article <839@fozzy.UUCP> hendrick@fozzy.UUCP (Bill Hendricks) writes: >Regarding Word Writer ST (Timeworks, Version 2.0), >I need help with a minor problem: > >Having loaded an ASCII text file into WWST, >how do I get "format" to work? When I tried >this past weekend, the text would _not_ reformat. > >Anybody know the answer to this one? HELP! > >Thanks in advance. >Regards, Bill The problem is there are hard returns everywhere, which tell WWST to stop for- matting. Hard spaces don't help either. The trick I used, which worked reasonably well, was to do a replace of a space for a space. This would replace the internal representation so you'll have SOME formatting capabilities. It won't fix everything, but I doubt that is possible anyway. Hope this helps. Mike
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!aplcen!haven!umd5!matthews From: matthews@umd5.umd.edu (Mike Matthews) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Need help w/WWST Keywords: help word writer st Message-ID: <5950@umd5.umd.edu> Date: 15 Jan 90 20:02:31 GMT References: <839@fozzy.UUCP> Reply-To: matthews@umd5.umd.edu (Mike Matthews) Distribution: na Organization: University of Maryland, College Park Lines: 24