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Article #4153Text file from Quattro Pro
From: Timothy L. Kay
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 1990 15:45
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 1990 15:45
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I asked, "How do I create a text file from Quattro Pro?" Many of you responded that I should simply use the /Print Destination File option, and that would give me what I want. Unfortunately, this gave me PostScript in the file. I finally called Borland Technical Support. They answered almost immediately with a very helpful gentleman. GREAT JOB BORLAND! (I called at 8:35 AM PST and the whole call took only three minutes.) It turns out that their documentation is slightly wrong. It says that the /Print Destination File causes Quattro Pro to print to the file as if it is printing to a text printer. Well, this is the case *except* if I chose a PostScript printer as my default printer. I chose a second printer to be anything else, and then things work as documented. So apparently, nobody in netland has a PostScript printer as their default printer for Quattro Pro. Thanks for all the responses! Tim
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!pprg.unm.edu!topgun!mustang!nntp-server.caltech.edu!ggumby!tim From: tim@ggumby.cs.caltech.edu (Timothy L. Kay) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Text file from Quattro Pro Message-ID: <tim.656696714@ggumby> Date: 23 Oct 90 15:45:14 GMT Sender: news@nntp-server.caltech.edu Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Lines: 23 Nntp-Posting-Host: ggumby.cs.caltech.edu