🚀 go-pugleaf

RetroBBS NetNews Server

Inspired by RockSolid Light RIP Retro Guy

Article View: comp.sys.next.software
Article #743

WordPerfect columns

#743
From: Eric Trimble
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 21:11
17 lines
1256 bytes
I have a problems with Word Perfect.

I've scanned several pages that were in 3-column format (like a newspaper)  
using Scan-X and OCR'd them using OCR-Servant. The result is RTF files  
that have the columns aligned using spaces. I'd like to be able to turn  
this file into a WP file that has columns instead. I can import the RTF  
into WP, but I can't figure out how to get WP to change the doc into  
columns. I'm not sure it is possble, since WP takes tall text up to a HPg  
and puts it into the first column, then all the rest up to a HPg in the  
next column, etc and the files are columnized by using spaces, thus all  
the info is on the same line. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

-Erik Trimble 
trimble@alleg.edu

PS - I know I could rescan all the pages, only scanning one column per  
page per file, but I don't want to rescan ~50 pages.
Technical Details
Message-ID: <1992Aug15.211115.27923@pellns.alleg.edu>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!fs7.ece.cmu.edu!pellns.alleg.edu!news

Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!fs7.ece.cmu.edu!pellns.alleg.edu!news
From: trimble@pell4l17.alleg.edu (Eric Trimble)
Subject: WordPerfect columns
Message-ID: <1992Aug15.211115.27923@pellns.alleg.edu>
Sender: news@pellns.alleg.edu
Organization: Allegheny College
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 21:11:15 GMT
Lines: 17