Re: Some news items from Atari

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From: dfk
Date: Sat, 01 Feb 1986 13:30

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  > /***** unido:net.micro.atar / bnl!jbm /  9:31 pm  Jan 26, 1986*/
  > 
  > 1.) a number of people have asked about "macwrite-like" word processors.
  > i've been using 1st Word which is from a british firm.  it's pretty nice
  > but it's not a full-fledged "macwrite".  i've been unable to figure out
  > how to output something using double spacing.  

The kludgy way: Install a printer that has the command to set double
spacing in the initialization string. 

  > the program operates in a
  > "document" or strictly ascii mode.  the annoying thing is if you save
  > some text as ascii you can't convert it back into a document and use the
  > reformat command. 

Well you can - sort of: 
Simply :-) turn all spaces in the ascii file into what they call "variable
spaces". I have a little c-program for doing that. But it's on a disk I
don't have here at the moment.

-Daniel <dfk@unido.uucp>, <dfk@unido.bitnet>

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