Print
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This window contains all functions that may be used to print the
addresses.

   *     Print

     You can choose between all (All), the marked (Selected) and the
     active address (Active).  If there is an active item, it will be
     shown in the Active Item field.

   *     Print to

     You can either print to the printer (PRT:) or to a file (File). If
     you print your addresses to a file, the settings below don't take
     effect. Notice that always all parts of an address are written to
     the file!

   *     Print style

     You may choose, whether the addresses are to be printed in NLQ or
     Condensed style (or both).

     If you select Formfeed, a formfeed is performed after the very
     last printed address entry.  To switch this off will be useful,
     if you want to print a few address labels only and you don't want
     to waste these sheets.

   *     Print form

     There are five different forms, between which you may choose:

        - Short address list

        - Full address list

        - Phonelist (fixed columns)

        - Mailing labels (70mm x 36mm)

        - Address cards

   *     Print

     If you did select File for output, a file requester will be
     opened, which allows you to enter the filename.  Be careful!  This
     output file is not compatible to the internal address file format
     (default: s:adr.file); so don't overwrite this (these) file(s). To
     write the addresses to a file may be useful if you want to export
     addresses, but don't wan't to use AREXX.

     If you send your addresses to the printer (PRT:), another window
     is opened that displays the progress of printing. You may stop the
     output after every complete address (Cancel). If only the active
     item is printed, no progress indicator is shown.

   *     Cancel

     Cancel terminates the complete printing process.

Please notice:

Of course the possibilities of DFA to print addresses are a bit limited
and don't have any chance to compete with the facilities given by e.g.
a DTP program. I think however that it does make much more sense to let
programs print your addresses that are specialized in printing. Such
programs give you much more features and often result in a much better
printing quality than an address utility could ever reach. So DFA
should be used to supply the stored addresses to (spezialized) printing
programs and not not print the addresses by itself. An ideal mean for
this purpose is the AREXX port for sure, which is not only part of DFA,
but of many printing programs as well.

Even if your favourite printing program doesn't have an AREXX port, you
may use DFA's AREXX interface to export and format the address, so
other programs can easily use them.