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SPREAD.DOC February 18, 1994
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NO REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED, BUT...
IF YOU LIKE AND USE THIS PROGRAM, A DONATION OF $ 5.00 WOULD BE APPRECIATED
PLEASE MAIL TO:
Nicolas Garcia
24 Brookside Dr.
Hubbard, OH 44425
Also, If you have any questions or suggestions, please write. Thank You.
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This archive contains SPREAD.EXE version 1.0, SPREAD.DOC & README.BAT
INTRODUCTION:
SPREAD is a very simple to use program which allows the user to take
an ASCII text file and convert it to a column format for easier
printing or viewing.
It also will allow you to specify the left-most number of characters
per line to use, ignoring the data beyond that line position.
SPREAD will in NO WAY modify your SOURCE file!
For Example:
Let's say that you have a directory on your hard drive which contains
3,000 files and you would like a print-out of them after you sorted
your directory.
To pipe the info into a file (DIR *.* > FILE) then print it would take
nearly 50 pages. Each line of data would be about 39 characters wide.
Re: ( SPREAD .EXE 31744 07-26-93 9:16a ).
But lets use SPREAD. It offers a choice of 80 or 132 character page
width. With 80 it would cut your pages required in half. With 132 you
would use one third the amount of paper.
But, what if all you wanted were the names of the files. Let's say you
did'nt need to know the size, date, or time.
SPREAD asks if you would like to PAD the output file. If you answer Yes
to this question, SPREAD will take the left-most characters of the
length you PAD to.
So if you were to choose 12, (8 for DOS name size, one for period, and
three for the extension), SPREAD will take the leftmost 12 characters
of each line, add 2 spaces, and give you 5 columns on an 80 character
page width, or 9 columns on a 132 character page width.
You can now fit 3,000 filenames on less than six pages!
SPREAD's page length is "hard coded" at 58 lines per page so it will
work on printers like HP Deskjet that only handle 60-62 lines per page.
Each page in SPREAD.TXT has a [page break] character following the
page number.
I HOPE THIS PROGRAM WAS HELPFULL TO YOU. ENJOY !