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║ EDITORS AND WORD PROCESSORS D-1║
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INTRODUCTION
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The !FONTASTIC! print program, IHSPRINT, was designed
to print standard IBM PC/DOS text files which were
generated via a text editor (e.g., EDLIN,
Professional Editor, etc) or any of the popular
word processing systems. While !FONTASTIC! provides
support for extensive printing features, the design
and implementation of your word processor or text
editor may limit easy access to these functions.
In this section we will give you guidelines on how
to deal with two areas which may have limitations
imposed by your current text generating software.
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LIMITED ACCESS TO FULL
ASCII CHARACTER SET
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While the IBM/PC has a character definition for all
255 ASCII codes, many word processors do not allow
you to enter all of those characters into your
text. It is frustrating to many users who require
some math symbols or foreign language characters
but their software will not permit them to enter
those characters into their text files during the
editing process. Even if you only wish to add
special printer control codes into your text (to
take advantage of the power of the printer), entry
of these characters is often prohibited or at best
requires special "patches" to the word processor
software.
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║D-2 EDITORS AND WORD PROCESSORS ║
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LIMITED ACCESS TO FULL
ASCII CHARACTER SET
(CONT'T)
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With !FONTASTIC!, you may circumvent these
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limitations by letting the IHSPRINT program invoke
those special printer functions (no more memorizing
of codes !!). IHSPRINT commands appear to be
additional text to the word-processor and will
eliminate the need for imbedding special control
codes within the text.
Access to those "special" characters (math symbols,
etc...) is now easily achieved because the IHSFONT
character editor allows you to define those special
symbols at ANY character cell within the ASCII set.
Thus you can easily define the special math symbol
within the ASCII range supported by your word
processor software.
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For example, you might wish to print the "ô"
character (ASCII position 147). With IHSFONT, you
can create the "ô" character and save it at ASCII
position 36. That position is normally occupied by
the character "$", a symbol most word processors
will allow to be entered into the text file. Thus,
wherever you want the "ô" symbol to appear within
your text, you use the "$" symbol and print the
line using the alternate font capabilities of
IHSPRINT.
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PECULIARITIES IN TEXT FILES
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Text files generated by most editors are totally
compatible with FONTASTIC. However, some word
processors generate text files which contain
special control characters which have meaning only
to the print routines of the particular word
processor package. Problems arise in attempting to
print those files via IHSPRINT. Unpredictable
results may occur.
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PECULIARITIES IN TEXT FILES
(CON'T)
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If you are unsure whether or not your specific
word-processor produces such "special" files, refer
to you user's manual or contact the authors of the
package. Many systems allow you to convert these
special files to standard DOS files by directing
the word processor to 'print' to a diskette file
rather than the printer. This "converted" text
file should be in the correct form for use by
IHSPRINT.
Because of the large variety of word-processors on
the market, !FONTASTIC! has been evaluated with only
the more popular systems. Detailed procedures for
each of those systems are listed in the following
pages. If your word processing system is not
listed and you are unsure as to the correct
procedure for creating a DOS text file, contact
your local word processor dealer for assistance.
If you cannot get satisfactory results in this
manner, send 1) an example of a text file printed
with IHSPRINT, 2) a copy of that same file printed
with the word processor, 3) a diskette containing
the actual file which you are attempting to print,
and 4) the name of the word processor to:
IHS Systems
4718 Meridian Ave., Suite 211
San Jose, Ca. 95118
Please include your name and phone number and we
will make every effort to resolve the problem and
give you correct procedures to access the full
power of FONTASTIC. =Under no circumstances should
you include a copy of your word processor.=
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║D-4 EDITORS AND WORD PROCESSORS ║
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EASYWRITER 1.1
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_=Note=_: EASYWRITER 1.0 does not produce files
compatible with DOS text files and is therefore not
supported by FONTASTIC.
The following procedure will satisfactorily produce
a DOS text file which can be printed by IHSPRINT:
1) Generate your text as usual via
EASYWRITER 1.1. Insert the appropriate
!FONTASTIC! commands and utilize the
features of EASYWRITER (e.g.,
justification, etc) to create your
document.
2) Convert your EASYWRITER 1.1 text file to
a standard text file with the "TRANSFER"
program provided with EASYWRITER. This
BASIC program is invoked by entering
BASICA TRANSFER to a DOS prompt (i.e., A>
BASICA TRANSFER).
3) Print the converted file with IHSPRINT.
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WORDSTAR
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The following procedure will satisfactorily produce
a DOS text file which can be printed by IHSPRINT:
1) Generate text in normal fashion.
2) Use the WORDSTAR "PRINT" command to print
to diskette.
3) Print the resultant file using IHSPRINT.
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