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  1. .PO0
  2. .OP
  3.            Dating 2: Automatic  dating of Documents in Wordstar
  4.            ----------------------------------------------------
  5.  
  6. By Charles Sandercock,
  7. 7 Illawarra Rd.,
  8. Hawthorn,
  9. Victoria,3122,
  10. Australia
  11.  
  12.  
  13. Continuinτ witΦ thσ sagß oµ automaticall∙ puttinτ ß simplσ datσ oε ß lette≥ ì
  14. iε ß righ⌠ justifieΣ position.
  15.  
  16. Firs⌠á methoΣ previousl∙ describeΣ compriseΣ ß filσ oµ filenamσ a:datσ witΦ ì
  17. conten⌠ "22nΣ Augus⌠ 1984ó (n∩ <CR╛ o≥ trailinτ spaces⌐ whicΦ wa≤ calleΣ b∙ ì
  18. CNTR╠ K╥ a:date<CR╛ o≥ ".F╔ a:date"« Thσ ".FIó approacΦ wa≤ preferreΣ a≤ i⌠ ì
  19. pu⌠á thσ datσ a⌠ timσ oµ printinτ rathe≥ thaε oµ filσ creatioε (thσá latte≥ ì
  20. ofteε beinτ a⌠ leas⌠ thσ previou≤ day⌐ bu⌠ leaΣ  t∩ lef⌠ justificatioεá (o≥ ì
  21. s∩ wσ thought).
  22.  
  23. SeconΣ Method:
  24.  
  25. ╔ inserteΣ int∩ thσ lette≥ filσ (actuall∙ thσ SF╦ callablσ forma⌠ file⌐ thσ ì
  26. following:
  27.  
  28. ".D╞ a:date<CR>
  29. ".R╓ date<CR>
  30.  
  31. Thσ filσ "dateó haΣ identica∞ conten⌠ t∩ previous.
  32.  
  33. No≈á ╔ coulΣ inser⌠ thσ datσ an∙ placσ ╔ wanteΣ b∙ merel∙ puttinτá "&date&ó ì
  34. iε tha⌠ placσ anΣ printinτ usinτ mergeprint.
  35.  
  36. Iµá thσ Edito≥ wil∞ prin⌠ (P⌐ (no⌠ Mergeprint⌐ anΣ suppres≤ pagσ formattinτ ì
  37. yo⌡á wil∞á seσ belo≈ thσ forma⌠ filσ  whicΦ wσ calleΣ a⌠ thσá beginninτá oµ ì
  38. eacΦá ne≈á file«á Notσá tha⌠ thσ ".OPó delete≤ pagσ numbe≥ oεá pagσá ▒á (oε ì
  39. letterhead⌐á anΣ ".HEó (whicΦ mus⌠ bσ afte≥ "textó - iε thi≤á casσá <CR's>⌐ ì
  40. restore≤ i⌠ fo≥ pagσ 2« Notσ als∩ Datσ occur≤ iε pagσ ▓ headinτ anΣ wil∞ bσ ì
  41. t∩ thσ righ⌠ oµ  
  42. pagσ number.
  43.  
  44. Filσ a:/LETT1
  45. "..
  46. ".I╟ forφ /LETT▒ t∩ holΣ forma⌠ fo≥ LETTER1
  47. ".L╚ 8
  48. ".C╫ 10
  49. ".OP
  50. ".P╞ O╬ 
  51. ".O╩ ON
  52. "..
  53. ".D╞ a:date
  54. ".R╓ date
  55. "..
  56. ".I╟ ╢ Rea∞ <CR╛ follow
  57.  è".H┼                            - ú -             &date&
  58.                                                   &date&
  59. ".I╟ LETTE╥ ▒ FORMAT:- Star⌠ ADDRESS¼ withou⌠ tab,
  60. ".« oε NEX╘ LIN┼ Linσ ╕ a⌠ Curso≥ position
  61.  
  62. Well¼á diΣá ╔á no⌠á stru⌠ arounΣ thσ officσá crowinτá mightily«á True¼á thσ ì
  63. stylistiπ purist≤ pointeΣ ou⌠ tha⌠ therσ shoulΣ bσ ß commß afte≥ thσá montΦ ì
  64. anΣá beforσá thσ yea≥ anΣ ╔ didn'⌠ havσ truσ righ⌠ justificatioεá thσá datσ ì
  65. merel∙á beinτá somewha⌠á oεá thσá right«á Beinτá unwillinτá t∩á inser⌠á thσ ì
  66. surroundinτá quote≤á oε thσ datσ iε thσ ".DFó filσ iε fea≥ tha⌠á thσá commß ì
  67. woulΣá bσá interpreteΣ (i⌠ isnt⌐ a≤ limitinτ thσ ".RVó valuσ t∩ beinτá onl∙ ì
  68. "22nΣá Augustóá (withou⌠ "¼á 1984"⌐ ╔ argueΣ tha⌠ wσ werσ MODER╬á anΣá werσ ì
  69. doinτá awa∙á witΦ thei≥ COMMO╬ pettines≤ froφ no≈ oε anΣ a≤á t∩á thσá righ⌠ ì
  70. justification¼á tha⌠ wa≤ unavoidablσ a≤ "Decemberó i≤ longe≥ thaε "May"« (╔ ì
  71. continuσá t∩á work¼á iεá secre⌠á anΣ onl∙ latσá a⌠á night¼á oεá tha⌠á righ⌠ ì
  72. justification.)
  73.  
  74. Fo≥á │ day≤ al∞ wa≤ perfec⌠ unti∞ m∙ Secretar∙ correcteΣ aε erro≥ oε pagσ ▓ ì
  75. oµá ßá lette≥ anΣ trieΣ t∩ prin⌠ onl∙ pagσ 2«á I⌠ wouldn'⌠á print«á ┴á rea∞ ì
  76. disaste≥ a≤ wσ ver∙ ofteε wan⌠ t∩ prin⌠ ß particula≥ page¼á usuall∙ ß debi⌠ ì
  77. notσá o≥ invoice¼á morσ time≤ thaε an∙ pagσ oµ thσ lette≥ t∩ accompan∙á it« ì
  78. Nothinτá woulΣá persuadσ i⌠ t∩ prin⌠ anΣ callinτ fo≥ pagσá ▒á onl∙á printeΣ ì
  79. ever∙ page.
  80.  
  81. Thσ reasoε wa≤ ultimatel∙ discovereΣ t∩ bσ tha⌠ Mailmerge¼á wheε confronteΣ ì
  82. b∙á ß ".DFó interpret≤ pagσ ▓ t∩ bσ thσ seconΣ (line¼á set¼á group⌐ oµ datß ì
  83. anΣá sincσ ╔ haΣ onl∙ onσ linσ oµ datß M═ saiΣ t∩ itselµ "thσá foo∞á shoulΣ ì
  84. kno≈ therσ isn'⌠ ß seconΣ linσ oµ datß anΣ ╔ havσ nothinτ t∩ print"«á S∩ i⌠ ì
  85. didn'⌠ print.
  86.  
  87. So¼á fo≥ ┤ month≤ wσ struggleΣ oε takinτ man∙ photocopie≤ t∩ makσ thσ extrß ì
  88. copie≤ wσ couldn'⌠ prin⌠ o≥ discardinτ page≤ wσ didn'⌠ want.
  89.  
  90. MucΦá late≥ ╔ founΣ tha⌠ M═ ha≤ anothe≥ interpretatioε oµ "pagσ 2ó bu⌠ tha⌠ ì
  91. i≤ anothe≥ story.
  92.  
  93. CHARLE╙ SANDERCOCK
  94.