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- EXPLANATION OF HP LASERJET MACROS
-
- Since writing the "Affordable Laser Printing" article which appeared in
- the January, 1986 issue of Legal Economics, I have converted to Word-
- Perfect version 4.1 -- which I use almost exclusively with the HP Las-
- erjet F-cartridge (HP order #92286F). This cartridge gives a superior-
- looking proportional type compared to the B-cartridge, and has a much
- wider variety of symbols available. Consequently, you will find that
- all of the macros on this disk are WordPerfect 4.1 macros. Those that
- are specific to the F-cartridge are marked with a "*".
-
- I have given a brief explanation of each macro below. While I am happy
- to donate these macros to you, I am not in a position to offer Word-
- Perfect consulting services. If you have not already discovered how to
- create and use macros from the WordPerfect manual, I hope you will take
- a few minutes to do so. Macros are one of the most powerful and
- versatile of the program; so any time spent learning about them will be
- amply repaid many times over by the time they save you in the future.
- You shouldn't have any trouble modifying the macros to suit your own
- firm's requirements.
-
- C. Rudy Engholm
- Creative Solutions, Inc.
- 230 Collingwood, Suite 250
- Ann Arbor, MI 48103
- January 20, 1986
-
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- Spacing & Page Formatting Macros
-
- WIDE Resets WIDE margins to 14, 104 -- which are normal for
- readable text on 8.5x11" paper using the F-cartridge.
- Consists of [margins 14, 104].
-
- TOP *Creates normal TOP of page settings for an 8.5x11" page with
- justified text and page numbers centered at bottom of page.
- Consists of [font 14*,1] [6 lines/inch] [right just on]
- [margins 14,104] [tabs 14,17,20] [Hotzone 3,0] [hyphenation
- on] [page length 66,61] [top margin 4] [page number position
- 6].
-
- 6LPI Sets 6 lines/inch spacing mode.
-
- 8LPI Sets 8 lines/inch spacing mode.
-
- FN *Use this macro before a FOOTNOTE to set up for justified
- text using the small font with 8 line/inch spacing. Consists
- of [font 17*,4] [8 lines/inch] [right just on] [magins
- 17,127]
-
- UFN *To end the footnote (i.e., UN-footnote) and return to normal
- settings as used in the TOP macro. Consists of [Hrt] [font
- 14*,1] [6 lines/inch] [margins 14, 104].
-
- F1 *FONT 1 Times Roman proportional text. Consists of [font
- 14*,1].
-
- F2 *FONT 2 italic proportional text. Consists of [font 14*,2].
-
- F3 *FONT 3 Helvetica 14 point proportional text. Consists of
- [font 14*,3].
-
- F4 *FONT 4 footnote 8 point proportional text. Consists of
- [font 17*,4].
-
- F5 *FONT 5 portrait mode "line printer light" non-proportional
- text. Consists of [font 17,5].
-
- F6 *FONT 6 courier non-proportional text. Consists of [font
- 10,6].
-
- LTR Sets default font, skips down to line 9 and inserts today's
- date. May need to change this if your letterhead is longer
- than 8 lines. Consists of [font 14*,1] [advance to line 9]
- <insert today's date> [Hrt].
-
- HTS Change HARD-TO-SOFT carriage returns. Typically used when
- converting an ASCII file imported from another computer or
- word processing program into internal WordPerfect format.
- Searches for each hard carriage return and prompts whether to
- convert it to a soft return. Press [F1] key to cancel at any
- time.
-
- CAPS Converts current line to all CAPS. Position the cursor on a
- line to convert to upper case & run this macro. Sure beats
- doing it by hand.
-
-
- CLR CLEAR the current document (i.e., delete it from the screen).
- Doesn't affect any stored copies.
-
-
-
- Macros that contain special command strings for the HP Laserjet
-
- RESET *RESETS the Laserjet back to its default settings. Consists
- of [Cmd <27>E].
-
- MAKE *To MAKE an envelope from the name/address on a letter
- document. Manually position cursor on first character of the
- name in the name & address block. Grabs that line and
- subsequent 4 lines of text, stores it via a block text copy,
- switches to the "other document", and calls the ENV macro.
- Once you have done this, you may print the new document to
- get the envelope.
-
- ENV *Inserts the Laserjet command string to use the internal 10-
- pitch courier type in landscape mode, resets margins for
- envelope, then recalls the stored text (which should consist
- of the desired name and address). Will always output 1 blank
- sheet before and after envelope because of change from
- portrait to landscape mode, and then because default paper
- feed source set back to the paper try. Sets manual feed mode
- and prompts with blinking "PE" to remind you to hand-feed #10
- envelopes sideways. Clears manual envelope feed mode when
- finished. Consists of [Home] [Home] [UpArrow] [Cmd
- <27>&l1O<27>(8U<27>(s0p10h12v0s0b3T] [<27>&l3H] [Hrt] [mar-
- gins 60,120] [advance to line 37] <recall stored text> [Home]
- [Home] [DownArrow] [CMD<27>&l1H].
-
- LABEL *To make a mailing label from the name/address on a letter
- document. Manually position cursor on first character of the
- name in the name & address block. Grabs that line and
- subsequent 4 lines of text, stores it as a block text copy,
- switches to the "other document", and positions the infor-
- mation correctly for the typical 3x4" gummed pre-printed
- labels. Once you have done this, you may put the Laserjet
- into manual feed mode, and print the document to get the
- label. Positions the label text on line 8, column 70 for
- printing.
-
- COPY1 *Insert at the beginning of your document so it will reset
- the Laserjet to print 1 COPY when sent. Typically, you would
- use this to reset after printing multiple copies. Consists
- of [Cmd <27>&l1X].
-
- COPY2 *Insert code to set Laserjet for printing 2 COPIES of each
- page. Consists of [Cmd <27>&l2X].
-
- COPY3 *Same as COPY2 for 3 copies.
-
- COPY5 *Same as COPY2 for 5 copies.
-
- COPY10 *Same as COPY10 for 10 copies.
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