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- PRE-FORMATTED PC TEXT TO ACORN CONVERSION
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- This handy utility will convert any PC type preformatted
- text file like the one provided (PCTEXT) to a TEXT format
- suitable for Impression or Ovation or any similar type
- DTP program.
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- To try the example out, Load !Executor and then simply take
- the example PCTEXT file and load it into !Edit.
- Make sure !Edit has the input focus, its window title should
- be a cream colour and press 'Alt+Q' to start it off!
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- You will see !Executor doing all the actions to !Edit necessary
- to convert the supplied text file to an unformatted condition.
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- When !Executor has finished, it will present !Edit's Save window!
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- WHY USE IT?
- Very few word processors on the Acorn market will load in
- and process PC formatted text files correctly.
- The 'LoadRETURN' stripper that Impression uses is very limited
- and can not handle PC text files which have been designed to
- be shown on a screen of approx. 80 characters wide.
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- Ovation will load PC text files but it will be double line
- spaced, which means more text editing.
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- Now the ability of PC to ACORN TEXT conversion is
- available to every user!
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- CONVERTING PRE-FORMATTED ACORN TEXT TO AN UNFORMATTED CONDITION
- We have provided, as some examples of formatted text, some short
- stories of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
- These particular stories were placed in the public domain some
- years ago and they were converted from PC text files to Acorn with
- !Edit.
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- If you load one of these stories, you'll notice that they are in a
- ugly formatted condition, impossible to use in a word processor!
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- Load !Executor, !Edit and the !HELP file. Make sure !Edit has the
- input focus, its window title should be a cream colour and press
- Alt+W' to start it off!
-
- You'll see !Executor doing all the actions to !Edit necessary
- to convert the supplied text file to an unformatted condition.
- When !Executor has finished, it will present !Edit's Save window!
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-
- WHY USE IT?
- If you're presented with a preformatted piece of text for inclusion
- in a DTP or word processor, it can be a real pain to try and
- unformat it.
- With this utility you can do the unformatting in seconds!
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- This utility has been tested with !EDIT v1.44 as supplied by
- Risc OS 3.1
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- This utility is just a small example of what Keystroke can
- enable you to do.
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- © Quantum Software 1994,1995
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