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- VIEW 9.7c - HOW DO I?
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- Q. I have a text file for which the line wrap is not what I want. It
- wraps at column 76 and I want it to wrap at column 64. Can VIEW
- handle this for me?
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- A. Yes. If the file is WordPerfect, Word or any other wordprocessing file
- you must first convert it to ASCII by pressing F6 and choosing "Save
- as" at VIEW's menu. Suppose you save the file as "myfile.doc",
- then from the file selection menu press F2 and set your required line
- wrap, then make sure you toggle F3 so that the message "ASCII line wrap on"
- appears above the list of files. Then select myfile.doc to view. If
- it appears the way you want it, press F6 and chooses "Save as" again.
- You can give it the same name or a different one.
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- Q. I obtained a file from a UNIX server. It contains accented characters,
- but they don't look right. Can VIEW help me?
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- A. Yes. UNIX files use the ANSI character set and DOS uses the ASCII set.
- To convert all you need to do is press F10 while viewing the file, then
- F6 to save it in its converted form.
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- Q. I have a Windows Notepad file containing accented characters, but they
- don't look right. What can I do?
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- A. See the answer to the previous question. Notepad also uses the ANSI
- character set.
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- Q. I have a document containing accented characters that I want to send to
- a UNIX server. Can I translate the characters to UNIX (ANSI) format?
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- A. Yes - just press Shift-F10 while viewing the file, then press F6 and
- choose "Save as"). To convert the saved file further, use the utility
- dos-unix, which is provided to those who register VIEW. This
- utility converts from the DOS line feed format to the UNIX format.
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- Q. I want to do a text search in a lot of files. Do I have to load them
- individually in VIEW?
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- A. No. Suppose you want to find the word "California". All you need do
- is type view *.* California. Then the text search function will be on
- for all files you view. To find each occurrence of California, keep
- pressing F2. To switch the text search function off, press F4.
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- Q. Can I convert from one word processor format to another?
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- A. No, VIEW converts to ASCII (or ANSI). However, using the "save for
- word processor" (F4 at the print menu), you can save a file in a format
- that your word processor should be able to import without a hard return
- at the end of every line.
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