--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 163 WORD PERFECT Ref: DG500000 Date: 12/04/96 From: MALCOLM CAMPBELL Time: 08:12pm \/To: ALL (Read 6 times) Subj: macro gurus? I'm assuming Fred is using ver 5.1 for DOS, as he was using it on a 386. I suggested he use the turbo button, but got shot down for that solution! ;-) 175/194 04 Dec 96 08:24:25 From: Fred Ennis To: Word Perfect Gurus Subj: Word Perfect macros Attr: ------------------------------------------------ Does anyone have experience with macros that worked fine on a 386, but when runon a Pentium they run "too fast" and hang up? Is there a command to slow them down or some other such trick? Cheers! Fred --- * Origin: If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes (1:163/136) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 163 WORD PERFECT Ref: DGB00000 Date: 12/05/96 From: KURT FOSTER Time: 01:43pm \/To: ALL (Read 6 times) Subj: ancient history question I've encountered an old version of WP, namely WP 5.1 for DOS, whose user no longer has the reference manual. I was able to figure out most of the settings and things, with two exceptions: (1) the startup switches, which I found in a couple books in a used book store, and also by trying switches I knew were available for later versions. Curiously, the /ws option worked as expected, but wasn't mentioned in either book I found that listed the startup switches. (2) How to create a "directory alias" (a descriptive name for a directory). I figured out how to make long (descriptive) filenames and list files by those without any difficulty, but I couldn't figure out how to make descriptive names for directories (in 6.0 and later versions, this is a built in feature I'm familiar with). The online help said to consult the reference manual, in "directories", which was not an option. I found EIGHT books on Word Perfect 5.1 for DOS and earlier versions in the used book store, but NONE of them mentioned directory aliases. What's the secret? --- GEcho 1.02+ KCME * Origin: The KCME Public Radio BBS, Colorado Springs, CO (1:128/95) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 163 WORD PERFECT Ref: DGC00000 Date: 12/06/96 From: AUKE REITSMA Time: 04:31pm \/To: MATTHEW JOHNSON (Read 6 times) Subj: HTML FOR WP 6.0 (DOS) Hi Matthew, On 30 Nov 96, 12:29, Matthew Johnson wrote to Auke Reitsma AR>> Personally I'm using WP5.1 for HTML work. A bunch of styles AR>> for each tag and a bunch of macros for each 'problem'. Most AR>> of it is still experimental. Just about every session I add AR>> or change something ... MJ> I'd like to see it when you're finished. Ok. But it'll be some time ... Remind me next year or so ... MJ> ... I'm considering doing MJ> the HTML by hand. I think that in the long run it will probably MJ> be easier to take advantage of extensions. The way I do it is basically by using styles. E.g: the pair of tags and are a perfect match for a 'closed' style and

is perfect for an 'open' style. In this way you can setup styles for al basic types of HTML tags. And you van do something similar with 'simple' WP codes like [LARGE][large] etc, using etc. This is the way I started doing it. A problem with this method is that a number of tags have parameters. Like in the above example with . For this reason I have a second set of styles in which all tags are closed styles so the parameters can be put inside. The macros are mainly for converting and validating. Many are based on the following fragment: {style}9Stylename{Enter}1 which looks for the style Stylename and activates it. Ultimately a WP file which is to be saves as ascii only contains plain ascii characters, a LOT of styles and a few loose hard and soft returns. The only problem which I can't solve is that when I scan with a macro through a file and detect an open style I can't find out _which_ open style that is. For closed styles the good old {system}29~ works perfectly but for open styles that does not work :-( Greetings from _____ /_|__| Auke Reitsma, Delft, The Netherlands. / | \ -------------------------------------- email: Auke.Reitsma@net.HCC.nl --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: Home by the C (2:281/400.20) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 163 WORD PERFECT Ref: DGC00001 Date: 12/07/96 From: BRUCE WILSON Time: 07:27am \/To: KURT FOSTER (Read 6 times) Subj: Re: ancient history question On 5 Dec 96 01:43pm, Kurt Foster wrote to All: KF> I found that listed the startup switches. (2) How to create a KF> "directory alias" (a descriptive name for a directory). ... To create one or more directory aliases: 1. Be in a blank normal editing screen. 2. Type the full name of the directory to be given the alias. 3. End Field (F9). 4. Type the descriptive directory alias name. 5. End Field (F9). 6. Merge Codes (Shift-F9), End Record (2). 7. Repeat 2-6 above for every directory. 8. Save the result as WP{WP}.DLN in the boot drive's root directory. --- Via Silver Xpress V4.3dP [Reg] --- QM v1.30 * Origin: FOG-Line - Ankeny Iowa - 515-964-7937 (1:290/627.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 163 WORD PERFECT Ref: DGC00002 Date: 12/07/96 From: JOAN YOUNGMAN Time: 10:04am \/To: BILL WHITE (Read 6 times) Subj: Multi-file fax BW> Here's a problem I haven't been able to solve BW>easily. I had several WordPerfect files I wished to BW>fax to somebody. One was standard San Serif text, one BW>was a graphic text, one a graphic, etc. I had a total BW>of six different one-page documents on the screens I BW>wanted to fax. BW> First, I thought, I'd make them into one large BW>document. Well, I guess you can guess that page 1 BW>messed up page 2, which further messed up page 3, etc. I had this also happen to me while putting a book together. However, I used the master document and made the other files as sub documents and they retained their font codes. Would this work for you? Or the other thing was to take the horrid pain of checking the font codes and copying them to memory before joining each separate document and pasting in at the top of each page as needed... what a pain... joany@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca joan.youngman@nh.lcrnet.org * SLMR 2.1a * Backup not found: (A)bort (R)etry (P)anic --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: New Horizon BBS [Edmonton, AB] (1:342/11) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 163 WORD PERFECT Ref: DGD00000 Date: 12/08/96 From: JIM SLADE Time: 04:10am \/To: KURT FOSTER (Read 6 times) Subj: ancient history question Kurt, I used WordPerfect5.1 DOS for a number of years and found some very good books to help in the local Public Library. There is one, "Mastering WP5.1 DOS", or something close, that really gets into some of the lessor known techniques. Another called "Tips & Tricks for WP5.1" You may find what you need in one of them. You might check to see if your library has an online catalog and you can just call from home, search the catalog, and then reserve it. Also, our metro library system has a used book sale once a year and you can find some of them there at a reasonable cost. Hope that helps, Jim --- GEcho/32 1.20/Pro * Origin: Shotgun BBs, Oklahoma City, OK (1:147/109) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 163 WORD PERFECT Ref: DGE00000 Date: 12/07/96 From: BRAD CHAUCER Time: 06:07pm \/To: MALCOLM CAMPBELL (Read 5 times) Subj: macro gurus? -=> Quoting Malcolm Campbell to All <=- MC> I'm assuming Fred is using ver 5.1 for DOS, as he was using MC> it on a 386. I suggested he use the turbo button, but got MC> shot down for that solution! ;-) Wasn't there a command that built in delay in executing each command so one could actually watch each command execute? I remember using it for debugging purposes. One entered a step delay factor in 1/10 second increments. Regards, Brad Chaucer BChaucer@ix.netcom.com MC> From: Fred Ennis To: Word Perfect Gurus MC> Does anyone have experience with macros that worked fine on MC> a 386, but when runon a Pentium they run "too fast" and MC> hang up? MC> Is there a command to slow them down or some other such MC> trick? ... Bad day: When the bird singing outside your window is a buzzard. ___ Blue Wave/386 v2.30 --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: Alice's Restaurant (1:141/488) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 163 WORD PERFECT Ref: DGE00001 Date: 12/08/96 From: KURT FOSTER Time: 11:14pm \/To: BRUCE WILSON (Read 5 times) Subj: ancient history question Bruce Wilson, in response to my WP51DOS "directory alias" query, wrote > To create one or more directory aliases: [steps 1, 2-6, 7 omitted, describing creating a file with 2-record fields; one field with DOS dirname, the other field with descriptive name] > 8. Save the result as WP{WP}.DLN in the boot drive's root directory. > Of course! Why couldn't *I* think of using that filename????? ;-) Believe it or not, I HAD thought of creating a file of 2-field records (it was the only obvious thing I could think of in WP51DOS that seemed likely to work), but was unable to figure out how to tell WP how to make use of it in its directory listings. I found 2 more books on WP51 since posting my query, and they didn't have anything about directory aliases either. Anyhow, I downloaded your answer and tried the method you described. It does work. Thanks! --- GEcho 1.02+ KCME * Origin: The KCME Public Radio BBS, Colorado Springs, CO (1:128/95)