Re: All power to the "WorldMaster"? - and formatting

[Mary Bernard <Mary_Bernard>]

Elaine

> What I really need--and have needed for two years--is instructions on how to
> open a  NBDos 4.2 file in NBWin and have it formatted for printing just as it
> was in 4.2: i.e., with a header that is wider than the body (so I can print
> the page number in the top right corner of the page even though the text
> itself is only ca. 4 inches wide), with exactly 27 (double-spaced) lines to
> the page, and with formatting beginning on the first page, not the second
> page.
The first thing is, as somebody else said - do upgrade to 6.1. It's better, 
more stable, and does more things.

I just converted a long and heavily formatted NB4.5 document (Tony 
Woozley's Customisation and Programming Guide, which I'm minimally 
updating) to NB 6.1, using the batch conversion option (there were a dozen 
or so files). It all came through beautifully, except for a few superfluous 
closing command brackets. In Graphics View, I got the notice 'Formatting 
command not recognised', paged down, found the offenders, deleted them, and 
that was that.

I too had a header that was wider than the text in NB DOS. I haven't found 
out how to do it in NB Win.

About having exactly 27 lines: I think you could do it by setting 'lines' 
as your vertical default in Tools, Prefs, Page Layout; then at the top of 
the file issuing 'PL27' (an old setting, but I think it still works) and 
'PG27li'. You could also issue 'WD 0' 'OP 0' to prevent widows and orphans.

But I'm not an expert in page layout - maybe somebody who uses NBWin for 
desktop publishing or the like will weigh in.

> Now perhaps the list itself is cracking
> up, and this will be my last chance to ask.
I don't think the list is cracking up. It went silent after the creation of 
Safeworlds, but Safeworlds itself has been quiet as the grave, as far as I 
can tell, except for people joining up (off their own bat or not!). They 
may be waiting for next week's XPL lesson.

But the list has been livelier in the past couple of days. I don't think it 
will crack up, because people aren't going to get considered answers 
online. I may or may not have solved your problem, but checking that what I 
was saying is correct (to the best of my knowledge/ability) took a bit of 
time,and a bit of to-ing and fro-ing between NB and Eudora, where I'm 
writing this. I wouldn't want to do that online.

By the way, NB Win isn't manual-less. There's lots  and lots of useful info 
in the Help files. One of the best things you can do is to print it out (as 
soon as you get your 6.1 upgrade - my printable versions of NB's Help files 
are bundled with it) and read it, away from the computer, with a plentiful 
supply of tape flags to tag all the things you want to try. I've just been 
doing it, and I've learned a lot.

Best wishes

Mary

Mary Bernard
mary_bernard