‚              +*+*+*›  This article  has  been  taken  from›  Z*MAG on-line newsletter issue  201.›  * CAROLYN'S CORNER by C‚rolyn›  Hoglin, Orlando, Florida›                 ====› Reprinted from the Mid-Florida Atari› Computer Club Newsletter, and ‚y the› OL' HACKERS  ATARI  USERS  GROUP, NY›› Q-->  How  can  I  prepare a document› with AtariWriter Plus  that  will  be› ‚ompatible  with  WordStar or another› word processing program on  a  16-bit› computer?›› A-->  We have two problems here:  T‚e› textfile itself (the Atari  document)› and the medium (the Atari disk). Both› are essentially incompatible  with  a› 16-b‚t  computer.  This is not to say› that the job cannot be done.  It just› takes a little doing. Read on! › Begin  by  typing ‚your document into› AtariWriter Plus as usual, but DO NOT› use any internal formatting commands,› such   as   for  centering‚  expanded› print, underlining, etc.  It  doesn't› matter  how  the formatting is set up› on the Global Format  screen  beca‚se› these  instructions  won't  be   used› anyway.› When  you  have  proofread your text,› and everything is A-OK, save the ‚ile› as  usual.   Now  go back to the edit› screen.  From the top-of-file,  press› [START]-S.   When  prompted  for your› se‚rch string, hold down the  [SHIFT]› key  and hit [ESC] twice, followed by› a [RETURN].  Then press [START]-R and› enter  the‚replace string as [CTRL]-M› [CTRL]-J   followed   by   the  usual› [RETURN].  The string will look  like› a  stylized  "MJ" ‚and  in  ASCII  it› translates to a carriage return and a› line feed.› Now for the magic:  press  [OPTION]-G› and  all  thos‚  Atari return symbols› (ASCII 155) will be replaced by ASCII› 13 and 10.› This modified file must be saved from› the AtariW‚iter Plus menu by pressing› [CTRL]-S  to  SAVE  ASCII.   Give the› file the extender of ".ASC"  so  that› you will not get i‚ mixed up with the› first saved file. It's a good idea to› keep  both files, because if you want› to edit the text later,  i‚  will  be› much  easier  to  work from the first› file - and then do the global-replace› bit  and  ASCII  SAVE again - than‚to› work in the ASCII file itself.   (The› latter  appears  to   be   one   huge› paragraph  when viewed in AtariWriter› Plu‚.)›› Well, now we have  solved  our  first› problem.   We  have a file that, byte› for byte,  will  be  compatible  with› mo‚t  word processing programs on 16-› bit  computers.   But  this  file  is› still  on  our  Atari-formatted  disk› (single, e‚hanced, or double density)› which  will  not be readable by a 16-› bit computer.  There are several ways› to handle this:› 1‚  If  you   have   both   computers› yourself  and  also a null modem, you› can boot each computer with  its  own› terminal ‚program  and send the Atari› ASCII file to the 16-bit (Atari, IBM,› or what-have-you) computer.› 2) If you have both compute‚s, but do› not have a null modem, you can upload› the  ASCII  file from your Atari to a› BBS that features F-Mail.  Then  ca‚l› the  BBS  back   with   your   16-bit› computer and download the same file. › Be sure to erase the  file  from  the› BBS ‚nce you have downloaded it.› 3)  If  the  converted  file  is  for› someone  other than yourself, you can› either contact yo‚r  friend  directly› via modem; or you can upload the file› to   a  BBS,  where  he  or  she  can› download it to the 16-bit‚computer.› Finally, you'll have a 16-bit file on› a  16-bit  disk,  which can be loaded› into any word processor and formatt‚d› to suit your needs.  If  you have any› questions concerning word  processing› in general   or  AtariWriter  Plus in› part‚cular, send them to  the  editor› of  the MFACC  Bulletin. We'll try to› publish  the answers promptly.› [Or  use  one of th‚ programs for the› PC to read Atari True DD format disks› - Ed. News-Disk]   * E N D *›