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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Product Information ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This dialog displays the name, revision, date and copyright information for
this module. Press ENTER or click on the OK button to dismiss the dialog box.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Import Configuration ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This configuration page allows the user to set the different options for Plain
Text document importing. The currently available options are:
ΓûáFont
ΓûáSize
ΓûáUse metric units
ΓûáIgnore line breaks
This dialog is always displayed as a page of the Configure Extensions dialog
notebook. The entries you have made will take effect after you click the OK
button of that dialog. If you click on the ESCAPE button instead, your
changes will not be saved. In any case, the settings are saved by the add-on
extension itself, in the file PTEXT.INI, which resides in the directory to
which PTEXT was installed.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.1. Configure Font ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This combination entryfield and listbox allows you to specify which installed
font will be used for the imported plain text, since the Plain Text document
will not have a font specification code within itself. Only monospaced fonts
are listed here, since Plain Text files are monospaced by definition.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.2. Configure Size ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This combination entryfield and listbox allows you to specify the point size to
be used for the imported plain text, since the Plain Text document will not
have a point size specification code within itself. For standard typewriter
spacing, use 10 points.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.3. Use metric units ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
If this button is checked, then the document importer will use metric units
(centimeters) in preparing the document.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.4. Ignore line breaks ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
If this button is checked, then the document importer will ignore single line
breaks while loading the document. Double line breaks continue to be
processed.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Export Configuration ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This configuration page allows the user to set the different options for Plain
Text document exporting. The currently available options are:
ΓûáFormat output
ΓûáHeight
ΓûáWidth
ΓûáSimulate Bold Text
ΓûáSimulate Underscored Text
ΓûáSimulate Struckout Text
This dialog is always displayed as a page of the Configure Extensions dialog
notebook. The entries you have made will take effect after you click the OK
button of that dialog. If you click on the ESCAPE button instead, your
changes will not be saved. In any case, the settings are saved by the add-on
extension itself, in the file PTEXT.INI, which resides in the directory to
which PTEXT was installed.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.1. Format Output ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
If this button is checked, then the document exporter will arrange. the output
text in pages and lines, using the Height and Width items also specified in
this dialog page. Otherwise, lines will be broken only when explicit newline
characters are found in the original document.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.2. Configure Height ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This spinbutton control allows you to specify how many lines will be used when
formatting the document text page on export. Values from 40 to 80 lines are
allowed.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.3. Configure Width ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This spinbutton control allows you to specify how many columns will be used
when formatting the document text on export. Values from 40 to 160 columns are
allowed.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.4. Simulate Bold Text ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
If this button is checked, then the document exporter will simulate bold text
by printing a backspace, followed by the original character repeated.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.5. Simulate Underscored Text ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
If this button is checked, then the document exporter will simulate underscored
text by printing the character to be underscored, a backspace, and then the
underscore character.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.6. Simulate Struckout Text ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
If this button is checked, then the document exporter will simulate struckout
text by printing the character to be struck out, a backspace, and then the
strikeout character.