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VIEW 11.4 - 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?
A. Yes. If the file is WordPerfect, Word or any other word processing 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?
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?
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?
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?
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. You
could also use the program VIEWSEEK, which automates this process.
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Q. Can I convert from one word processor format to another?
A. No, VIEW converts to ASCII (or ANSI). However, using the "save for
word processor" (F4 at the print menu or directly from the command line
with the /C switch), 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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Q. How can I print the file I am viewing from 2COL or JETCOL?
A. Press either F8 to print it directly, or F6 to print it with the option
of including line numbers.
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Q. How can see the HTML tags and <SCRIPT> in HTML files?
A. From the file menu selection press Shift-F3 to toggle back and forth
between decoding HTML files and showing them with their tags.
Alternatively, use the /h command line switch (e.g. view myfile.doc /h)
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Q. When I try to print or convert a file that has been split I only get
the first part. How can I get all the file?
A. There are two ways. If you press F6 at the file selection menu you can
print or convert the ENTIRE file, regardless of its size (because VIEW
is not using any memory to store the file image). Alternatively, if you
are viewing a file you can first save to file the first part, then press
n to display the second part and press F6 - save to file. Use the same
file name that you used to save the first part, and select 'append"
rather than "over write".
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Q. Can I cut and paste text from VIEW?
A. Not directly in the same way as you can in a Windows program. However
you can mark blocks of text to be copied to another file. Position the
current view screen so that the first line of text that you want to
block is at the top. Press F9. Then scroll down until the last line of
text to be copied is at the top. Press F9 again. The print to file
menu box appears. Select "save to file". You provide a file name. If
the file already exists you can either overwrite it or add the current
block of text to it. This append function allows you to create files
from many different files just by using the block text and append to
file functions of VIEW.
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