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  3.             Datinτ 1║ Automatiπ datinτ oµ Document≤ iε Wordstar
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  5.  
  6. By Charles Sandercock,
  7. 7 Illawarra Rd.,
  8. Hawthorn,
  9. Victoria,3122,
  10. Australia
  11.  
  12.  
  13. Iε thi≤ tex⌠ thσ CONTRO╠ Ke∙ may prin⌠ a≤ superscrip⌠ ▓ thu≤ ^.
  14.  
  15. ╔ havσ trieΣ iε threσ majo≥ attempt≤ t∩ cal∞ ß datσ int∩ letters.Whilσ eacΦ ì
  16. succeedeΣ iε variou≤ degreσ ╔ proposσ t∩ takσ yo⌡ througΦ al∞ threσ a≤ eacΦ ì
  17. ha≤ it≤ particula≥ use.
  18.  
  19. Firs⌠ method:
  20.  
  21.      a«á   Makσ ß Wordsta≥ filσ oµ namσ "a:dateó witΦ conten⌠ "23rd« Augus⌠ ì
  22. 1984ó o≥ sucΦ othe≥ datσ a≤ i≤ today« Updatσ thi≤ filσ eacΦ day« D∩ no⌠ enΣ ì
  23. thi≤ filσ witΦ <CR╛ o≥ leavσ an∙ trailinτ spaces.
  24.  
  25.      b«   T∩ cal∞ thσ date:
  26.  
  27.           (i⌐  CNTR╠ K╥ a:date<CR>¼á (yo⌡ migh⌠ programmσ aε SF╦ t∩ d∩ this⌐ ì
  28. or
  29.  
  30.           (ii⌐ .F╔ a:date<CR>.
  31.  
  32. Oµá thesσ (i⌐ caε bσ anywherσ iε tex⌠ bu⌠ (ii⌐ caε onl∙ bσ a⌠ thσ beginninτ ì
  33. oµ ß linσ a≤ do⌠ command≤ mus⌠ bσ a⌠ thσ beginninτ oµ ß line«á (╔ no≈á kno≈ ì
  34. tha⌠á yo⌡ caε tricδ ".FIó b∙ carryinτ i⌠ t∩ linσ star⌠ witΦ character≤ theε ì
  35. lef⌠á deletinτ iε thσ linσ abovσ witΦ DE╠ (CNTR╠ (underline⌐  t∩á creatσá ß ì
  36. sof⌠ hypheε bu⌠ ╔ didn'⌠ kno≈ tha⌠ then).
  37.  
  38.  
  39. Note¼á (i⌐á call≤ thσ datσ oε whicΦ yo⌡ d∩ thσ CNTR╠ K╥ bu⌠ (ii⌐ call≤á thσ ì
  40. datσá oεá whicΦá yo⌡á printed«á Therσ i≤ ßá subtlσá differencσá anΣá subtl∙ ì
  41. differen⌠ uses.
  42.  
  43. ╔á incorporateΣá methoΣ (ii⌐  int∩ ß SF╦ callablσ forma⌠ filσá fo≥á letter≤ ì
  44. whicΦá se⌠ PL¼á MT¼á MB«á etπ anΣ haΣ ╢ <CR╛ t∩ dea∞ witΦ letterheaΣ anΣ t∩ ì
  45. havσá ßá star⌠á positioε jus⌠ righ⌠ fo≥ windo≈á facσá envelopes«á Thσá datσ ì
  46. printeΣ a≤ thσ firs⌠ thinτ jus⌠ ove≥ thσ addressee'≤ namσ anΣ address« Tha⌠ ì
  47. is¼ thσ addres≤ wa≤ lef⌠ justified.
  48.  
  49. Unfortunately¼á n∩á onσ iε m∙ officσ likeΣ thσ datσ jus⌠ abovσ thσá addres≤ ì
  50. anΣ lef⌠ justifieΣ anΣ s∩ begaε ß ╢ montΦ searcΦ fo≥ ß wa∙ t∩ pu⌠ thσá datσ ì
  51. wherσá m∙á officσá believeΣá i⌠ shoulΣ g∩ - righ⌠ justifieΣá abovσá ßá lef⌠ ì
  52. justifieΣ address.
  53.  
  54. CHARLES SANDERCOCK
  55.