01-23-14 05:51 mark lewis wrote to Ed Vance about EDIT.COM to USB Print

 ml> {at}MSGID: 
 ml>  On Wed, 15 Jan 2014, Ed Vance wrote to Holger Granholm:

 HG> Regarding Tabs: Most editors can be set to start a new
 HG> paragraph with a set number of spaces or Tabs. QEdit does also
 HG> have this feature. Exceptions are only the simplest of editors
 HG> like EDIT.COM, TED (Tiny Editor) and maybe Wordpad. I don't
 HG> know the last mentioned but I do know that you can set MM to
 HG> use the editor of your choice.

 EV> EDIT and Wordpad can use Tabs too.
 EV> EDIT has 8 space tabs
 EV> Wordpad has 10 spaces for 10 point Ariel
 EV> Wordpad has  9 spaces for 14 point Ariel

 ml> ummm... you can't count them like that for Ariel if it is not a
 ml> monospaced font... check the width of the 'i' and the 'w' to
 ml> see if they are truly monospaced... both should be the same
 ml> width if they are... when all else fails, use LIST.COM on the
 ml> /text/ file to see the real truth ;)

Mark,

I normally use Courier New with Font 14 Bold in WordPad or NotePad.

When I started up WordPad that was the Default Font and I didn't
change it for my test that day. I just wanted to do it Quick And Dirty.

I just tried WordPad with Courier New 14 Bold and the Tab Key moved
the cursor 4 spaces the two times I pressed it.

I did notice the Tabs setting can be changed in WordPad today.

I use WordPad when I want to Underline some text in what I'm writing,
or I want to use different sized Fonts on some lines, but usually
NotePad does fine for what I do, although I have played with MS Works's
Word Processor and Open Office a bit.

I don't normally make what I'm writing look real fancy, Plain Vanilla
works for me.

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