Hi Philip,
On 24 Dec 96, 12:59, Philip Burnell wrote to All
 PB> I hope every one enjoyed a very Merry Christmas.
Yep, thanks!
 PB> I am running Bluewave 2.30 with WordPerfect 5.1 as my text
 PB> editor. Whenever I reply to a message, the quote lines get
 PB> scrambled (don't line up) so that I have to do a lot of editing.
Hm ... Are the line breaks more or less the same as the above? Or is it a 
complete mess?
In either case you could try to use a default font which allows sufficent 
characters on a line; or you could fiddle a bit with the default left and 
right margins.
 PB> I have been advised that I can probably fix the problem using
 PB> some sort of macros, but
 PB> I know more about Quantum Mechanics than I do about WP macros
 PB> . Does anyone have any suggestions? (I can't find any way in
 PB> Bluewave to modify the line length).
Well, I also know more about WP macro's than Quantum Mechanics. But I also 
_do_ know a bit about QM ;-)
 PB> Also, is there any way to "load" WP5.1 to force it into DOS Text
 PB> (Ascii). I know I can save my work using CTL F5, (T)ext, (S)ave
 PB> but it gets to be an awful lot of keystrokes after a while.
It is not possible to 'load' WP as ascii editor. But you can make a macro for 
the saving as ascii:
{ASSIGN}Fname~{SYSTEM}15~{SYSTEM}12~~
{Text in/out}11{VARIABLE}Fname~{Enter}
{IF}{STATE}&1024~+{ENDIF}
{Exit}-+
Comments:
Line 1: Obtains the full current file name and stores it in a variable
Line 2: Saves the file as ascii with the Ctl-F5, 1, 1 ... sequence
Line 3: Says 'Yes' if there is a yes/no question
        (and usually there is: replace existing file Yes/No?)
Line 4: Exit WP without saving. (F7, No, Yes)
Start the Macro editor with HOME, Ctl-F10.
Give the alt-key combo you want as the name (I'd use Alt-S for 'save' or 
Alt-X for 'save and eXit'. Andoptionally a description.
Insert the {UPPERCASE} thingies with Ctl-PgUp etc.
Insert {Text in/out} with Ctl-F5
Insert {Enter} with Ctl-V, Enter
Insert {Exit} with Ctl-V, F7
Terminate with F7
Greetings from
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email: Auke.Reitsma@net.HCC.nl
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