R> Here is El Problem-o:
 R> What is the secret to saving a WP file in ASCII without it
 R> messing totally with your hard returns and soft returns and tabs?
 R> I can save something in ASCII from its inception with no
 R> problems.  But when I have a document that is already in
 R> WordPerfect (6.0 for DOS) I have tried various ways, and all seem
 R> to result in long lines and short lines, and even wiping out 
 R> separation between paragraphs.
 
ZHi Rick:
 
When you save from WordPerfect, it should preserve tabs (replaced with 
spaces,) and hard returns.  It will also put a return at the end of each 
line, which is part of the definition of an ASCII file.
 
It could be that your problem is at the other end.  That is, if you save a 
WordPerfect file as ASCII, then import it back into WordPerfect to look at 
it.  I believ WP uses 80 character lines when saving, and your margins are 
probably smaller in WordPerfect, so when you bring the file back in, lines 
are wrapped, and then you get to a hard return, and go down, causing the 
short lines.
 
Examine the files with the type command, or with a file viewer besides 
wordPerfect to check this, the ASCII files that is.
David Andrews
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