Re: Appleworks WP Question...

[rder@pro-palmtree.cts.com (Richard Der)]

bard@smarty.smart.net (E.G. Land) wrote:
>      Two Questions:
>
>
>      Why is it my document loses its format whenever I save and
>      retrieve?
 
There are two ways to save a document in AppleWorks. You could use
OpenApple-P and then select "Print to Disk (ASCII Text)" which will
strip all formatting. This is the equivalent of *.txt format in
the PC world.
 
The second way, OpenApple-S, saves the file in WP format, which
should preserve all formatting.
 
>       First off, all the paragraphs indentations are lost and the
>       context of the document becomes one block of text.
 
Now THAT is strange if you saved w/OpenApple-S.
 
 
>      Second, I've yet to figure how to get the left margin working
>      like it should. I'll do the apple "O" command, set my lm at
>      "1", escape back into the document and no dice -- no left margin.
>      The cursor is flat against the furthermost point of the screen.
>      My left hand columns all began where this line begins. Why.
 
AppleWorks dosn't display the left margin on the screen. It only
shows up when printed. Instead, on screen the text simply shrinks
to the amount that will finally print out.
 
AppleWorks does this for speed.
 
To see this graphically, load a document and set rm and lm both to zero.
Now set rm to "1." One inch of text is pushed out from the right side.
So far so good. Now remember how the text looks and set lm to "1". Wow,
there is still no space on the left side, but look at the right side.
Two inches of text have now been pushed to the left. In otherwords, it
looks like you have a rm of 2. Now print the document. Notice that you
have perfect one inch margins, right and left. They also show up when
"printing" to the screen.
 
>      Additionally, as I noted above, when I save, get out of AW, then
>      come back later, all the formatting I've done is lost anyway.
>      Also, the split-screen command doesn't appear to be working as
>      well as the outlinger option.
 
Strange. My first reaction is to ask: are you using OpenApple-S to
save? If you are and formatting is lost, there is something wrong.
The fact that some other commands don't work suggests that the
program is not operating right.
 
One possible culprit is an addon(s) such as a DA or a Finder Extension
(eg. Twilight II). These are notorious in messing up some timing
critical programs. Try booting directly into ProDOS 8 (like booting
into MS-DOS, but not starting Windows) by pressing down the "8" key
while booting. Then navigate using the program selector to the
AppleWorks directory and launch it. This will solve addon conflicts.
 
If these two possibilities are ruled out, after you reload a
document, hit OpenApple-Z to zoom in on the formatting codes and
post what you see to help us help you get to the bottom of this.
 
Good luck.
 
 
>        Thanx
>
>
>        EG
>--
>BARD (aka Ed Garth Land)
>Fly On-The-Wall, Inc.


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