Is there any way to print across 2 or more pages?
I have files that are approximately 210 bytes long.
I want to keep the information in the correct positions.
(The data is interspersed with spaces).
Is there any way to do this.
I do not want to wrap the lines.
Thanks!
Deena
Want to print across 2 or more pages.
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posting to spreadsheet does not work correctly
thank you, but posting to spreadsheet does not work correctly. My textpad file is a flat file with interspersed spaces and excel shifts data over sometimes.
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You will be able to do it using Block Select Mode.
Perform the work using a COPY of your original file, so that you can be sure that your original data won't be lost. . . .
In order to keep this algorithm from becoming too long-winded, I won't mention everything. If you have any questions, ask:
- In a separate instance of TextPad, open the COPY of your file, preferably "Read Only"
- Turn the word wrap off for the screen, if it's not already off
- Configure -> Block Select Mode
- Make sure that your printing preferences, for the document class that is involved, are NOT set to word wrap when printing
- Make sure to have both the status bar and the horizontal scroll bar displayed on your screen
- Using the Page Setup (to set margins) and Print Preview commands, determine how many columns you will be able to fit on a page when printing, given the margins of your choice
- Back on the screen, position the cursor at the top left corner of a block that you will select; the block will span the maximum number of columns that you have determined will fit
- Select the block using Shift+RightArrow and Shift+DownArrow; use the bottom left area of the status bar to know how many rows and columns you are selecting
- Copy the block and paste it into a new document; save that new document as a separate file
- Position the cursor at the next appropriate row and column position; use Shift+RightArrow and Shift+DownArrow to select the next appropriate block
- Copy that next block and paste it into a new document; save that new document as a separate file
- Continue the procedure as necessary, until you have several separate files that cover all of your data
- Print each of the separate files
- Tape your pages together, if necessary
Edit:
In retrospect, it would be a good idea to turn off Configure -> Preferences -> Document Classes -> [the class of your choice, e.g., "Text"] -> Strip trailing spaces from lines when saving, if it's not already off, before you start saving your "separate files."
Finally, depending upon the operating system you're using, you may at times experience some screen redraw problems with the selection marking. If you experience such an annoyance and find that it is getting in the way at a particularly critical moment, just minimize and maximize TextPad to force the screen to redraw fully and immediately. And if, after this, the bottom left area of the status bar vanishes, leaving you with no info, just Shift+UpArrow and Shift+DownArrow a row to get the computation going again.
Perform the work using a COPY of your original file, so that you can be sure that your original data won't be lost. . . .
In order to keep this algorithm from becoming too long-winded, I won't mention everything. If you have any questions, ask:
- In a separate instance of TextPad, open the COPY of your file, preferably "Read Only"
- Turn the word wrap off for the screen, if it's not already off
- Configure -> Block Select Mode
- Make sure that your printing preferences, for the document class that is involved, are NOT set to word wrap when printing
- Make sure to have both the status bar and the horizontal scroll bar displayed on your screen
- Using the Page Setup (to set margins) and Print Preview commands, determine how many columns you will be able to fit on a page when printing, given the margins of your choice
- Back on the screen, position the cursor at the top left corner of a block that you will select; the block will span the maximum number of columns that you have determined will fit
- Select the block using Shift+RightArrow and Shift+DownArrow; use the bottom left area of the status bar to know how many rows and columns you are selecting
- Copy the block and paste it into a new document; save that new document as a separate file
- Position the cursor at the next appropriate row and column position; use Shift+RightArrow and Shift+DownArrow to select the next appropriate block
- Copy that next block and paste it into a new document; save that new document as a separate file
- Continue the procedure as necessary, until you have several separate files that cover all of your data
- Print each of the separate files
- Tape your pages together, if necessary
Edit:
In retrospect, it would be a good idea to turn off Configure -> Preferences -> Document Classes -> [the class of your choice, e.g., "Text"] -> Strip trailing spaces from lines when saving, if it's not already off, before you start saving your "separate files."
Finally, depending upon the operating system you're using, you may at times experience some screen redraw problems with the selection marking. If you experience such an annoyance and find that it is getting in the way at a particularly critical moment, just minimize and maximize TextPad to force the screen to redraw fully and immediately. And if, after this, the bottom left area of the status bar vanishes, leaving you with no info, just Shift+UpArrow and Shift+DownArrow a row to get the computation going again.
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