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From: MULLISH@NYUACF.BITNET
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Subject: Creating a Watermark in WordPerfect 5.1
Date: 26 Jan 93 17:26:00 GMT
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The following is sent in response to all those on the WordPerfect
Discussion Group Mailing List who expressed a desire to know how to
create a watermark in WordPerfect.


        Creating a Watermark on Every Page of a document
                       in WordPerfect 5.1


1.   The Original Idea. The method for creating a watermark is
     based on an article by Bryan Larsen and published on Page 66
     in the WordPerfect Magazine dated January 1993. In this
     article, the watermark is created within a User Box in a
     header using WordPerfect's Print Color feature. The method
     works on a non-color printer. I used the standard Hewlett-
     Packard Laserjet III Si. The watermark is created as a full-
     size, lightly shaded graphic in the center of the page. I
     would just like to add that it works like a charm.

2.   To create the footer, press Sh-F8, Page, Headers, Header A,
     Every Page. Change the print color to yellow by pressing Ctrl-
     F8, Print Color, Yellow. Exit with F7.

3.   Press Alt-F9 to access the Graphics menu, select User Box,
     Create, Filename (I used as suggested Buttrfly.wpg), Anchor
     Type = Page, press Enter to accept the prompt 0 pages to skip,
     Vertical Position = Center, Horizontal Position = Margins,
     Full, Wrap Text Around Box = No, F7 x 3.

4.   You can now type the document (or Retrieve it) and print it
     out. The watermark will print on each page of the document.

Henry Mullish
New York University
(212) 998-3039
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From:         "Terry D. Mathias" <GE0515@SIUCVMB.BITNET>
Subject:      About Your Breath!!

That's "bated" breath -- unless, of course . . . oh, never mind ;)
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Subject:      Re: tiger software

While I apologize for having inadvertently incited the poltroonish
jingoism of some listmembers, I hope the significance of the exchange
for computer-users was not lost in the smoke. There are still a goodly
number of sharp practicers out there in the computer world, and a list
is a helpful place to warn each other of bad experiences with them.
Michael
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From:         "Terry D. Mathias" <GE0515@SIUCVMB.BITNET>
Subject:      More on Watermarks

I've tried the approach of placing a graphic in a header with a color:yellow
code, but it didn't work with my 24-pin DM printer.  I got the graphic, of
course, but it was not a light shade, as I had anticipated.  It was as black
as the text.  Does this approach work only with a laser printer?  Are there
other tips or techniques for trying it with DM printer?  Any other words of
advice?
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From: levin@world.std.com (Levin F Magruder)
Subject: Re: Macro to count no. of lines in a doc
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 22:40:41 GMT

miner@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:

[is there a macro to count lines]

I haven't written a macro in months, but there is a {SYSTEM}line~,
I believe, which kicks back the line in inches.  So something like
this... you may want to fix it up from here.

Lable top
{Assign}oldposition~{sys}line~~
{down}
{assign}linecount~1~
{while}{sys}line~!={var}oldposition~~
	{down}
	{ass}linecount~{var}linecount~+1~
	{ass}oldposition~{system}line~~
{end while}
there are {var}linecount~ lines, and this one.

This won't count headers, footers, and could get tricked by
something like and [advance:up], i guess.

You could also write a macro to redirect printing to a file you know
can be overwritten whenever the macro's run, and print the doc, with
line numbers, as per acerson.  Then examine file, or retrieve by macro
and extract last line.


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From:         Bill Silvert <bill@BIOME.BIO.NS.CA>
Subject:      Re: Ascii Dictionary Needed
              21, 93 02:42:21 pm

>Help!  Anyone know whether there is an ASCII Dictionary available?  The
>random passwords that I generated won't fly with our customers.  They
>have complained about how hard it is to remember them (eg. EB4335).  I know,
>you would think they could change it, right?  What a pain!
>
>So what I'm left with is trying to locate an ascii dictionary or some source
>that will allow me to extract or print to a file a large number of common
>words.

Sure.  I could send you a dictionary.  Then I could use that dictionary
to crack all your passwords!  ZJust as easy not to both with passwords
at all and run a wide-open system.
--
Bill Silvert at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography
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From:         "Ann M. Tenglund" <ATENG@SBU.EDU>
Subject:      Graph paper graphics

One of our users needs to insert a graph paper image into text
created using WordPerfect 5.1.  I have a program (GRID.ZIP)
downloaded from the WordPerfect forum on Compuserve.  However, this
produces a whole sheet of graph paper independently--it does not
create a graphics file which may be inserted into text.

Does anyone know where I could get such a graphics image via ftp?

Thank you very much!
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From:         Rachel Moreland <MORELAND@KSUVM.KSU.EDU>
Subject:      KeyWords

Just a "thank you" to the person inquiring about this product.  It reminded
me I owned it and I just installed it on my new machine.  It is a 386, DOS
5.0, 8 Meg memory, and 130 Mb harddrive. The response is instaneous.  I
will begin using it again in my documentation.











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From:         Bob Lowe <BOBL@VM1.UCA.EDU>
Subject:      Re: More on Watermarks
              26 Jan 93 10:02:57 -0500 from
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On Tue, 26 Jan 93 10:02:57 -0500 Terry D. Mathias said:
>
>
>I've tried the approach of placing a graphic in a header with a color:yellow
>code, but it didn't work with my 24-pin DM printer.  I got the graphic, of
>course, but it was not a light shade, as I had anticipated.  It was as black
>as the text.  Does this approach work only with a laser printer?  Are there
>other tips or techniques for trying it with DM printer?  Any other words of
>advice?
I also had the same experience using a HP DeskJet.  Does anyone know if there
is a way around this?  Thanks in advance.

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From:         John Bigelow <ECON1286@MIZZOU1.MISSOURI.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Network transmission of Wordperfect documents

On Thu, 28 Jan 1993 10:29:58 +0100 Michael Evans said:
>In article <930127.115055.CST.ECON1286@MIZZOU1>,
>                     John Bigelow <ECON1286@MIZZOU1.MISSOURI.EDU> writes:
>> On Tue, 26 Jan 1993 16:25:10 EST Cletus Stripling said:
>>>On Tue, 26 Jan 1993 13:52:06 CST John Bigelow said:
>>>7-bit transfer format will not work with our system, an ES9000 sending
>>>to Internet sites.
>> Does anyone know why not?  Will the other method (UUENCODE + PKZIP) work?
>> Is there any way of telling from an E-Mail address whether this problem
>> will arise?
>
>1. There are problems mapping characters between the ASCII and EBCDIC
>(IBM mainframe) code. Some ASCII characters quite simply do not exist
>in EBCDIC, or more specifically in the import/export interfaces to
>EBCDIC. The problem becomes worse when using non-American versions
>of EBCDIC.
> . . . . lots of good stuff deleted to save space . . .
>
>3. Suspect Bitnet addresses, which often but not always run on IBM
>mainframes, but otherwise there is no way to tell.

I think my mainframe is an IBM machine.  How come, I haven't had this
problem?

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From:         EVERETT OGDEN <OGDENEB@SNYCENVM.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Network transmission of Wordperfect documents
              25 Jan 1993 20:05:11 GMT from <drw@PHRAGMEN.MIT.EDU>

dale Worley asked if WP files could be transferred over the Internet.
I've never tried it, but they should travel OK as binary files.  Or you
could UUEncode them.  Probably best to ZIP them; they'd be smaller, and
if they passed the CRC check on unzipping they would almost certainly be
intact.  WP can output to a format for 7-bit transfer and convert back,
but I wouldn't trust all the mainframes it might have to go through not
to muck with it.

      Everett Ogden    ogdeneb@snycenvm.bitnet
From: shemminga@cix.compulink.co.uk (Stuart Hemming)
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Subject: Re: Keywords
Date: 28 Jan 93 15:55:00 GMT
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TITLE: Keywords

In <19930126.111207.DENKOG@UWOCC1.UWO.CA> Keith Gare asks:

> A while back I saw an ad for a program called KEYWORDS.  This program allows
> one to write documentation including graphic representations of any of the
> keys that need to be pressed for a given operation, such as F1 for help.
> 
> The ad and information was impressive.  The name of the company eludes me.
> 
> What I am wondering, has anybody seen/used this or similar programs and
> do they know where I might be able to obtain it??

There is a font package (the name escapes me at the moment, check
your fav computer mag) that supplies graphic representations of keys
just as a font. This may be easier to use than a seperate package.


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From: pfcouvar@unix.amherst.edu (Peter F. Couvares)
Subject: Re: Ascii Dictionary Needed [solution]
Organization: Amherst College, Amherst MA
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 05:41:35 GMT

"A. Kaniss" <dashiell@NADC.NADC.NAVY.MIL> writes:

>You're asking for a security problem.
>Why is it you think cyber punks have such an easy time
>breaking into computer systems?  It's because too many people are using
>common words for passwords.
>I could give you a source for an ascii dictionary but will not
>for this reason unless you explain to your customers or better yet have
>a systems auditor explain to them that what they want will do them
>no favors since the ascii dictionaries are available
>to the cyber punks right now and in fact they run
>their password cracking programs off of them.
>If your customers are willing to sign off as in give you a statement in
>writing stating that the system will not be used
>for sensitive data or more secure data than sensitive data I'll
>give you a source.

	How kind (and eloquent) of you...Refusing to tell the guy isn't
going to accomplish anything.

	To the person asking where to find the dictionary: look on any
Unix computer system for the file "/usr/dict/words". It's a huge
plaintext file with most words in the English language. It's about
300k in size, so unfortunately I can't mail it to you without a great
deal of trouble.

	As for security, two short words concatenated are not only
easy to remember, they are almost impossible to crack by
trial-and-error encryption & comparison. Problem solved.

1) Get /usr/dict/words.
2) Filter out all words less than or equal to half of the maxmimum
   password length.
3) Randomly join pairs of words, and hand them out as passwords.

Your customers will be able to remember their passwords, and you won't
have to worry any more than usual about people cracking your system.

Ta-da!

-Peter

-- 
pfcouvar@unix.amherst.edu (Peter Couvares)
From: hawrysch@husc4.harvard.edu (George Hawrysch)
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Subject: Line counting macro
Date: 28 Jan 93 09:43:57 GMT
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Most line counting programs depend on the language being able
to detect the end of the file. As far as I know, the WP macro
language can't do that. So I suggest manually marking the end
of the file with a character (or code) that doesn't otherwise
occur anywhere else in the file. In my example I use the last
letter of the Russian alphabet, lower case (character set ten,
number 65). Definitely not elegant, though.

To try the macro, you can create {10,65} from the keyboard as
follows:
           CTRL-2 10,65<ENTER>
                                You need to type the comma
between the 10 and the 65. Most likely this will just give
you a little square on the screen, but Reveal Codes should
confirm what it really is.


{DISPLAY OFF}
{Home}{Home}{Up}
{ASSIGN}c~0~				{;}Initialize counter.~
{ASSIGN}t~0~				{;}WHILE needs an initial value.~

{WHILE}"{VARIABLE}t~"!="{10,65}"~	{;}(10,65) must be the last~
	{End}				{;}character in the file.~
	{ASSIGN}t~{SYSTEM}Left~~	{;}Grab right-most character of line.~
	{Down}
	{ASSIGN}c~{VARIABLE}c~+1~	{;}Increment counter.~
{END WHILE}

{Home}{Home}{Down}
{Enter}
Total number of lines is {VARIABLE}c~.
{;}End Of Macro~


This will count all lines including blanks. To exclude blank
lines from the total count, the Increment Counter line should
be made dependent on an {IF}-block that checks each line as it
goes through the file and sees if it's just a hard return.

--George--
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From:         "A. Kaniss" <dashiell@NADC.NADC.NAVY.MIL>
Subject:      Re: Network transmission of Wordperfect documents

I suspect because you've not tried sending anything large
across the net.  In e-mail transmissions I think more than 100k
will choke the system if it's sent in one message.

jude <dashiell@nadc.nadc.navy.mil>
From: A.Munoz-Paez@daresbury.ac.uk (A. Munoz-Paez)
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Subject: Internet access to printer driver updates
Keywords: Printer drivers anonymous ftp
Date: 27 Jan 93 19:08:51 GMT
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Hello, have WPCorp a ftp server with updated printer drivers?

Thanks
	
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From:         "A. Kaniss" <dashiell@NADC.NADC.NAVY.MIL>
Subject:      Re: tiger software

Another bad practice of this company is that
they don't include shipping and handling charges in their sale
prices.  So, they'll make an offer of software for $49.95 and have a
$6.50 shipping and handling charge added onto that.  I have no problem with
the math, but the reason any company sells anything for $49.95 is a
psychological hook technique and the fact that they do this and fail to
add in shipping and handling defeats the whole strategy.  I think that
company is disfunctional.

jude <dashiell@nadc.nadc.navy.mil>
From: cczads@unicorn.nott.ac.uk (Andrew Shearsmith)
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Subject: WP macro - need help with nesting
Date: 26 Jan 93 20:01:40 GMT
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Originator: cczads@unicorn


I hope someone can help with this - I've been wrestling with it for some time
and can't get my head round it. It's fairly convoluted but I'll try to explain
it as well as I can.....

I have a macro which displays a menu on the screen and asks the user to
select a numbered option. They press a number (1-7) and another macro performs
the task required. I do this by nesting or chaining the macro.

For one of the options I want to nest a macro that will retrieve a secondary
merge file and allow the user to edit it. Then once they have finished editing
the file they press a key and it is saved to a file of the same name (without
any other intervention by the user). The menu will then be redisplayed for the
user to choose another option.

I have achieved this by using {INPUT}Make any changes and press Enter~ but
this has two drawbacks. The first is that this disables the display of the
field names in the secondary merge file at the bottom of the screen (even if
you use positioning codes to move the {INPUT} prompt to another part of the
screen - this is not helpful to the user). The second drawback is that the user
will want to press ENTER to end a line of text but still continue editing the
file.

What I would ideally like to be able to do is ask the user to press F7 when
finished and this would, instead of exiting the macro, simply save the file and
redisplay the menu with no further action by the user.

I have experimented with {KTON} and {WHILE} and the examples shown in the
WP Reference Manual but I can't get it to detect F7 being pressed without
exiting from the macro execution. Any help/advice that can be given will be
greatly appreciated.

Please e-mail any responses to cczads@uk.ac.nott.vme (or cczads@vme.nott.ac.uk
if you prefer). I'll post a followup of a solution if I get one (assuming
anyones interested).

Thanks in advance

Drew
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From:         DEBBIE JUSTICE <JUSTICE@WCUVAX1.BITNET>
Subject:      Is Postscript worth extra cost?

Our office is planning to purchase a color printer.  We are considering an
HP Deskjet 550C or an HP Paintjet XL-300.  The printer will be used
primarily for graphical output from applications such as Harvard Graphics
and WPCorp's Presentations.

My question is whether or not the add-on Postscript capability is worth the
several hundred dollars (US) is would cost?  I have used an Apple LaserWriter
(postscript) printer, and love the scalability of text fonts available.  What
are postscript's advantages when printing primarily graphics? In other
words, what will it let me do that I would not be able to do without
postscript on the printer?  Any "lessons" on the pros (and cons) will be
welcomed.

Also, has anyone had experience with either the Deskjet 550C or the
Paintjet XL-300?  Does WPCorp have drivers for them?

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From:         "D. Cook-Radmore,
              Head of ESA Translation Division" <DCOOKRAD@ESA.BITNET>
Subject:      re: Network transmission of WPerf docs

    As most of my network correspondence (on EARN/
    BITNET) has to be written out-of-hours, I compose
    at home on my PC using WPerf, save the result onto
    a floppy as vanilla-flavoured ASCII (Ctrl-F5 Text
    in/out - 1-DOS text - 1-Save - A:\filename.ASC),
    and next morning load it up to my mainframe
    filelist.Never had a problem so far. It does mean,
    of course, that the recipient can't bring it back
    to a PC with the original WPerf codes for bold,
    italic, &c, and I suspect that this is what the
    questioner was wanting to do.  For that,our usual
    method (when we send texts to our publications
    office in the Netherlands from Paris) is to use the
    CONVERT program to put the document into RFT
    Revisable-Form-Text, which is the IBM DCA format;
    we do this not so much for the formatting codes,
    but so that the French and German accents get
    carried over.

    Derry Cook-Radmore
    European Space Agency, Paris

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