The amount of text that will appear in the news message window will depend on the monitor type you are using. Since the same TXT file is used to display news messages in the Windows and DOS version of Ovid, you may find that the same text file appears slightly different in the DOS screen than it does in the Windows screen. There is a limited amount of formatting allowable in the NEWS.TXT file. Do not insert tabs or spaces to center text. No special character formatting is available, such as the use of special fonts, boldface or italic characters.
Text is automatically word-wrapped.
Most monitors will display approximately 52-69 characters per line. Approximately 18 lines of text will display on most monitors. Multiple messages may be created in the news.txt file. The news.txt file contains the text of all messages to be displayed. All faculty and students are welcome to attend.