RE: Translating XyWin to Word or WordStar

["Tom Robertson" t-r@xxxxxxxx]

K-Mac:

Looking for some pattern, I put a carriage return at each of your errant
spaces. The only thing that shows up is a 10 or so character pattern on some
lines in this proportionally spaced typeface.

Also, it looks like some kind of ee cummings poem. E.g.:

tabl
es, and a
mor
tally wound
ed CD-ROM wa
s pinned understand
er the caste
r of one of th
e chairs. As sorted firs
t-generati
on computer components and test gea
r formed pre
carious mou
nds of metal and plastic in the corne
rs. There wa
s a jumble of cables on th
e seat of Hor
ton's chair
, and a saggi
ng, badly ov
erloaded sh
elf of

TR...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xywrite@xxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-xywrite@xxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Michael P.
> Kube-McDowell
> Sent: Monday, June 15, 1998 7:01 PM
> To: xywrite@xxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Translating XyWin to Word or WordStar
>
>
> > K-Mac:
> > > Data disk s and tapes w ere scatter ed under and across the s everal
> > > tabl es, and a mor tally wound ed CD-ROM wa s pinned und er the
> > > caste r of one of th e chairs. As sorted firs t-generati on computer
> > > components and test gea r formed pre carious mou nds of metal and
> > > plastic in the corne rs. There wa s a jumble of cables on th e seat
> > > of Hor ton's chair , and a saggi ng, badly ov erloaded sh elf of
> > 
> >
> > Interesting -- I haver never seen this sort of thing in my converted
> > files. Did you read Tom Roche's message? I think he is spot on -- this
> > definitely walks and quacks like misunderstood soft hyphens. Turn your
> > soft hyphen function off, and I bet your problem will be solved.
>
> Hi, Rene.
>
> I did read Tom's message. Unfortunately, hyphenation is OFF, and
> always has been. 
>
>    Michael
>
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