Re: Further to K-mac's problem...

[Carlo Caballero Carlo.Caballero@xxxxxxxx]

On Thu, 8 Apr 1999, Michael P. Kube-McDowell wrote:
>
> I'm glad you found a solution, but it's exactly that sort of two-toads-
> and-a-pinch-of-mugwump-root fiddling that I've lost patience with.
> (It's not that I can't deal with it--I've been at this since DOS 1.0,
> 160K floppies, and the 64K motherboard, did my own batchfile and
> BASIC programming, etc. I just don't feel like I should have to get
> in touch with my British publisher's typesetting bureau to find out
> how many toads and how much mugwump root before I can with
> confidence pass on a file or files.)
>

This is neither here nor there, but won't your publishers accept an ASCII
(er, all-text, no XY commands) file with no formatting whatsoever? They
actually want a file in Word? I've never had a publisher request a
formatted document... Usually ASCII makes everyone happy.

Carlo Caballero