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                                   TextOut/5 2.05
                     WordPerfect 5 to ASCII Conversion Program

                          Another Shareware Product from:
                                 CrossCourt Systems
                   Member, Association of Shareware Professionals

       FEATURES

       TextOut/5 converts WordPerfect 5.0 and 5.1 document files on IBM-
       compatible computers to ASCII.  It is a shareware program complying
       with the standards of the Association of Shareware Professionals,
       allowing you to try all features of the program before you buy it.
       TextOut/5 offers features of WordPerfect's "DOS Text", "generic", and
       "DOS Text Printer" formats.  Its advantages over WordPerfect's
       translations include the folllowing:

       1.  TextOut/5 translates text, captions, and equations from graphics
           boxes, as well as footnotes, endnotes, and comments.
       2.  TextOut/5 can preserve aspects of page formatting, such as left
           margins, top margins, page breaks, and line spacing.
       3.  TextOut/5 formats tables much better than WordPerfect does.
       4.  TextOut/5 translates over 400 of WordPerfect's special characters
           to ASCII; WordPerfect translates only 150.
       5.  TextOut/5 allows you to specify the line length you want in the
           ASCII file, without any reformatting on your part.
       6.  TextOut/5 can insert ASCII strings to mark many formatting
           attributes, from boldface to index entries, allowing translations
           to desktop publishers, typesetters, and word processors.
       7.  TextOut/5 runs from the DOS command line, accepts wildcard
           filespecs, and is faster than WordPerfect.
       8.  TextOut/5 can recover text from damaged files that WordPerfect
           will not load.

       TextOut/5's default output is much like that of the WordPerfect "DOS
       Text Save" command.  It emulates indents, tabs and centering by the
       use of spaces, and ends each line with a hard carriage return.  It
       omits most page-formatting characteristics, such as margins, page
       breaks, headers, footers, page numbering, line-spacing, and top-to-
       bottom-centering.  The format is suitable for electronic mail and many
       other purposes.

       TextOut/5 can optionally create formats similar to WordPerfect's
       "generic" and "DOS Text Printer" output.  See the "OPTIONS" section
       for more information.

       Over 400 of WordPerfect's special characters are translated to
       equivalent or similar ASCII characters.  Other WordPerfect special
       characters are translated to ASCII 254.  WordPerfect's overstrike
       feature is translated with a backspace character (ASCII 8) inserted
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       Captions and text from graphics boxes are translated.  Equations are
       written in the command form used in the equation editor.  Tables have
       correct horizontal spacing, but, unfortunately, any cell containing
       more than one line of text will cause the next cell to the right to
       start one or more lines below where it should.

       Footnotes and endnotes are normally placed at the end of the ASCII
       file, although there is an option to keep them inline where they
       occur.  Within the notes, a period and a single space are added after
       the note number for readability.  If a document contains both
       footnotes and endnotes, the footnotes appear first, followed by the
       endnotes.  The footnote reference numbers in the text are enclosed in
       square brackets, e.g. [1], while endnote reference numbers are
       enclosed in backslashes, e.g. \3\, although both of these can be
       changed.

       For "Fast-Saved" documents, TextOut/5 will warn you that the
       formatting may not be up-to-date.  Unless you have recently made a
       change in margins, tabs or fonts without having gone to the end of the
       document, the ASCII format will probably be fine.  You can avoid
       potential problems by changing your WP Setup to disable Fast Saves.

       USE

       To run TextOut/5, type TO5 followed by two filenames.  The first one
       is the name of the input (WordPerfect) file, the second is the output
       (ASCII) file.  For example:
           TO5 TEST.DOC TEST.ASC

       The file names can include wildcards, employed in the same way as with
       the DOS COPY command.  For example,
           TO5 A:P*.*
       converts all files starting with P in the current directory on drive
       A: to ASCII files of the same name on the current drive and directory,
       while
           TO5 \DOCS \TEXT\*.TXT
       would convert all files from the \DOCS directory to the \TEXT
       directory while changing their extensions to TXT.

       If a file already exists under the output name, it will be replaced
       without warning.  If the input and output names are the same,
       TextOut/5 will not proceed with the conversion.  If the source file is
       not a WordPerfect 5 document, TextOut/5 will report this, and will not
       perform the conversion.

       OPTIONS

       TextOut/5 has many options which can be invoked on the command line.
       The options start with a slash or a hyphen, followed by a one- or two-
       letter option code, and, for some of the options, an ASCII string.
       The identifying code letters can be upper or lower case and the
       options can appear anywhere on the command line -- before, after, or
       in between the filenames.  There must be a space before each slash,



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       but none between the slash, the option letters and the string.  A
       typical command might look like:
           TO5 /KT /RS /BB[B] /EB[b] DOC DOC.ASC

       Alternatively, you can put the option codes in an ASCII file and use
       the /F option on the command line to tell TextOut/5 to read options
       from the file.  This is useful if you have a standard set of options
       that you use frequently.  It also gets around DOS's restrictions on
       which characters can appear in a string on the command line and on the
       total length of the command line.  If, for example, you want to mark
       the start of boldface text with <Bold>, you cannot specify this on the
       command line because DOS attaches a special meaning to the symbols <
       and >.

       To use the /F option, follow it with the name (including the full
       path, if desired) of the text file that contains your other option
       values:
           TO5 TEST.WP5 TEST.OUT /FMYOPTION.TO5
       There must be no spaces between the F and the filename.  If you use
       the /F option without a filename, TextOut/5 will look for a file
       called CONFIG.TO5 in the current directory.

       Each line in the option file may contain only a single option
       specification, starting with the slash (or hyphen) in column 1.  The
       lines must not contain spaces, unless the particular option calls for
       an ASCII string value and you want a space to be part of the string.
       Any line in an option file that starts with a semi-colon is taken as a
       comment, which can be used to document the file or to temporarily
       deactivate an option.

       TextOut/5 includes several sample option files that you can use as
       models.  VENTURA.TO5, XYWRITE.TO5, and PCWRITE.TO5 will translate WP
       files into close approximations of the formats of these other
       programs.  RTF.TO5 will produce output in Microsoft's RTF (Rich Text
       Format).  REVCODES.TO5 recreates in the ASCII file many of the same
       code names that WP uses in Reveal Codes.

       "Generic Format" Options

       These options are usually used together to produce a format like
       WordPerfect's "Save As Generic" command.  This format has tabs and
       carriage returns exactly where the operator originally typed them,
       with no spaces added and with soft returns removed.  This is usually
       the best format to use to transfer an ASCII file to another word
       processor.

       1.  /RS                                        <R>emove <S>oft returns

           This will remove all of WordPerfect's soft returns, in effect
           turning each paragraph into a single long line of text.  The
           target word processor can then reformat paragraphs into new
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       2.  /KT                                        <K>eep <T>ab characters

           This will keep tab characters in the ASCII file, rather than
           replacing them with spaces.  It differs slightly from
           WordPerfect's generic format, in that it does not insert unwanted
           spaces to position text that is centered or flush right.

       3.  /I                                          <I>nline foot/endnotes

           This changes the formatting of footnotes and endnotes, placing
           them in-line where they occur rather than at the end of the file.
           This makes it easier to change them back into footnotes in another
           word processor, in many cases by using a macro.  The note number
           is omitted, and the content of the note takes its place, enclosed
           either in square brackets (for footnotes) or backslashes (for
           endnotes).  Use the /BF, /EF, /BE, and /EE options if you want to
           use different ASCII strings as markers.

       Layout Options

       1.  /KM                                           <K>eep left <M>argin

           This tells TextOut/5 to keep the left margin settings of the
           document, translating margin changes to the corresponding number
           of spaces in the ASCII file.

       2.  /KP                                           <K>eep <P>age format

           This tells TextOut/5 to keep much of the page formatting of the
           document.  Each page break is translated to an ASCII form feed,
           and the top margin of the document is written out as blank lines,
           at six lines per inch.  The WordPerfect line spacing is also
           preserved, except that fractional line spacing is reduced to the
           next lower integer spacing.

           The /RS option overrides the /KP option, so that /KP has only one
           effect -- to translate hard page breaks to form feeds.  Also,
           reformatting resulting from the /L# option may produce page
           lengths that are longer or shorter than expected.

       3.  /L#                                                  line <L>ength

           Documents that are formatted with small fonts or for wide pages
           may have very long lines when translated to ASCII.  Similarly,
           documents that are formatted in columns may have very short lines.
           Such long or short lines may be undesirable in the ASCII file, so
           TextOut/5 lets you change the line length.

           The /L# option tells TextOut/5 to reformat the document to a line
           length that you specify.  /L70, for example, would cause lines in
           the ASCII file to break just before column 70.



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           Items that are tabbed beyond this column can cause formatting
           errors.  To avoid this, TextOut/5 ignores the WordPerfect display
           pitch when the /L# option is used, and instead sets its own pitch.
           If tabbed items still extend beyond the desired length, you can
           try reducing the pitch further yourself, with the /P# option.
           With some documents, of course, it is impossible to shorten the
           line length without ruining the formatting.

           The /L option overrides the /RS option.

       4.  /P#                                               tab-fill <P>itch

           Word Perfect 5 measures all tabs, centering, etc. in absolute
           units, i.e. inches, while allowing you to intermix different font
           sizes.  This can cause inconsistencies in spacing when converting
           to ASCII files, where inches and font sizes are meaningless.

           For each document, WordPerfect calculates the "display pitch",
           which is the average width of a character in the smallest font in
           the document.  This is not really a pitch, since it denotes inches
           per character, giving a typical value of .083".  Calculating the
           inverse of this gives a true pitch value, measured in characters
           per inch.  For example, 1/.083 gives a value of 12 pitch.

           TextOut/5 uses WordPerfect's display pitch to determine how many
           spaces to use when expanding tabs and other alignment codes.  This
           normally works quite well, but sometimes WordPerfect assigns an
           inappropriate display pitch to a document.  This would affect,
           among others, items that are tabbed, possibly putting them too
           close together or too far apart.

           To correct this type of error, which should rarely occur, you can
           specify a different pitch for the tab filling by using, for
           example, /P12 to indicate 12 pitch.

       5.  /RB                                         <R>emove <B>lank lines

           This tells TextOut/5 to remove blank lines from the document.
           This is useful for typesetting and publishing software, which
           generally don't need the extra blank lines that word processing
           files often have between paragraphs.

       6.  /1                                        single spacing in tables

           TextOut/5 normally double- spaces between rows in tables.  The /1
           option tells TextOut/5 to use single spacing instead.

       Formatting Attribute Options

       These options translate many of WordPerfect's formatting attributes
       and codes to ASCII strings.  They allow exact conversions of
       attributes to ASCII-based file formats used by certain publishing,
       typesetting, and word processing packages, such as Ventura and



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       XyWrite.  For non-ASCII-based packages, you can often use macros to
       further convert the strings back to the desired codes.  These
       conversions often require the use of long strings, as well as
       characters having special meaning on the DOS command line, so it's
       often necessary to use the /F option to read the options from a file.

       1.  /A                                    standard <A>ttribute marking

           This enables TextOut/5's standard attribute marking, designed for
           files that will be displayed or printed.  It offers a quick and
           easy way to mark most character formatting for visual emphasis.

           Five different character attributes are marked, using a single
           character where the attribute begins and a single character
           (sometimes the same one) where the attribute ends.  The following
           examples show the beginning and ending characters used for each of
           the attributes:
               <Boldface>
               {Italic}
               ^Superscript^
               /Subscript/
               _Underline_

           To specify your own custom strings for marking of character
           attributes, use the separate /B... and /E... options described
           below.  If you use any of them in conjunction with /A, they will
           override the corresponding /A defaults.

       2.  /BBstring, /EBstring                                    <B>oldface
           /BIstring, /EIstring                                      <I>talic
           /BPstring, /EPstring                                 su<P>erscript
           /BSstring, /ESstring                                   <S>ubscript
           /BUstring, /EUstring                                   <U>nderline

           These allow you to specify strings to mark the beginning (/B...)
           and end (/E...) of many WordPerfect character attributes.  They
           can be used either for visual emphasis (as a custom version of the
           /A option) or to translate the WordPerfect file to a format useful
           for import to another program, such as typesetting software.

           For example, the options /BB<B> /EB<b> would cause TextOut/5 to
           write out the ASCII string <B> wherever Reveal Codes shows [BOLD],
           and <b> wherever Reveal Codes shows [bold].

           If used with the /A option, any of these options overrides the
           default /A marking for the corresponding attribute.

       3.  /BEstring, /EEstring                      <B>egin, <E>nd <E>ndnote
           /BFstring, /EFstring                     <B>egin, <E>nd <F>ootnote

           As described earlier, TextOut/5's default format uses square
           brackets to mark footnotes, and backslashes to mark endnotes.



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           These four options allow you to specify alternatives to those
           defaults.

           In TextOut/5's standard output format, which collects the notes at
           the end of the text, these options change the characters that
           surround the note number in the text, but have no effect on the
           format of the notes themselves.  For example, using the options
           /BF/ and /EF would tell TextOut/5 to use a single slash at the
           beginning of footnote numbers and nothing at the end, like this/2.

           Alternatively, if you use the /I option to place notes inline,
           these options change the characters that surround the note itself,
           setting it off from the text.  For example, using the options
           /BE{E$ and /EE} would tell TextOut/5 to show endnotes as
           {E$endnote text}.

       4.  /KY, /KZ                               <K>eep paired-st<Y>le names
           /BYstring, /EYstring                     <B>egin, <E>nd st<Y>le on
           /BZstring, /EZstring                      <B>egin, <E>nd style off

           These options allow translation of WordPerfect paired-style (but
           not open-style) codes into paragraph tags, used in ASCII formats
           destined for publishing software.  The /KY option directs
           TextOut/5 to keep the style name from each paired Style On code in
           the translated ASCII file.  You must use the /KY option in order
           for the /BY and /EY options to have any effect.  The /BY and /EY
           options specify the strings to be written at the beginning and end
           of the style name.  The /KZ, /BZ, and /EZ options perform the same
           function as /KY, /BY, and /EY, but for Style Off codes rather than
           Style On codes.

           So, for example, to get SGML-format tags, you would use /KY /BY<
           /EY> /KZ /BZ</ /EZ>.  Then the WP codes [Style On:Heading] and
           [Style Off:Heading] would be translated to <Heading> and
           </Heading>.

       5.  /KX                                         <K>eep inde<X> entries
           /BXstring, /EXstring                        <B>egin, <E>nd inde<X>
           /B2string                                   <B>egin <2>ndary index

           The /KX option directs TextOut/5 to keep the index entries from
           WordPerfect index codes in the ASCII file.  You must use the /KX
           option in order for the /BX, /B2 and /EX options to have any
           effect.

           The /BX and /EX options specify the strings to be written at the
           beginning and end of the index entry.  The /B2 option specifies
           the string to be written at the beginning of a secondary
           (subheading) index entry.  So, for example, the options /BX[I$
           /EX] /B2; would result in the ASCII code [I$table] for an entry
           with only a heading, and [I$table;generate] for an entry with a
           subheading.



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       6.  /CPstring                               <C>ode for <P>aragraph end

           This specifies a code to be written at the end of each paragraph,
           which can be useful when transferring the ASCII file to
           typesetting software.  TextOut/5 writes this code on a line by
           itself, following the location of each hard return, as shown by
           the code that follows this paragraph.
           <EP>
           That code would be created by the option /CP<EP>.  Most software
           that recognizes codes for hard returns does not expect blank lines
           in the file, so you would usually use this option along with the
           /RB option, to remove blank lines.

       7.  /CTstring                                        <C>ode for <T>abs

           This specifies a code to be written to the ASCII file in place of
           each tab character.  This option will have no effect unless you
           also use the /KT option, to keep tabs, because otherwise the tabs
           are converted to spaces.

       8.  /BDstring, /EDstring                     <B>egin, <E>nd <D>ocument

           The /BD and /ED options specify strings to be written at the
           beginning and end of the translated ASCII file.  These are useful
           only for translations to a few specific ASCII-based file formats.
           For example, Rich Text Format (RTF) requires each file to start
           with {\rtf1\pc and to end with }, which can be accomplished with
           the options /BD{\rtf1\pc and /ED}.

       Other Options

       1.  /KC                                              <K>eep <C>omments

           This tells TextOut/5 to keep document comments in the ASCII file.
           Each comment is preceded by --COMMENT-- and followed by
           --ENDCOMMENT--.  In the standard format, each of these appear on
           its own separate line; if /RS is used, they are embedded in the
           text.

       2.  /RNstring                                     <R>emove <N>on-ASCII

           Normally, TextOut/5 translates many of WordPerfect's special
           characters into IBM extended-ASCII codes 128-254.  This can cause
           problems if a file is sent through electronic mail or in other
           circumstances.

           The /RN option limits the output file to the printable characters
           (32 through 126) plus carriage return, line feed, and, if /KT or
           /KP are used, tab characters and form feeds.  Other characters are
           converted to the closest ASCII character.  If no similar ASCII
           character is available, and the /RN option does not include a
           string, a space is substituted.  If the /RN option does include a
           string, such as /RN{?}, that string is substituted.



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       3.  /Q                                                    <Q>uiet mode

           TextOut/5 normally displays messages on the screen about each of
           the options selected by the user.  The /Q option suppresses these
           messages.  It does not suppress the copyright message or the
           display of input and output filenames.

       4.  /D                                          <D>elimited merge file

           The /D option converts a secondary merge file to ASCII delimited
           format, consisting of quoted fields separated by commas, with
           carriage returns only at the ends of records.  Use this for
           secondary merge files only; this option will convert a standard
           document into a single line of text.

       5.  /H                                            <H>eaderless WP file

           This option can recover the text from a damaged file that may not
           be usable with WordPerfect.  There are many different kinds of
           damage that may occur to a file, however, and the quality of the
           results from TextOut/5 may vary widely.

           BEFORE YOU USE THIS OPTION YOU MUST REMOVE THE HEADER FROM THE
           FILE.  If you don't, the program will still work, but probably
           won't recover any text .  To do this, you must have a byte-level
           editor, such as WordPerfect's Program Editor or the Norton
           Utilities, and you must know how to use it on binary files.  Using
           the editor, find the initial text of the document and delete
           everything that precedes it.  The WordPerfect header may contain
           recognizable text that precedes the beginning of the document, but
           you should delete this anyway; look specifically for the beginning
           of the body of the document.  Don't delete anything after the
           initial text of the document, even though much of it may look like
           junk.  Save the result under a new name.

           Run TextOut/5 using this new headerless file as input and
           specifying the /H option.  Use the generic-format options as well
           as the attribute-marking options, to produce a file that can be
           most easily restored to its original format.  Since the new file
           is ASCII, use the Retrieve command on the Text In/Out - DOS Text
           menu rather than the standard document Retrieve.

           If the first attempt is unsatisfactory, try editing the headerless
           file again, this time looking for large blocks of a single
           character.  Try deleting these and running TextOut/5 again.

       REGISTRATION AND DISTRIBUTION

       TextOut/5 is Copyright 1988-90, CrossCourt Systems.

       If you try TextOut/5 and find it to be a useful and valuable product,
       please complete your purchase of it by sending payment to CrossCourt



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       Systems at the address below.  For $20 you will receive a printed
       manual, sized to fit the WordPerfect binder, and the current version
       of the program, without the on-screen payment reminder.

       You will also receive a free IntroPak for the CompuServe Information
       Service, the premiere interactive electronic communication service.
       CompuServe provides news, financial information, entertainment
       services, personal computing services, special interest forums, and
       more.  The IntroPak includes $15 of free on-line time.

       VISA and MasterCard are accepted.  Volume discounts, site licenses,
       and Microsoft C source code for TextOut/5 are also available.

       In the spirit of shareware, we believe that the value of a program is
       best determined by you, based on the number of copies you are using,
       the frequency of use, and the amount of time it saves you.  Our
       business policy is to accept payments both above and below the stated
       $20 price.

       TextOut/5 may be distributed to others, as long as 1) the program is
       not altered in any way, 2) this documentation file is always included,
       and 3) no charge is made for such distribution beyond a modest disk
       preparation fee.  For bulletin board distribution, please use the file
       name TEXTOUT5.ZIP or TXTOUT.ZIP

       TextOut/5 has been tested and performs its functions essentially as
       described above, without causing any damage to the computer in use or
       any of its files.  However, all users are responsible for backing up
       their own files, and CrossCourt Systems assumes no responsibility for
       any damage or losses incurred as a result of its use.

       CrossCourt Systems supports TextOut/5, by providing technical
       assistance, bug fixes, and enhancements.  CrossCourt Systems can be
       reached on CompuServe at 72446,2704, or at the address and phone
       below.  If you encounter problems with any conversion, or have
       suggestions for improvements, please let us know about them.
       CrossCourt Systems
       1521 Greenview Ave.
       East Lansing, MI 48823
       (517) 332-4353

       CrossCourt Systems is a member of the Association of Shareware
       Professionals (ASP), a group dedicated to high standards for shareware
       products.  ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle works
       for you.  If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem
       with an ASP member, the ASP Ombudsman may be able to help.  Please
       contact the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Rd., Muskegon, MI 49442, at
       FAX number (616) 788-2765, or by CompuServe Mail to 70007,3536.

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       many of the same options as TextOut/5, including the generic-format



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       option that DW lacks.  IBM does not publish the file format for
       DisplayWrite, so ConvDW is one of only a handful of programs, either
       shareware or commercial, that can read DisplayWrite files.  Usually
       found as CONVDW.ZIP on bulletin boards.  Available for $20 direct
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       DisplayWrite Conversion Package - a report describing the DisplayWrite
       file format and Microsoft C source code for ConvDW, DWtoRFT, and
       DumpDW.  Call for information.

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       your word processor.  TextCon performs extremely intelligent
       "cleaning" operations on your ASCII files, so you have less editing to
       do after importing them.  It removes unneeded hard carriage returns
       (even with tricky paragraph formats), strips excess spaces used for
       margins or justification, and does other processing to get the
       cleanest conversion possible.  Can also perform other unusual
       formatting tasks such as splitting long lines in generic-format files.
       Usually found as TEXTCN.ZIP or TEXTCON.ZIP on bulletin boards.
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