PTR Program - Startup Option /50point

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Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 8:19:07 PM

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WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

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Solutions: What is /50point and when should it be used? This is a startup option provided in WP51 to convert a 5.0 .PRS file into a 5.1 .PRS file. If the character spacing and/or the leading (space added to point size of a font to increase white space between lines of text) is not the same when you print the document in 5.1, you may want to use this option to maintain the original spacing. This option maintains the 5.0 line height and the word spacing values in the converted 5.1 .PRS file. The /50point startup option tells the conversion program to leave the point size the same as in 5.0, regardless of whether the point size equals the font cell height or not. The leading adjustment is changed so that the line height can remain the same. In most cases, your document will print closer to the way it printed in 5.0. How to use the /50point Option 1) Copy your 5.0 .PRS file to the directory where you are keeping your WordPerfect 5.1 .PRS files, typically C:\WP51. If there is a file with the same name, it will be overwritten. 2) Start the PTR Program by the using the /50point startup option. Example: ptr/50point . If this option is used, you do not need to retrieve the printer file once you are in the PTR program as the printer name will appear on the screen. You will be prompted with "Convert to new format?". If you type Y for yes, you .PRS file will be converted to wp51 format. 3) Save the retrieved file (using the same filename), press F7 until prompted with a save file message in the bottom left corner. Respond Yes to save the file, Yes to replace, and Yes to exit the PTR Program. 4) Return to WordPerfect and select the converted .PRS file. Shift-F7, S, 2, 4 to list printer files. Highlight the HPLASEII.PRS (or appropriate printer) and select. Now you are ready to retrieve a document. 5) When the document is retrieved, it is converted using the new .PRS file. To make it a 5.1 formatted document, replace the original document on disk with the retrieved document on the screen by resaving the file. Note: Use caution when selecting a printer with the same filename from the additional printers list. If the same .PRS filename is used, your converted .PRS file will be overwritten. Once your .PRS file is converted, you will not be able to retrieve it again into the older version of WordPerfect. What are the differences between WP50 and WP51? One major difference between 5.0 and 5.1 is the way Auto Line Height (ALH) is calculated. In 5.0, ALH was calculated by adding the font cell height with the font leading. Because this could lead to differences in the way documents are printed on different printers, it was changed in 5.1. Now the ALH is calculated by adding two points of leading to the point size for proportionally spaced fonts and zero leading to the point size for fixed pitch fonts. The new point size is calculated by adding the font cell height with the leading adjustment. In 5.0 the printer definition determined the ALH, but in 5.1, the WP.EXE file determines the ALH. Note: This /50point startup option does NOT affect PostScript printer files. The reason for this is that Adobe is responsible for the scaling of fonts and not WP. With PostScript printers the scaling will be the same for both WP50 and WP51. What are the disadvantages of using /50point? The only real disadvantage is that using /50point may not give the user the desired results they are looking for. This option does not have the ability to be customized in any way.

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