RE: prob with ACE output and WORD

Posted by Ray Johnson (johnson@hqcso.attmail.com) >I am looking for suggestions on how to avoid a problem I have with the output >of my ACE reports having unaligned columns when saving to Microsoft Word. > >I run a number of ACE reports on UNIX and direct the output to a file on >the server. Then I enter Microsoft Word 6 and connect to a drive "D" which >is my server. > >I then read the file into Microsoft Word 6 and save it as a Word 6 file onto >my C drive and mail it out to various locations using Microsoft Mail. > >The columns are set in ACE using statements like: >print column 5, fld1, column 20 fld2 using "####", ... > >When saving into Word, the columns lose their allignment. Has anyone had, >worked around this problem? Try changing font to something like courier. You need a fixed spaced font. Proportional fonts like Times will lose all alignment. We do the same thing for documentation. We pull in screens and reports into Word, Everything looks bad until you go to a monospaced font. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Informix Premier Var -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Miguel A. Caldera Antares Development Corp. Phone (210) 490-9626 Director, Cust Svcs 1000 Central Pkwy North Fax (210) 490-0874 mac@antares-dev.com San Antonio, TX 78232 USA #include <std_disclaim.h> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- =-> You can teach 'em code, but you can't teach 'em logic! <-=