Re: RTFtext, printing and tabStops

2008-08-26 Thread Jan Schenkel
--- Shari [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jan, That makes more sense. I've already made several of the RTF files with replacement variables embedded. Rev gets the template, plugs in its own variables, sets the RTFtext (and special tabstops and print size) of a fld to it (in a stack

Re: RTFtext, printing and tabStops

2008-08-25 Thread Jan Schenkel
--- Shari [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jan, They do not know how to do mail merge in Word. I had originally set this project up as an Excel spreadsheet which exported info for import into Word, but it was so convoluted and prone to user error (Excel doesn't have the power Rev does,

Re: RTFtext, printing and tabStops

2008-08-25 Thread Shari
Jan, That makes more sense. I've already made several of the RTF files with replacement variables embedded. Rev gets the template, plugs in its own variables, sets the RTFtext (and special tabstops and print size) of a fld to it (in a stack specially made just for printing), prints, and

Re: RTFtext, printing and tabStops

2008-08-24 Thread Shari
Jan, They do not know how to do mail merge in Word. I had originally set this project up as an Excel spreadsheet which exported info for import into Word, but it was so convoluted and prone to user error (Excel doesn't have the power Rev does, especially with several spreadsheets tying into

Re: RTFtext, printing and tabStops

2008-08-22 Thread Jan Schenkel
--- Shari Coxford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Figured out the wonkiness. It was related to tabStops. They apparently are not pulled in automatically with the RTF file so I did this: Looked at the original RTF file and got the tabStops in inches. Converted them to pixels (72 pixels per

RTFtext, printing and tabStops

2008-08-21 Thread Shari Coxford
Figured out the wonkiness. It was related to tabStops. They apparently are not pulled in automatically with the RTF file so I did this: Looked at the original RTF file and got the tabStops in inches. Converted them to pixels (72 pixels per inch). Then just before printing, set the tabStops