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Subject:Re: Sample Report Captures (Text) in Windows From:Peter Gold <pgold -at- NETCOM -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 11 Jun 1996 17:06:37 -0700
[problem statment snipped]
The problem statment is somewhat ambiguous, but it *sounds* like the
reports are still printed in the equivalent of DOS character appearance.
If the reports can be displayed on screen in a DOS window, here's how to
capture that output in Windows:
Open a DOS window with MSDOS Prompt and size it smaller than full-screen
(Alt-Enter does this).
Display the report on screen.
Click the Control Menu (top left corner of window), then click Edit.
Note: Click Font on the Control menu to adjust the size of the screen
characters.
Drag-select the screen text you want.
Press Enter (or Control-Menu, Edit) to capture the selection to the
clipboard.
Use Alt-Tab to return to your documenting application.
Click where you want the text, then Edit/Paste.
Regards,
Peter Gold
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