[comp.sys.mac] Xref 1.2 + Word + Finland

kallio@tukki.jyu.fi (Seppo Kallio) (08/31/89)

I did solve the problem with MSWord Print Merge  and Xref 1.2:

1. I modified Xref 1.2 so that it writes BibHeader to file "my thesis.merge"
   at first. The BibHeader is in the Xref stack as field "BibHeader"
   with ;-characters between fields
2. Modified Xref 1.2 to write to file "my thesis.merge" ;-characters 
   between fields

3. Modified BibSection so, that there is only line
   <<DATA my thesis.merge>><<include ...>>
   So, MS Word does not bomb in DATA statement (if I use ";" it bombs, if I use
   "," between parameters for DATA, it does not work)

This problem has something to do with Mac System national special character 
replacement (or how should I call it?). Here we must use ";" and not ","
in formulas and many other places in MS Word (!).

Seppo Kallio
kallio@tukki.jyu.fi    (128.214.7.5)
kallio@finjyu.bitnet
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kallio@tukki.jyu.fi       Seppo Kallio             phone Finland 941 292809
kallio@finjyu.bitnet      University of Jyvaskyla  Computing Centre

kallio@tukki.jyu.fi (Seppo Kallio) (08/31/89)

Maybe I did not say this clear enough: Thsi Xref 1.2 problem does
not excisist in USA, only in countries where Macintosh has these strange 
national special character modifications!

Does someone know how to disable this thing: I do not want to 
write ";" when MS Word manual says write "," !

Seppo 


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kallio@tukki.jyu.fi       Seppo Kallio             phone Finland 941 292809
kallio@finjyu.bitnet      University of Jyvaskyla  Computing Centre