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[neil.2.harrison@bt.com]

I find it kind of weird that the vast majority (read as 'overwhelming
consensus and far from rough running code') use Word/ppt and yet we are
forced to use this outdated mode for producing IDs.  This is just dogma to
me and I don't buy any of the arguments I have heard to retain this mode.
If IETF claim to act on a consenus basis then why not lets have a vote on
this?

neil

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Pankaj K Jha [SMTP:pkj@cypress.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, November 16, 2000 6:42 PM
> To:	C. Chen
> Cc:	mpls
> Subject:	Re: Creating .txt with IETF Format
> 
> Dear Cheng:
> 
> <I'm CC'ing to reflector, just in case someone else has similar problems>
> 
> Once you have made your .doc file, steps to making an IETF draft are
> simple:
> 
> - Go  to Printers, and select Add Printer
> - In the list of manufacturers for printers, look for Generic. Select
> Generic/Text
> 
> - This printer should appear in your printer list
> - When printing your .doc file, select this printer. This printer prints
> to a
> file. When asked for a file name, give a file name in your directory.
> Let's call
> it "note".
> 
> You'll see that all pages are getting printed as if they are going to a
> real
> printer.
> You should see a file name called "note.prn" in your directory.
> 
> I'm sure you have the program "crlf.exe" downloaded from IETF website. If
> you do
> not have it, get it from the website.
> 
> Then run the following line in DOS prompt:
> 
> "crlf note.prn note.txt"
> 
> The file "note.txt" is your IETF draft. Rename it to your flavor, and you
> are
> ready to submit.
> 
> The template is quite finicky about font sizes, paragraph settings, etc.
> Any
> deviations and you'll end up with a bizarre output. You need to pay
> attention to
> your fonts and spacing for header 1/2/3, etc. as well.
> 
> Should you need a sample word file, I can send you mine. It took me a
> while to
> figure it out, but  it works great now. You can cut and paste your
> document into
> this document to finish your work quickly.
> 
> Note that as long as you do not change font size, you can make your
> headers bold
> and of different colors, without any side effects. If you must use
> bullets, make
> sure the List Bullet has same font properties as your RFC Text.
> 
> Hope it helps.
> 
> -Pankaj
> 
> "C. Chen" wrote:
> 
> > Mr. Jha,
> >
> > Thank you very much for your kindness offer. Several people gave me some
> tips
> > but none of them works yet. Please adise me how you do it.
> >
> > Thank you very muvh in advance,
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > Cheng C. Chen
> >
> > Pankaj K Jha wrote:
> >
> > > Did someone already reply to your question? If not, please let me know
> and I
> > > can write it for you.
> > > -Pankaj
> > >
> > > "C. Chen" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Does anyone know how to generate the .txt file from Microsoft workd
> file
> > > > while keep
> > > > the proper IETF draft format? I down load the word template from
> IETF
> > > > web site and
> > > > created a .doc file. However, when I tried tosave the file with .txt
> > > > extension. the
> > > > resulting .txt file is not in the write format.  Please advise me me
> how
> > > > to do it
> > > > right. Thank you very much in advance,
> > > >
> > > > Best Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Cheng C. Chen
> > > >
> > > > Bilel Jamoussi wrote:
> > > >
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