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[Eric Gray <ewgray@mindspring.com>]

Neil,

    Speaking as one who occasionally uses MS-Word, I
think you are very hard on them when you say that it is
"far from rough running code".  It does work a lot of the
time, you know.

--
Eric Gray

neil.2.harrison@bt.com wrote:

> 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 forced to use this outdated mode for producing IDs.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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