From: ????????????????????? (Douglas Cope)
Subject: Address change for PD

Steve,

[Administrativa deleted. -S.]

I've been reading PD for a few months now and I find it tremendously
interesting. Keep up the good work!

A note for those who are having trouble viewing the large filesize PD. Load
the file into a word processor instead of using your system text editor or
mail reader. Text editors are intended for the creation and editing of
small text files such as scripts or program code that is to be linked to
other code at compilation time. Larger documents are the domain of word
processors.

Any word processor should do. I have used both WordPerfect and ClarisWorks
on the Mac to read the digest. Currently, I am using WordPerfect because it
allows me to reformat the text with a macro. My macro removes the hard
carriage returns, changes the point size of the text for easier onscreen
reading and then adjusts the margins so that the text will fill my screen.
I will share this macro with anyone who is interested. It is not perfect
but is a good start.

I never print the PD. Whenever I run across an interesting entry, I simply
copy that text to a separate file and save it in an appropriate folder on
my disk. Thus I have folders relating to tobacco, pipe maintenance,
histories, shops and suchlike.

Doug

[ Thanks for the advice, Doug!  I'm sure many readers will find it
helpful. -S. ]


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