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Valerie Sutton Date: Fri Jan 28, 2000 1:50 am Subject: ColumnMaker for SignWriter 4.3 | |
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SignWriting List January 27, 2000 QUESTION: I understood that there is a separate program that will convert horizontal SignWriter files to vertically printed files. I wondered, first, how it changes the way you type so that you can do the offsetting properly to show body shifts. Second, how much does it cost? Can we get it separate from the whole SWriter package? ------------------------------------- ANSWER: Yes. The ColumnMaker program is a small "add-on" program to SignWriter 4.3. It is in MS-DOS and coordinates with SignWriter. All of the files in SW 4.3 are typed horizontally. Then you close SW and in MS-DOS, open the ColumnMaker program. It asks you which file you want to convert? You give the name of the file and then it creates a new file that has placed the horizontal writing into vertical columns. It does not change how you type. Any typing adjustments have to be made manually, either before or after the conversion takes place. But I can certainly give you hints on how to do that properly, and will be happy to post the instruction to the SignWriting List. If a person is already a registered SignWriter user...someone who purchased the program in the past, no matter what the version of SignWriter, then I will be happy to send you ColumnMaker free of charge. So if there is anyone on the SW List who owns the SignWriter Computer Program, but does not have ColumnMaker, please write to me privately and I will be happy to send it to you.... If you own SignWriter 4.2 or earlier, and you have not upgraded to SignWriter 4.3, that is another good reason to write to me and we can work out arrangements for your upgrade ;-) Val ;-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Valerie Sutton at the DAC Deaf Action Committee for SignWriting SignWriting https://www.SignWriting.org Center For Sutton Movement Writing an educational nonprofit organization Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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