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On Sunday, December 07, 1997 9:30 PM, paul [SMTP:pwjc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] wrote:
> when you view the explorer report and save it to another windows application
>such as note pad or eudora, it seems to be copied out of order, not in straight
>columns, but half a column here and another one over there, so the report
>makes no sense because its jumbled, is there any way I can fix this.
> thanks for your previous responses.
> paul
> melbourne
> australia
Denis Trover responded with:
>Paul,
> When you try to view a table in notepad or other program use a
>non-proportionally spaced font such as Courier to keep columns intact.
> Denis Trover
Unfortunately this is an area where Equis did not think through the
problem fully. There is a definite need for a simple means of saving
an exploration report in order to use it in another program.
Under most instances one would use Notepad to view the table
generated by the Exploration, but to do so one must first be certain that it was
generated using a generic printer, when selecting "print to file", otherwise it is
gibberish. Even then the final product is not fully satisfactory. The column
headers do not line up with the data, data does not always line up. By no
means does it look like the PRINTED version. My dialogue with Equis support
has led me to the conclusion that since not enough people have complained
about it, it is good enough.
Although more sophisticated text readers do facilitate a choice of fonts,
Notepad to my knowledge does not. But that is besides the point. The DOS
version of Metastock was fully capable of generating a text file from an
Exploration that any text reader could use, whereas the Windows version
does not. And as I see it, Equis does not care enough to fix it. To those
who may be concerned, send a note to Equis regarding this issue. Paul is
completely correct, the resultant Exploration " report makes no sense
because its jumbled". This is but one of the reasons I have elected NOT
to upgrade to 6.5
Tony Petkelis
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