Converting .prn file to word.doc
cpinker
to send someone an email with some data in this program, so i print it to a
file. i click "print to file" and when i go to that particular file the data
is all jumbled up with thousands of page breaks.
.prn is the file extension, obviouly a printing extension. Is there any way
to convert this .prn file to word so i can e mail this data to a friend?
Lynn Killingbeck
Make sure you have selected a "generic text" printer. And, that you are
doing just plain-vanilla text, not graphics, colors, bold/italics, or
much of anything else.
If you have anything that simple approach won't handle (i.e., something
that you could not bang out on a mechanical typewriter). Try another
approach. Find out _exactly_ which printer your recipient has, install
the driver for that printer, do your print-to-file for that specific
printer, and ship him/her the resulting file.
Or, send them your Word file (*.doc, most likely) and let them do the
printing themselves.
Several options, likely more than this. All depends on exactly what kind
of data you have.
By the way, if you were doing a print-to-file with a PostScript printer
as the target, just rename the file to *.ps from *.prn, and have the
recipient copy the file directly to the printer. (But, this does not
match very will with your "thousands of page break" description.)
Lynn Killingbeck
Gary Decker
If you are accomplishing this by clicking the "Print to File" option on
your printer driver (which seems likely, if you're ending up with a
*.prn file for output), you will end up with the same data which is
normally sent to the printer. This includes not only the text, but any
printer formatting codes, etc. that are sent, which end up as gibberish
when you view them in a word-processing program. PRN output often
isn't pretty. Using a generic/text-only printer driver, such as Lynn
suggests, might make things better, and the PS solution would work as
well.
Another option would be to use Adobe Acrobat to create a copy that
could be shared with anyone; if this is only a one-time thing to a
friend, the cost would hardly justify itself. However, if you are
going to do a lot of this sort of thing, especially in the course of a
business, this would be your best solution.
--
Gary E. Decker, Senior Information Services Analyst
Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation - Burlington, KS USA
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Peter Jamieson
Printing to a fax program (either sending by fax or saving the fax image
pages to .TIF files or some such then e-mailing them) may be another option.
Peter Jamieson
"Gary Decker" <gad...@wcnoc.com> wrote in message
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MARK BAIRD
Word has a feature called "AutoFormat found under the "Format" menu.
Another option is to open the file in Word with the "Text with Layout"
import converter. When you open a text file with this converter spaces are
replaced with tabs and line breaks within paragraphs are removed.
To do this you need to turn on "Confirm conversion at Open"
On the Tools menu select Options. On the General tab turn "Confirm
conversion at Open" on.
Open the the .PRN file. You will be presented with a dialog to confirm the
import filter to use. You then need to change this to "Text with Layout".
This import/export converter does not install by default. You need to
perform a custom install of Word and select this converter for installation.
Mark Baird
cpinker <cpi...@email.msn.com> wrote in message
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Howard Kaikow
If the recipient has a Postscript capable printer, you can create a
Postscript file and send that.
Best solution, if you have to do this often, is to buy Adobe Acrobat 4 and
send a PDF file.
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"Lynn Killingbeck" <kill...@pointecom.net> wrote in message
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> cpinker wrote:
> >
> > I have a program that allows one to print to a printer or to a file. I
want
> > to send someone an email with some data in this program, so i print it
to a
> > file. i click "print to file" and when i go to that particular file the
data
> > is all jumbled up with thousands of page breaks.
> > .prn is the file extension, obviouly a printing extension. Is there any
way
> > to convert this .prn file to word so i can e mail this data to a friend?
>