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Howto read ps files under windoze 95 


advantage: 
  after treating, you can read ps file. 

disadvantages: 
  all pictures, tables, indexes etc. vanish. 


ps files come with the real text closed into brackets, 
like this: 
  lksjdhf(real)o(text)g(clo)t(sed)z(in)o(bracke)g(ts.)

You see that sometimes words are torn apart. 
You also see that the words usually are separated by 
other )x( combinations than the word-separating )y(. 

So the trick is

  1 first smash all )x( to put all words together.

    This is easy done by simply replacing them by nothing. 

  2 Throw away all (, ), and the text in between ) and (. 

    This is the hard task. Use the following trick: 

2a Set the beginnings of the real words to a new line, 
   by replacing all "(" with "(^a" in Winword. 

2b Set all ends of real words on the end of a new line, 
   by replacing all ")" with "^a)" in Winword. 

2c Define all paragraphs which contain ( or ) as Layout
   Useless. (If it does not exist, create it, or use 
   some other.)

2d Throw away all paragraphs with Layout Useless. 

2e Replace all ^a by " " (Space). 

2f To have any paragraphs, you can replace all ". " 
   (period + space) by ". ^a" (period + space + paragraph). 

2g \014 stands for ligated f+i. Word can do no ligations, 
   so better replace "\014" by "fi". 


Tips and Tricks

A Break down your PS file in Parts of max. 50 kByte, or get 
  grey hair while you are waiting for Winword. 

B Save after each step into another file, f.e. *.PT1, *.PU1, 
  etc. 

C Process the Parts *.PS2, *.PS3, etc., while you are reading
  *.PS1

D Write a macro which does the job for you. 


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