NDC comm CompuFax - Manual (Page 31)

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# # REMARK **********************************************************************
# # REMARK Below, we indent the text 1.2 inches and reset the character spacing.
# # POSITION _CURSOR IN CHES 0 1.2
# # CHARACTER_SIZE
# # REMARK You can enter an optional message below:
Dearest Bill,
I miss you.
Won't you please come home, Bill Bailey?
I'll cook the food, pay the rent, etc.
Your Loving Mary
# # REMARK You can optionally end this with a # # PAGE command, which will print the
# # REMARK next file on a new page, or send a blank page if no next file.
Now, let us analyze the above text, one line at a time:
# # REMARK
Does nothing except tell the reader something.
If your CompuFax system has the Overlay/ Landscape license option enabled, you can use a copy of the
sample file, BILL.CFG, as a generic template file, which you can edit to send your own faxes.
# # OVERLAY_FILE FAX$DIR:STDCOVER.T4
This directive defines the name of the overlay file that goes with the text. Overlay files should always be T4
files and reside in the directory FAX$DIR. Please consult with your System Manager on the use of overlay
files.
# # POSITION _CURSOR IN CHES 0.5 3.1
Tells CompuFax to start the first line of text half an inch from the top of the page and 3.1 inches from the left
of the page.
# # CHARACTER_SIZE IN CHES 0.52
This does not actually give the size of the characters, but the amount of space between the lines of characters.
In this case, the lines of text are set a little over half an inch apart. The horizontal spacing of the characters is
not specified, which means that it is left unchanged from the default (about one-tenth of an inch.)
# # N UMBER 1-555-123-4567
This directive gives the fax phone number, to which the fax will be sent. If you enter a / NUMBER qualifier
on the command line, the number specified there will override the number in the file.
Notice the second occurrence of # # POSITION _CURSOR, further down the page (followed by INCHES
0 1.2.) The zero is a convenient way of specifying the current vertical position and the 1.2 specifies a 1.2 inch
indentation from the left edge of the page. The # # CHARACTER_SIZE just below it causes both vertical
and horizontal character spacing to revert back to their original default values. The rest of the text is
individualized information that is to appear on the fax coversheet.
3.7 Sending Breakup Files
By breakup file is meant a text file, which contains a number of sections that need to be sent out as separate
faxes. An example of this would be a financial report, generated at the head office of a company and different
parts of which are to be faxed to various branch offices. CompuFax has the ability to do this. Below is an
example of how this can be done: