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Re: Crappy formatting in Optigold

From: Mr Stux
Date: Wednesday, May 5, 1999
Time: 12:34:46 pm

>It's not so much an issue with FileMaker, as FileMaker Pro *can* handle
>formatting just fine.
>
>But... in order to insert variables, etc. into a letter the letter must
>be treated as raw text (and in doing so, loosing formatting info).
>
>Tabs should work though, because they are simply a text character. To
>insert a tab into a field, use Control+Tab (Option+Tab for Macintosh).
Can't you use the Paste Special <<merge>> formatting?

With this you can put a field into ANY text including the special
formatting texts...

Well that's what the filemaker dude said at the Dev conference I went to
the other day, and I tried this and it seems to work pretty well...


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