Two-Column Justified Printing                       
                       -----------------------------                       
                                                                           
 The  other day I had to do a report, and decided that a 2-column justified
 format,  instead  of  a  "letter" form would make for a clearer and neater
 "copy"  from which to make about 150 offsets.  To my delight, I discovered
 that  Pocket  Writer2 made the task a breeze, and that the same principals
 should work with most any WP:                                             
                                                                           
 [1]   In text mode set the following formats:  left margin 1, right margin
 37,  justify on, page length 66, printed page 60.  (Once set-up, write any
 additional  instructions  on  the  page for your use.  You will over-write
 these later.  Then SAVE this form for future use, 2COLUMN.FORM).          
                                                                           
 [2]   Write  the  article,  making  whatever  editing changes required, as
 usual.                                                                    
                                                                           
 [3]  SAVE the article file. (In case more editing is needed.)             
                                                                           
 [4]  Change the buffer article to sequential. (Control A)                 
                                                                           
 [5]  Change the buffer article back to text format. (Control A)           
                                                                           
 [6]   Set right margin to 80, and your desired printing pitch.  (All other
 settings  should  be  at  their  defaults: left margin, 1; page length 66;
 printed page, 60; justify, off.)                                          
                                                                           
 [7]  Then just move BLOCKS: contents page two to page 1, row 1, column 43;
 page  three  to  page  2,  row 1, column 1;  page four to page two, row 1,
 column 43, and so forth. And, save this file, and then print!             
                                                                           
 [8]   At  a  later  date,  to print more "final copies" just load the file
 saved  in  #8  above,  and print. If further editing is required, load and
 edit the file saved in step #3, and proceed thru steps 3-7.               
                                                                           
 Other Suggestions:                                                        
 ------------------                                                        
                                                                           
 Just  as  I  saved  the  original  form  as  2COLUMN.FORM,  including  any
 instructions  to  remind me of the procedure, I do the same for each bbs I
 call.  It  seems each has its own preference for length, columns, etc.  So
 GEnie.form  is set up differently from Plink.form, etc.  Makes the writing
 of  off-line  replies  very  convenient.  Especially when you also use the
 alternate  buffer  option  in  Writer2,  where  captured buffered stuff is
 loaded, and can easilly be referred to.                                   
                                                                           
 And, if you are at all like me, a major use of the PC is for WP, including
 letters,  and  other forms, on which today's date is inserted. Here too, I
 use  a  file  called  DATE.FORM, which I load and fill in with the current
 date  each  day.   It  is  then saved to RAM.  All other forms, yup I have
 more,  like  letter.form,  memo.form,  etc.,  have  a line referring to an
 external  file  called  DATE.FORM  located  on  RAM.   All these forms are
 already formatted for elaborate headers, and insertion of today's date, so
 that  once  loaded, I can immediately begin with the contents. Saves a lot
 of repititious typing. Isn't that what WP'ing is all about?               
                                                                           
 Howie