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Printing Text Backwards Using GRAB.COM
DocumentID: 603332
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 1:29:44 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Solutions: There is a way that you can print text backwards. This can be done by "grabbing" the text in View Document and then taking it into a graphics box and using the mirror image option in Edit (9).

The steps to this process are as follows:
1.      Go to DOS and change to the WordPerfect directory.
2.      Enter GRAB/M (/M is used for people with color monitors).
3.      Enter WordPerfect.
4.      Select a large font and type the text on the screen that you want printed backwards.
5.      Go into View Document. Press 2 for 200% (if all of the text does not show use 100%)
6.      Press Alt-Shift-F9 to activate Grab. A box will appear on the screen. Use the Arrow and Shift-Arrow keys to size the box. Once the size wanted is obtained, press Enter to save the graphic.
7.      Exit to the document screen and exit the document on the screen without saving.
8.      In the document, put your cursor where you want this backwards text. Create a User-Defined Box (Alt-F9, select User-Defined, select Create). Press 1 for Filename, enter the name of the grab file (first time grab is used filename is called GRAB.WPG, second time is GRAB1.WPG, 3rd time is GRAB2.WPG, etc.). Select 9 for Edit, 3 for Rotate, press Enter for 0 degrees, answer Yes to Mirror Image. You may want to change the horizontal position of the graphic box (default is at right margin).
Exit to document screen and view or print to see results. Note: You can only rotate graphics 90 degrees.

The resolution may not be very good, so you may have jagged edges on the letters (especially diagonal lines). This is the only way in WordPerfect to print text backwards on any printer.

These steps can also be used to rotate text in a document for a printer that does not support rotated text. To do this, follow the above steps, but in step 8, select Rotate and enter the number of degrees to rotate the grabbed image.

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