2COL54 Fixed bug in append -A option. Fixed bug when using aUtomargin -U with multiple files. Added -Y4 function to update some preset options without resetting all others. Added left justify feature -[xx. Allows you to reduce or eliminate document's own built in margin. Also allows text to be left flushed. 2COL53 2COL will now print from 1 to 6 columns per page. This is particularly useful for printing labels and lists. 2COL can now print in landscape mode with printers such as the Deskjet which have this capability. 2COL will now allow a column width from 20 to 160 characters. The wider column widths will be useful for landscape mode or printing one 160 character-wide column across the page. These features are particularly useful when combined with the text width reformatting option -&R. The -N option has been modified to allow independant control of which options print at the lower left corner. See docs. 2COL52 Registered users may now specify a custom initialization string. This can be used to set draft/LQ printing, select fonts, emphasized printing, etc. 2COL51 Minor modifications for compatibility with 2MENU, the new 2COL interface for MS-Windows. See PRODUCTS.DOC. Added adjustment for font size switch option -Bxxx. Previously the switch for normal size font to subscript took place at 102 lines/page. Backspace characters (ASCII 8) are now ignored. 2COL50 Added a -Y3 option to ignore custom default settings and,instead, use the standard defaults. This is intended for use with the 2COL menu/editing interface for MS Windows but may also be useful with the WP and WFW macros. This command is only relevant for registered users. For more information about the new Menu interface see PRODUCTS.DOC. Added option "-@" to print pages in reverse. This eliminates paper shuffling when printing on a deskjet,inkjet or a dot matrix with a cut sheet feeder. You can choose to print all or only the even or odd pages in reverse order. Modified even/odd printing to allow printing either the even pages first or the odd first. The -E option will now ask you if you want to print odd pages next. Added option -&R to allow paragraph reformatting. This will allow the entire width of a document to be expanded or contracted. It is useful with 17cpi printers which can only print 68 character-wide columns. It is also useful when printing a narrow formatted document to better utilize the full column width. This option is for registered users but unregistered users can test it with the -K option. Automargin has been modified to assume a document width equal to the reformat setting specified rather than the actual document width. Automargin will default to the wordwrap setting instead of the actual document width if the wordwrap setting is less than the actual document width. The escape character and the character following it are now deleted in wordwrap mode. In standard mode the escape is converted to ASCII 254. Now treats a single Carriage Return as a CR/LF. Improved printing of Wordstar documents. 2COL49 Worked around compiler bug which caused -N option to not print page numbers. Added macro for BOXER text editor Increased default page fill (smaller bottom margin) for dot matrix printers 2COL48 Page length adjustment has been added to the -D (page delimit) option. Printer initialization string has been modified to accommodate IBM type printers, such as the Proprinter II, Tandy, etc. These printers will only operate at 17 char/inch and must be used with the -W68 option. 2COL47 Fix DOS 6 and QEMM compatibility problems. Added option (-J-2) to eliminate output of printer control characters. This allows output to be used for non-standard printers and sideways printing programs. It also permits four column printouts to be created. 2COL46 Support for printing Wordstar files added. Page length adjustment added (-!xx) for A4, legal, etc. 2COL45 Rewritten for new compiler. Bug reports appreciated :-) Wordwrap/filter (-&) feature added to print some wordprocessor files (such as .WRI, WS, WP Generic). New WP and WFW macros are available for registered users to print with 2COL without leaving WP. Automargin modified to automatically switch on wordwrap when lines are longer than column width unless -&- is included on the command line. The -V option now allows a percentage to be specified which determines whether partial last pages will be filled or eliminated. 2COL43 When using the -V option, 2COL will now let you modify the line spacing to either fill or eliminate partial pages at the end. 2COL41 Added option (-V) to provide a page count before printing. Fixed hang problem when trying to skip (-S) more pages than actually exist. 2COL40: Deskjet support added: 2COL has been tested with the Deskjet 500 printer and appears OK. If you experience problems with your model, please let me know. Fix problem with left margin (-M) option. Restore standard DOS printer timeout value. 2COL35 Fix problem with pathnames exceeding 30 characters. Added option to print current date at page bottom. Add printer initialization on second pass of odd/even printing. Fixed problem which ocurred when using the fixpage option when printing odd/even and using the second pass option. Added the ability to temporarily turn off options which were turned on with the customizing feature. 2COL34 Option (-Y) to customize default settings. Eliminates the need to enter command line options every time you run the program. Eliminates the need for batch files. Option (-?) causes 2COL to ask for filenames to print. Useful when 2COL is run from a menu or an icon. Filenames can still be entered on the command line as well. Changed the standard default setting (-F) for the top margin from 4 lines to 0. This is a result of feedback on how most people are setting up their printers. Modified the (-O) option, which prints odd pages only, to ask whether the user wants to print even pages next. This allows for printing both sides without rerunning the program. A "press any key to continue" message now appears whenever 2COL displays a message at exit. This makes it possible to read error messages when run from an icon or a menu program. Under these conditions the message would disappear before it could be read. The DOS printer timeout interval is now decreased while 2COL is running. Some people have commented that their system appears to hang sometimes while running 2COL. This is due to the long timeout delay DOS uses for the printer before printing an error message. If a shorter timeout causes any problems, I would appreciate hearing from you. It is good practice to make sure your printer is on-line before running 2COL. Added a 2COL icon and a PIF file for Windows. 2COL32 Documentation improvements 2COL30 Added a DEMO2COL.BAT to illustrate 2COL features Added a demo option (-K) which activates registered features for a one page printout. Fixed a bug which occurred when wrapping long lines with a blank in the 81st position. 2COL29 People were using the left margin option without reading the instructions first and were having problems. Additional warnings in LARGE PRINT were added to the documentation. 2COL28 New Automargin feature scans each file before printing and determines optimum margin and column width settings. Very useful when you need to create a left margin for hole punching and binding. Option added to print an exact number of pages/column, retaining all page breaks and blank lines. Escape characters(27) are now filtered out and replaced with ASCII(254). 2COL will now run slightly faster because trailing blanks have been eliminated from the end of each line. Fixed bug that caused page header not to print immediately following form feed. Line spacing control has been changed from n/72 inch to n/216 inch (n/180 for 24-pin). As a result there will be less variation in white space at the bottom of the page and lines will always be spread out as much as possible. Let me know if the change causes any problems with your printer. 2COL27 A left margin option has been added. Read the instructions carefully before using it. 2COL26 Registered users can now direct output to a file instead of the printer. The file can then be used for printing in background while running other programs. This option can also be used to redirect output to LPT2, COM1, COM2, etc. Also, registration requirements are now more flexible for 2col. Please read the "Registration" section of the manual.