Willamette Integrated Technology Services
	Steps to Convert a Word Document to a Pine Readable Document
	Pine 4.21
Document #118a		Date: 03/03

Step 1: Login to H: Drive

• If you are in Windows, exit Windows.
• If you are in the blue PC-Menu, choose "Login" and press <Enter> or <return>.
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• If you are at the DOS prompt, type login and press <Enter> or <return>.
• When prompted, enter your username (login name or e-mail name) and then your password.

Your computer will now have access to a new drive at H:, which is your file area on your network account. Anything stored on the H: drive will be usable when you are logged in to the server.

Step 2 - Write the Document
Using your word processor, type or open the document you want to send through e-mail. Remember that you cannot send graphics, tables, underlines, bold, italics, or other special formats through e-mail. If your document contains any of these, they will not be present (or will be reduced to plain text) when you send the document as an e-mail message. Also, tabs will appear very different both in Pine and in your receiver's e-mail, so you should avoid using them.

Step 3 - Export the Document to the H: Drive
Most word processors have a "Save As" option available under the File menu. Use this to save the document as "Text Only" or "DOS text", whichever is available. Be sure to change to the H: drive, or use "H:\filename" when saving (substitute anything for "filename", but do not use any spaces or unusual characters).

WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS users must use a special command to create the text file:

• Press ^F5 ("Text in/out"), and choose item number 1 ("DOS Text").
• Choose item number 1 ("Save"). Word Perfect will display this prompt:
  • Document to be saved (DOS Text):
• H:\< filename > [CR]. Your < filename > should be an 8-letter (or shorter) name.

After the file is exported, you can repeat this step for other documents you wish to mail. When you are finished, exit your word processor.

Step 4 - Login to E-mail and Send your Document via Pine
Start Telnet and log in as you normally would. Run Pine and start composing your message. When you reach the point where you want to insert the word processor text: 

• Press ^R. You will be prompted with:
  • Insert file from home directory:
    
• Type the filename from step 3 above.
  • The text will appear as if you were typing it in, only much faster.
    
• Once the insert is complete you can add any final comments or use the arrow keys to edit the text. You can also add additional word processor text by repeating these steps using other < filenames > from step 3 above

Step 5 - Delete your Document from the Network
If you will not need to send the document again, it is a good idea to remove it from the network to save space. Quit Telnet, then use either DOS or the Windows File Manager to delete your file from the H: drive.