Instructions for Word Perfect 5.1 This is one way to setup Word Perfect 5.1 to create an ASCII TEXT file which may be used for Court Reporter Pro, Court Reporter inDEX, or any other Transcript Reduction or Indexing software. From inside Word Perfect 5.1 ---> Set for 10 Pitch (ten characters per inch) Set Margins Press SHIFT+F8 (FORMAT) SELECT L (LINE) SELECT N (LINE NUMBERING) TYPE Y (YES) SELECT M (MARGIN) TYPE 1 (1 INCH LEFT MARGIN) PRESS ENTER TYPE 1.25 (1.25 INCH RIGHT MARGIN) PRESS ENTER PRESS ENTER SELECT P (PAGE) SELECT M (MARGIN) TYPE 1 (1 INCH TOP MARGIN) PRESS ENTER TYPE .75 (.75 INCH BOTTOM MARGIN) PRESS ENTER PRESS F7 (RETURN TO DOCUMENT) SAVING YOUR DOCUMENT TO AN ASCII TEXT FILE from inside Word Perfect 5.1 PRESS SHIFT+F7 (PRINT) PRESS S (SELECT PRINTER) HIGHLIGHT DOS TEXT PRINTER PRESS E (EDIT) PRESS P (PORT) PRESS O (OTHER) ENTER UNIQUE FILENAME (DIFFERENT THAN YOUR ORIGINAL FILE NAME!) PRESS ENTER PRESS S (SELECT) PRESS F (FULL DOCUMENT) Your ASCII TEXT FILE is now printed to a properly formatted ASCII TEXT FILE. What you are doing is printing your entire file to a DOS ASCII TEXT file instead of the printer. The ASCII TEXT file which is created will be an EXACT character-for-character image of all the keystrokes which would have gone to your printer.