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## REMARK **********************************************************************
## REMARK Below, we indent the text 1.2 inches and reset the character spacing.
## POSITION_CURSOR INCHES 0 1.2
## CH ARACTER_ SIZE
## REMARK You can enter an optional message below:
Dearest Bill,
I miss you.
Won't you please come home, Bill Bailey?
I'll cook the food, pay the rent, etc.
Your Loving Mary
## REMARK You can optionally end this with a ## PAGE command, which will print the
## REMARK next file on a new page, or send a blank page if no ne xt fi le .
Now, let us analyze the ab o ve text, one line at a time:
##REMARK
Does not h in g excep t t ell th e reader something.
If your CompuFax system has the Overlay/Landscape license option enabled, you can use a copy of the
sample file, BILL.CFG, as a generic template file, which you can edit to send your own faxes.
## OVERLAY_F I LE FAX$DIR:STD COVER.T4
This directive defines the name of the overlay file that goes with the text. Overlay files should always be T4
files and reside in the directory FAX$DIR. Please consult with your System Manager on the use of overlay
files.
## POSITION_CURSOR INCHES 0.5 3.1
Tells CompuFax to s t ar t t he first line of text half an inch f r o m t he top of the page and 3.1 inch es from the left
of the page.
## CHARACTE R_SIZE IN CHE S 0.52
This does not actually give the size of the characters, but the amount of space between the lines of charact ers.
In this case, the lines of text are set a little over half an inch apar t. T h e ho rizon tal spacin g of t he ch aract ers is
not specified, which means that it is left unchanged from the default (about one-tenth of an inch.)
# # N UMBER 1-555-123-4567
This directive gives the fax phone number, to which the fax will be sent. I f you en te r a / N UMBE R qu alif ier
on the c o mmand line, t h e number sp e c if ie d there will overrid e the numb er in the file.
Notice the second occurrence of ##POSITION_CURSOR, further down the page (followed by INCHES
0 1.2.) The zero is a convenient way of specifying the current vertical po sitio n an d t he 1.2 sp ecifies a 1.2 inch
indentation from the left edge of the page. The ## CHARACTER_ SIZE just below it causes both vertical
and horizontal character spacing to revert back to their original def ault values. The rest o f the text is
individualized informat io n t hat is to appear on th e f ax co vers h eet .
3.7 Sending Breakup Files
By breakup file is meant a text file, which contains a number of sections that need to be sent out as separate
faxes. An example of this would be a financial report, generated at the head office of a company and different
parts of which are to b e faxe d to vario us b ran ch o ffic es. Co mp uF ax has the a bility t o do th is. Belo w is an
example of how this can be done: