Document: Help for TransDDF
Author:   John Wallace
Date:     1.13 10/2/2007


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TransDDF converts Document Description Format files into Ovation Pro DDL.

Major omissions in conversion are:
 No tints in defined colours
 Kerning

Minor omissions include:
 Frame throw
 Cond frame throw
 Rules
 Line colour/spacing/size/offset
 Lock to line space
 Keep paragraph/next/region
 Overprint
 Script size/offset
 Leader
 Decimal tab character
 Index/contents
 Shortcut/menu item
 Auto indent

Most of the above are not applicable to Ovation Pro.

DDF files should be set to have a filetype &707.

Loading ASCII DDF's
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If you wish to load DDF's with an ASCII filetype, un-comment the following
line in the !TransDDF !Boot and !Run files. 

Set FFGServer$TransDDFa -T &FFF &B25 -R TransDDF$Dir

Now double-click on !TranDDF and re-run Ovation Pro.

If !TransDDF has been 'seen', all ASCII files are now processed by
!TransDDF. Most normal text files will pass through the filter unaltered,
although occasionally a file may unintentionally contain an embedded DDF
command which might alter the format of the imported text. In this case
inserting the command {off} at the start of the text file will force
!TransDDF to treat all the following text as normal ASCII text.
