From: Richard Burke-Ward (richard.bw@btinternet.com)
Date: Thu Jan 31 2002 - 11:33:22 PST
> Dear all,
>
> Lee and Larry both had questions. Here are a couple of pointers, purely from
> my own experience, not from knowledge...
>
> LARRY: Can you explain why the prime numbering formatting is useless?
>
Because the message will (a) not be detected from digit one of transmission
1; and (b) will cycle or repeat. The net result is that the overall number
of digits *received* will bear no relationship to the number of digits
transmitted which means no one could ever use the total number of digits
as part of the code¹.
> LEE: How do I transfer the message to my Word software? Once in Word, do I
> just sit and look and all the Os and 1s until I go blind :). Do I somehow
> transfer the text into programming language and then use some kind of
> software to analyze it? Is there an "Analyzing Text Data for Dummies"?
>
> If you have the .txt document, then you just need to fire up MS Word, choose
> File=>Open, then navigate to the document. If it doesn¹t appear, use the
> ³File Type² selector to choose ³All Files². that should do it. Failing that,
> Lee, I¹ll email you it in Word. Get in touch again.
>
> The how to¹ bit... Well, what I did was duck the whole programming
> question, and simply move the margin indicator backwards and forwards until
> a pattern emerged... At first it produced diagonal lines, which meant that
> each line was slightly offset from the one above / below but at a
> particular magic number of digits across, the pattern emerged. Ironically,
> given Yvan¹s last note and the one from Larry below, the horizontal number
> is prime but the vertical number is variable...
>
> I used a word search to change zeros to spaces, and ones to blobs. You need
> to make sure you are using a proportional font Courier is good because
> otherwise the spaces and blobs will take up different widths on each line.
> Then adjust font size and line spacing to suit.
>
> What¹s really inconvenient is that, for me at least, the formatting wouldn¹t
> stay still i.e., every time I identified a page break¹, and put a
> carriage return in, the formatting would go up the spout. I got round this
> by writing a macro which moved x spaces to the right, then put in a carriage
> return. Getting the message format took minutes putting in carriage
> returns takes FOR EVER!!!
>
> This should give you the document in a usable format. Good luck, Lee! Shout
> if you¹re still struggling.
>
> With best wishes,
>
> Richard
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