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Windows FAQ: ASCII format, 04/06
Author: Tom Haapanen
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 17:00
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 17:00
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The following is part 04 of 06 of the ASCII text version of the
Microsoft Windows FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions). While some of you
may find this the best format, the more popular format is the WinHelp
file. These are posted simultaneously with the ASCII version to
comp.binaries.ms-windows.
You can obtain a copy of the WinHelp version as "faqwin01.zip" by ftp
from sonygate.sony.com [192.63.138.2], in /pub/comp.binaries.ms-windows.
It will also be placed on ftp.cica.indiana.edu once disk space permits.
BEGIN--------------cut here--------cut here------------cut here----------
unsit program. Since we chose a .cpt file for this example, I'm going to
run uncpt.. Run uncpt on PLUGH.DAT. You'll want to extract the AFM file
(if present), the documentation or readme file (if present), and the
Type1 outline file. The AFM and README files will be in the data fork of
the archive file. The Type1 outline will be in the resource fork. The
AFM and README files have Mac "TEXT" type. The Type1 outline file has
"LWFN" type. Use the docs for uncpt and unsit as a guide. If you got
this far you probably won't have much difficulty.
If the font does not contain an AFM file, extract the screen font.
Screen fonts frequently have the extension .bmap and are "FFIL" type
files. Use Bmap2AFM to construct an AFM from the screen font. If the
archive does contain an AFM file, it's safe to bet that the author's AFM
will be better than the one created by Bmap2AFM.
Finally, run refont on the Type1 outline that you extracted above. The
result should be an appropriate PC type1 outline. refont will create a
PFM file for you from the AFM file, if you desire.
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6.5.6. Replacing your System font with a serif font
----------------------------------------------------
Thanks to Peter Karrer <pkarrer@bernina.ethz.ch>.
Here's a way to produce your own system font from the MS Serif font
(similar to Times Roman) in Windows 3.1. No warranties of course...
If you're using "small" fonts (fonts.fon=vgasys.fon in system.ini):
Make sure you have VGASYS.FON, 7280 bytes, and SERIFE.FON, 57936 bytes.
Use debug to do the following:
C:\WIN\SYSTEM> debug serife.fon
- nmyvgasys.fon
- m15b6 l14b3 100
- rcx
CX E250
:14b3
- w
Writing 014B3 bytes
C:\WIN\SYSTEM> debug vgasys.fon
- nmyvgasys.fon
- l6b6
- rcx
CX 14B3
:1C70
- w
Writing 01C70 bytes
- q
In your system.ini file, replace fonts.fon=vgasys.fon with
fonts.fon=myvgasys.fon.
If you're using "large" fonts (fonts.fon=8514sys.fon in system.ini):
Make sure you have 8514SYS.FON, 9280 bytes, and SERIFF.FON, 81728 bytes.
Use debug to do the following:
C:\WIN\SYSTEM> debug seriff.fon
- nmy8514sy.fon
- m1b36 l1c20 100
- rcx
CX 3F40
:1c20
- rbx
BX 0001
:0
- w
Writing 01C20 bytes
C:\WIN\SYSTEM> debug 8514sys.fon
- nmy8514sy.fon
- l336
- rcx
CX 1C20
:2440
- w
Writing 02440 bytes
- q
In your system.ini file, replace fonts.fon=8514sys.fon with
fonts.fon=my8514sy.fon.
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6.5.7. Zip code bar code fonts
-------------------------------
Word Office Productivity Pack (wopr-20a.zip and wopr-20b.zip on
ftp.cica.indiana.edu and its mirror sites) will automatically print bar
codes on envelopes. The package does require Word for Windows 2.0, though.
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6.6. Applications
==================
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6.6.1. DayBook: running on Windows 3.1
---------------------------------------
The Windows 3.0 doesn't work well after upgrading to Windows 3.1. However,
you can get it working and even keep your old datafiles using the following
steps:
* Install ToolBook again (run tbksetup) after renaming your old
daybook.tbk file.
* Start DayBook with the empty daybook.tbk.
* Open the old daybook file (from windows version 3.0)
* Save it as daybook.tal.
* Exit ToolBook.
* Rename daybook.tal to daybook.tbk.
* Now you can use the old information again under Windows 3.1
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6.6.2. Excel: Calling DLL routines
-----------------------------------
Excel can call C and/or Fortran routines located in an external DLL. In
order to implement such DLLs, you will need the Excel SDK ($49 from
Microsoft).
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6.6.3. Excel: Doing log-log graphs
-----------------------------------
To create a log-log graph, check the log checkbox under Format / Scale for
each of the axis.
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6.6.4. WinQVTNet: Hiding a gateway
-----------------------------------
To hide a gateway, specify visible=no under that host in your qvtnet.rc
file.
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6.6.5. Norton Desktop: Wider listbox for Scheduler
---------------------------------------------------
You can change the Scheduler's listbox width by using a resource editor
(such as Resource Workshop, included with Borland's latest Windows language
products) to resize the list box, move the headings and move the buttons.
If you don't have any programming tools, you are basically out of luck.
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6.6.6. Norton Desktop: Using smaller fonts for lists
-----------------------------------------------------
Most of the listboxes in NDW use the font size selected in the menus; make
sure you select the correct size.
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6.6.7. Word for Windows: changing bullet paragraph indent
----------------------------------------------------------
You can do this by creating a macro that creates a bullet, and then linking
the bullet button on the toolbar to that macro, rather than to the standard
command. The macro should include a call to the ToolsBulletListDefault
command, followed by your modified paragraphg formatting commands.
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6.6.8. Word for Windows: custom toolbar icons
----------------------------------------------
To change the icons in the Word for Windows 2.0 toolbar, add the line
LoadToolbarBitmaps=1
in the [WinWord2.0] section of your win.ini file. When Word starts up, it
will look for and load four bitmaps called v1tbar.bmp, v2tbar.bmp,
v2tbar.bmp and v4tbar.bmp. Each bitmap holds 26 "icons" which of 18 pixels
wide and 16 pixels high. If you are using 1024x768 resolution, the bitmaps
are 81tbar.bmp, 82tbar.bmp, 83tbar.bmp and 84tbar.bmp.
You can more easily change these bitmaps using the WOPR utility package
(available as shareware).
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6.6.9. Word for Windows: drop caps (large 1st characters of paragraphs)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Creating a drop cap is really quite easy in Word, once you know what you
are looking for.
Create the paragraph, select the first character, change it to the font and
size you want it to be, and then select Insert / Frame to create a frame.
The frame will automatically size to the character and align with the top
of the paragraph. That's all there is to it!
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6.6.10. Word for Windows: fonts larger than 127 points
-------------------------------------------------------
Since Word for Windows will not allow selection of a pointsize beyond 127,
for very large pointsizes the best thing to do is enter the text in
WordArt, and then scale the WordArt object to desired size in the Word
document.
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6.6.11. Word for Windows: foreign-language dictionaries and thesauri
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To get a foreign-language spell checker dictionary or thesaurus for Word
for Windows, you should contact Alki Software in Seattle, WA (800-669-
9673). Available languages include British English, French, German,
Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Finnish and more.
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6.6.12. Word for Windows: getting rid of the list of last files edited
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
To empty the list of last files edited before someone else uses your
machine, simply remove the file winword.ini from your Word for Windows
directory. You may wish to put this in your autoexec.bat file.
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6.6.13. Word for Windows: inserting today's date
-------------------------------------------------
Using Word's built-in Insert / Date and Time... command will insert a date,
but will update it every time you open the document. There are several
ways to insert today's date and forcing it not to be updated:
After using Insert / Date and Time..., select the date and hit Ctrl+F9
to lock the field. This will cause it not to be updated until you
unlock it.
After using Insert / Date and Time..., select the date and hit Ctrl+F9
to unlink the field. This replaces the field with its contents; you
will not be able to update the field again.
Use Insert / Field... and inset a CREATEDATE field. This will insert
the date the document was created, however, and not necessarily today's
date.
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6.6.14. Word for Windows: linking in subdocuments
--------------------------------------------------
Word for Windows' Link Document, Include document and Insert Document
commands all include the entire text of the subdocument in the main
document. If you want to "link" in a document for indexing or a table of
contents but not bloat up the main document with all the actual text, use
the RD (Refer Document) field. It won't print or edit the subdocument from
the main document, but it does work for indexing and tables of contents.
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6.6.15. Word for Windows: numbering equations
----------------------------------------------
To number equations in Word for Windows, insert a \seq field and use a
sequence name like "Equation" to identify the sequence. For example:
x = 0 ({\seq Equation}
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6.6.16. Word for Windows: overlining words
-------------------------------------------
To overline a phrase in Word for Windows, insert a \eq field and use the
\x\to option to draw just the top of the box around the "equation". So,
for example, to overline "Bar", you might enter
The Foo {\eq \x\to(Bar)} and Grille
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6.6.17. Word for Windows: printing even and odd pages
------------------------------------------------------
The following macro to print odd and even pages is courtesy of Rob Ryan
(rryan@panix.com). Use at your own risk -- and try it on a smallish
document first!
Sub MAIN
Dim dlg As DocumentStatistics
ToolsRepaginateNow
GetCurValues dlg
n = Val(dlg.Pages)
If n < 1 Then End
For i = 1 To n Step 2
FilePrint .Range = 3, .From = Str$(i), .To = Str$(i)
Next
If(n Mod 2 = 1) Then
msg$ = "Put all the pages except the last one"
Else
msg$ = "Put all the pages"
End If
msg$ = msg$ + " back into the printer and press Ok when ready to
print."
If(MsgBox(msg$, "Printing Even Pages", 49) = - 1) Then
For i = 2 To n Step 2
FilePrint .Range = 3, .From = Str$(i), .To = Str$(i)
Next
End If
End Sub
And another alternative, from James Rudnicki and Richard Page
(page@vm.usc.edu):
Sub MAIN
Begin Dialog UserDialog 300, 154, "Odd/Even Printing"
Text 48, 8, 234, 48, "Print odd or even numbered pages. The document
may be repaginated
and saved before printing."
GroupBox 11, 62, 143, 59, "Select Pages"
OptionGroup .OddEven
OptionButton 21, 78, 112, 16, "Odd Pages"
OptionButton 21, 95, 120, 16, "Even Pages"
CheckBox 173, 79, 116, 16, "Repaginate", .RePage
CheckBox 173, 96, 100, 16, "Save File", .SaveFile
OKButton 10, 127, 88, 21
CancelButton 110, 127, 88, 21
End Dialog
Dim dlg As DocumentStatistics
GetCurValues dlg
NUM = Val(dlg.Pages) 'Get number of pages
Dim NewDlg As UserDialog 'Declare dialog array
Choice = Dialog(NewDlg)
Select Case Choice
Case - 1 'OK Button
If NewDlg.RePage = 1 Then
ToolsRepaginateNow 'Make sure pagination is correct
End If
If NewDlg.SaveFile = 1 Then
FileSave 'Save before printing
End If
If NewDlg.OddEven = 0 Then
For cnt = 1 To NUM Step 2
FilePrint .Range = 3, .From = Str$(cnt), .To = Str$(cnt)
Next
Else
For cnt = 2 To NUM Step 2
FilePrint .Range = 3, .From = Str$(cnt), .To = Str$(cnt)
Next
End If
Case Else
End Select
End Sub
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6.6.18. Word for Windows: removing hard returns on downloaded text
-------------------------------------------------------------------
You can easily do this by selecting the text, and running a macro similar
to the one below. Note that this will mess up any tables in your input
text!
Sub MAIN
EditReplace .Find = "^p^p", .Replace = "#~@", .WholeWord = 0,
.MatchCase = 0, .Format = 0, \
.ReplaceAll = 1
EditReplace .Find = "^p", .Replace = " ", .WholeWord = 0, .MatchCase =
0, .Format = 0, \
.ReplaceAll = 1
EditReplace .Find = "#~@", .Replace = "^p^p", .WholeWord = 0,
.MatchCase = 0, .Format = 0, \
.ReplaceAll = 1
End Sub
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6.6.19. Word for Windows: setting the find file default directory
------------------------------------------------------------------
Select Tools / Macro and edit FileFind; it will look something like this:
Sub MAIN
ToolsMacro "FileFind", .Run
End Sub
Change it to look like this:
Sub MAIN
On Error Goto STOPHERE 'Needed if user chooses Close
Dim myfilefind As FileFind 'Define a dialog (same as FileFind
dialog)
GetCurValues myfilefind 'Get any values you may have
already set
myfilefind.SearchPath = "c:\windows" 'Use this type of line to
set all the
myfilefind.Name = "*.*" 'defaults things your
little heart desires
Dialog myfilefind 'Display the dialog box on the
screen
STOPHERE: 'Just a label
End Sub
For information on the various things you can tag on to "myfilefind", such
as .SearchPath, .Name, etc..., check the on-line help under Word Basic
Commands -- FileFind.
Thanks to Paul Brown for the solution!
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6.6.20. Word for Windows: turning echo off in a macro
------------------------------------------------------
To turn off echo in a Word for Windows macro (making for a cleaner display
and faster running), you need to implement two macros, EchoOn and EchoOff.
These macros are fully described in Microsoft's tech note 13-5 (they were
based on ones written by Steven Wexler of WexTech Systems), available on
ftp.uu.net and Compuserve. Beware, though, that if your macro crashes
before turning echo back on, you will thoroughly confuse the user!
If you just want to implement the macros, they are included below. Before
you jump into it, though, here is Microsoft's warning from the Tech Note:
Use the Echo macro at your own risk. It has performed admirably for us so
far with one exception: When you execute a macro defining a bookmark that
isn't only an insertion point, the bookmark is not always defined
correctly. To remedy the situation, turn echo on just before you issue the
bookmark command, and turn it off immediately afterward. We leave it up to
the user to explore and find all the ways Echo can be useful or harmful in
your macro writing.
To turning echo off, use the following WordBasic line:
Echo.EchoOff IniKey$
where IniKey$ is the name of the win.ini key used to store a value for
turning echo on. This subroutine turns off redraw and saves the position of
the scroll box in the vertical scroll bar of the
active window to the win.ini file. The information is stored in the
[Microsoft Word Echo] section of win.ini, under the IniKey$ key string. To
turn echo back on, use:
Echo.EchoOff IniKey$
where Inikey$ is the same key you used to turn echo off.
The Echo macro contains the following lines:
Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user"(hWnd As Integer, \
wMsg As Integer,wParam As Integer, lParam As Long) As Long
Declare Function GetFocus Lib "user" As Integer
Declare Sub InvalidateRect Lib "user"(hWnd As Integer, \
lpRect As Long, Bool As Integer)
Declare Sub UpdateWindow Lib "user"(hWnd As Integer)
Sub MAIN
Echo 1, ""
End Sub
Sub Echo(fOn, IniKey$)
WM_SETREDRAW = 11
IniSection$ = "Microsoft Word Echo"
FocusHandle = GetFocus
If fOn = 0 Then
SetProfileString(IniSection$, IniKey$, Str$(VScroll()))
End If
dummy = SendMessage(FocusHandle, WM_SETREDRAW, fOn, 0)
If fOn Then
InvalidateRect(FocusHandle, 0, 1)
UpdateWindow(FocusHandle)
VScroll Val(GetProfileString$(IniSection$, IniKey$))
End If
End Sub
Sub EchoOff(IniKey$)
Echo 0, IniKey$
End Sub
Sub EchoOn(IniKey$)
Echo 1, IniKey$
End Sub
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6.6.21. Word for Windows: using a watermark
--------------------------------------------
To place a watermark (usually a large a light gray text at an angle behind
your normal text), you will need a PostScript printer. If you have such a
printer, you can either use the Watermark macro from newmacro.doc.
Alternately, insert a Print field into the header, containing the following
PostScript code:
\p page "/Fn {findfont exch scalefont setfont} bind def
0.98 setgray
50 600 moveto
-45 rotate
180 /Helvetica Fn
(DRAFT) show"
This puts the word "DRAFT" at a 45 degree angle across the page in very
light grey large letters.
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6.6.22. WordPerfect for Windows: changing the background color
---------------------------------------------------------------
WordPerfect does not allow you to set the colors directly (except in Draft
mode); to change background color, you will need to change the systemwide
default colors in the Control Panel.
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6.7. Gang screens ("Easter Eggs")
==================================
This section describes the ways to display the secret or "gang" screens,
showing the authors of various packages, often with associated fireworks
and/or other animation.
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6.7.1. Windows 3.0
-------------------
* Make Program Manager active
* While holding down F3, press W I N 3. Release F3.
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6.7.2. Windows 3.1
-------------------
* Make Program Manager or any desk accessory active
* Select Help / About, hold down Shift+Ctrl+Alt, double-click on icon,
press OK
* Repeat
* Repeat to get the first "gang screen"
* Repeat to get the second "gang screen"
* Repeat to get the third "gang screen"
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6.7.3. Ami Pro 2.0
-------------------
* Select Help / About
* Hold down Shift, Ctrl and Alt
* Press F7. Type S P A M.
* Enter the last and third from last digits from the Available memory
display.
* Release Shift, Ctrl and Alt
Thanks to Avinoam Shmueli.
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6.7.4. Corel Draw! 3.0
-----------------------
* Hold down Shift and Ctrl
* Select Help / About
* Continue to hold down Shift and Ctrl
* Double-click on the balloon at the left side of the dialog.
* Hold down the left (or maybe right?) mouse button to light the burner
for the balloon, and make it rise, pulling a banner of developers'
names.
Thanks to J.D. Mathew.
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6.7.5. Excel 3.0
-----------------
* Select Formula / Goto, enter iv16384.
* Use the scroll bars to make this the only cell visible.
* Reduce the row and column widths to zero.
* Double-click on the single remaining button at the top left corner.
Thanks to Aaron Wallace.
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6.7.6. Norton Desktop for Windows 2.0
--------------------------------------
* Select Help / About
* Hold down N, D and W
* Double-click on the icon.
Thanks to Mark Scase.
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6.7.7. PageMaker for Windows 4.0
---------------------------------
* Hold down Shift and Ctrl
* Select Help / About PageMaker
...........................................................................
6.7.8. Procomm Plus for Windows 1.0
------------------------------------
* Select Window / Monitor
* Keep focus on the Monitor window
* Type GO DATASTORM!
* Select Help / About / Credits
Thanks to Joseph Malloy.
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6.7.9. Word for Windows 1.x
----------------------------
* Turn CapsLock on
* Select Format / Define / Styles / Options
* Select Normal for Based On
* Press OK
* Press Cancel
* Select Help / About
* Move cursor to inside dialog box, then hold down O, P, U and S at the
same time.
Thanks to Todd Lutz.
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6.7.10. Word for Windows 2.0
-----------------------------
* Select Tools / Macro
* Enter spiff, press Edit
* Delete all lines except for the middle blank line
* Select File / Close, press Yes
* Select Help / About, double-click on icon
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
7. APPLICATIONS
================
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7.1. Windows 2.x Applications
==============================
If you run in real mode of Windows 3.0, the old applications behave just
like in 2.x, but have somewhat less memory available to them. If the
applications are "well-behaved", they may also run in standard and 386
enhanced modes, but Windows will first warn you with a "nag" message that
the application wasn't written for Windows 3.x. If you run a ill-behaned
application in standard or 386 enhanced mode, the application will likely
crash.
If you have a 2.x application that runs well in all modes, you can mark it
Windows 3.0-compatible using either the mark3.exe or the nonag.exe utility.
Both are available from cica.
Basically, Windows 3.1 will no longer run Windows 2.0 applications.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
7.2. Troubleshooting
=====================
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7.2.1. AllType: converted TrueType fonts not in same family
------------------------------------------------------------
When AllType converts a, say, PostScript Type 1 font into TrueType, it does
not maintain the connection between the Regular, Bold, Italic and Bold
Italic fonts in the same family. Thus, if you have a font called Franciano
and select bold in your word processor, you will get a synthesized bold
version, not Franciano Bold.
To correct this, you might try a shareware utility called renamett, which
allows you to specify the family of the font.
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7.2.2. Ami Pro: table of contents
----------------------------------
If your page numbers in the Table of Contents are all 1, you have likely
generated the TOC twice without making any changes. To work around this
bug, make a trivial change to your document, and regenerate the table of
contents.
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7.2.3. Ami Pro 2.0: divide by zero error
-----------------------------------------
If Ami Pro crashes with a Divide by Zero error in Windows 3.1, check the
version number in the About... box. If your version is earlier than 306,
contact Lotus for a free upgrade to 306, which is fully compatible with
Windows 3.1.
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7.2.4. Ami Pro 3.0: overlapped screen text
-------------------------------------------
On some configurations, selecting a block of text and then starting to type
over it will not erase the existing text first before placing the new
characters on it, resulting in a corrupted screen display.
As a workaround, you may choose to either use draft mode or to turn off
full justification.
A fix diskette for this problem is available by calling Lotus technical
support.
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7.2.5. Ami Pro 3.0: slow printing
----------------------------------
If you are suffering from slow printing with Ami Pro 3.0, try the following
steps to improve the printing speed:
* Disable Print manager in the Windows Control Panel
* Disable Background Printing in Ami Pro's Tools: User Setup: Options.
...........................................................................
7.2.6. Corel Draw!: can't rotate bitmaps
-----------------------------------------
If you attempt to rotate a bitmap (such as a .bmp, .gif ot .tif file),
Corel Draw! will only display a gray rectangle. This affects only the
display, however, and the rotated graphics should print correctly.
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7.2.7. FrameMaker: scrambled dot-matrix output
-----------------------------------------------
FrameMaker will produce correct output only if the output device has square
pixels; that is, your printer must have the same horizontal and vertical
resolution. A 144 horizontal by 192 vertical resolution will produce
scrambled output. Unfortunately, the only choices are to use your printer
in a "square-pixel" resolution, or to switch to a printer with such a
resolution (most laser printers have square pixels).
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7.2.8. KA9Q: dropped packets
-----------------------------
In order to run properly within Windows 3.x and not drop packets, you need
to do two things:
* Start KA9Q with the -w option
* After starting KA9Q, start winpkt
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7.2.9. Norton Desktop for Windows: can't format in the background
------------------------------------------------------------------
While Windows is limited by DOS in some of its multitasking capabilities
(such as disk i/o), it can format floppies in the background (File Manager
does it!). NDW arbitrarily refuses to let you do anything else while
formatting -- it's a design feature!
Personally, I only buy preformatted diskettes!
...........................................................................
7.2.10. Norton Desktop for Windows: crashes from selecting files
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Norton Desktop, both versions 1.0 and 2.0, tends to crash if you select
multiple files and try to drag them to several places on the screen. No
fix is currently available.
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7.2.11. Mathematica 2.0 for Windows: problems with Windows 3.1, other
problems
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
Mathematica 2.0 does not work well with Windows 3.1. It also has a host of
other problems which exhibit themselves even under Windows 3.0.
The cure is to upgrade to Mathematica 2.1; the upgrade cost is US$ 50.
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7.2.12. NCSA Telnet [in DOS session]: crashes in a window
----------------------------------------------------------
The standard Telnet does not work well in a DOS session inside Windows
3.1's 386 Enhanced mode. There are three possible workarounds:
* Load the packet driver inside the DOS session, not before entering
Windows
* Use WinPkt (available free by ftp) instead of the standard packet
driver
* Use PktMux 1.1 (available free by ftp) instead of the standard
packet driver
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7.2.13. PageMaker 4.0: font selection box won't scroll
-------------------------------------------------------
This is a known problem. The workaround to use, if you have more fonts
than will fit in the selection box, is to press Ctrl+T to change the text
attributes (and thus the font).
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7.2.14. PageMaker 4.0: text color changes to almost invisible
--------------------------------------------------------------
this problems stems from an incompatability between PageMaker and Windows
3.1 video drivers. Although no fix is currently available, you can work
around the problem by switching between PageMaker and the other "color
intensive" application (which changes the colors) with Alt+Tab instead of
minimizing one and then restoring PageMaker. If the colors have already
been munged, start up command.com full-screen, exit it, and then maximize
PageMaker again to restore the colors.
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7.2.15. PageMaker 4.0: WordPerfect and Word for Windows import
---------------------------------------------------------------
As shipped, PageMaker 4.0's import filters do not support WordPerfect 5.1
for Windows (although WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS is OK), or Word for Windows
2.0. If you cannot locate the import filters at an ftp site or CompuServe,
contact Aldus for free updates.
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7.2.16. Pathway Access 1.x: terminal font
------------------------------------------
If in your 10x16 terminal font the uppercase 'K' and lowercase 'k' appear
identical, contact Wollongong for an update to a corrected terminal font.
...........................................................................
7.2.17. PC Tools 7.1: restore problems
---------------------------------------
PC Tools 7.1 does not check backups for data integrity while restoring,
thus possibly restoring corrupt data due to media errors on the disks.
This is not a bug, but a deficiency in PC Tools, and is unlikely to be
corrected prior to the release of the next version.
PC Tools also sometimes corrupts the last disk while doing a restore. Once
the last disk has been read, you should immediately remove it from the
drive.
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7.2.18. Procomm Plus for Windows: Zmodem transfer startup
----------------------------------------------------------
If you initiate a Zmodem transfer from Procomm, the other end of the link
may or may not automatically detect the start of a transfer, depending on
the software at that end; it's not dependent on Procomm. Specifically, the
sz/rz software on Unix does not start Zmodem transfers automatically.
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7.2.19. Quattro Pro for Windows: High resource requirements
------------------------------------------------------------
Quattro Pro always uses a large amount of Windows' available system
resources, and if you do heavy graphics, you can exhaust all available
resources, making it necessary to restart Windows.
This is apparently due to Borland's use of the OWL libraries, and no fix is
yet available.
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7.2.20. Quattro Pro for Windows: OLE and DDE problems
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Quattro Pro's OLE and DDE functionality is acknowledged to be buggy;
however, no fix is yet available.
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7.2.21. Quattro Pro for Windows: Saving over foreign formats
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If you open a foreign format (such as Excel or 1-2-3) spreadsheet, make
some changes, and select File / Save, Quattro Pro' will delete the original
document prior to telling you it can't save it.
No fix is yet available.
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7.2.22. Quicken for Windows: conflicts with communications software
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If Quicken produces a General Protection Fault on startup when you have a
communications package already running, it is likely trying to get at the
serial port (which is already in use).
To correct this problem, select Edit / Preferences / Electronic Payment,
and disable all the bank accounts. Click OK, and exit Quicken. If this
does not cure the problem, select Edit / Preferences / Modem Settings, and
set Quicken to use a different serial port than your communications
package.
If you actually want to use the electronic payment feature of Quicken, you
will not be able to run it at the same time as a communications package.
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7.2.23. Ventura Publisher 3.0: divide by zero errors
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Ventura Publisher 3.0 may get frequent divide by zero errors when used with
Windows 3.1. These appear to be related to non-Microsoft TrueType fonts,
which Ventura is unable to use reliably (the TrueType fonts from CorelDraw
also cause problems). You may wish to remove either all or selected non-
Microsoft TrueType fonts from your system to prevent the Ventura errors.
Ventura Publisher will also refuse to run with a display driver which uses
more than 256 colors.
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7.2.24. WinFax Pro 2.0
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If you are having difficulty sending faxes with WinFax Pro, check the date
of the file mod.exe; if it is 1-16-92 16:51, 62,976 bytes , you should get
a replacement from Delrina (call cuatomer support at (800) 268-6082).
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7.2.25. Word for Windows: accessing fonts
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Word for Windows shows in its font menu the fonts currently available for
the selected output device, not the display device. You can still use,
say, vector fonts that you installed, by typing the name of the font in the
edit box. Windows will draw vector fonts on the output device without
problems -- you may or may not like the results. Screen fonts are also
useable for printing on dot-matrix printers. These problems do not occur
with TrueType fonts in Windows 3.1, as they are available both on the
printer and on the display.
After you have installed new fonts (TrueType, ATM or any others), you need
to force Word for Windows to refresh its output device font list. The
easiest way to do this is to do File / Printer / Setup, click Setup, then
click OK, and finally OK again.
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7.2.26. Word for Windows 2.0: can't install additional components
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If Word for Windows won't install additional components (such as the
thesaurus or spellchecker) because it claims Word is not yet installed,
check your win.ini file, and make sure that under [Microsoft Word 2.0], you
have the line ProgramDir=C:\WINWORD (or whatever your Word for Windows
directory name is).
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7.2.27. Word for Windows 2.0: equation editor fonts
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If Word for Windows complains about missing MT Extra or MT Fences fonts,
but they are installed in the control panel, you will need to reinstall
them (this most commonly happens if you upgrade to Windows 3.1 after
installing Word for Windows). This is easiest done by using Word's Setup
program to remove Equation Editor, removing the MT Extra and MT Fences
fonts with Control Panel, and then reinstalling the Equation Editor.
This bug most frequently occurs if your printer port is set to FILE: when
installing Word for Windows.
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7.2.28. Word for Windows 2.0: equations have too much white space
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If you're using superscipts or subscripts in your equation, there will
likely be too much whitespace above the equation. If you check the
character format, the equation will be subscripted by a large number, such
as 40 points. You can manually reset the subscript amount; however, the
subscript will be set again when you print, if you have Update Fields
checked under File / Print / Options.
You can also use the following macro (written by Harvey Cohen,
hsc@honet6.attcom) to correct the spacing of all the equations in your
document:
Sub MAIN
StartOfDocument
ViewFieldCodes 1
EditFindClearFormatting
EditReplaceChar .Font = "", .Points = "", .Bold = - 1, .Italic = - 1,
.Strikeout = - 1, .Hidden = - 1, .SmallCaps = - 1,
.AllCaps = - 1, .Underline = - 1, .Color = - 1,
.Position = "0pt", .Spacing = ""
EditReplace .Find = "^19EMBED EQUATION ", .Replace = "^m",
.WholeWord = 1, .MatchCase = 1, .Format = 1, .ReplaceAll = 1
ViewFieldCodes 0
End Sub
This problem is corrected in Word for Windows 2.0b.
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7.2.29. Word for Windows 2.0: file too big to save
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This appears to be an oocasional problem with versions 2.0 and 2.0a,
although most users never experience it, even when working with large
documents.
Some of the workarounds that have been reported to work for some users are:
Select the entire document and paste it into another document
Select a non-PostScript printer and save
Save the document as RTF
Turn off Fast Save
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7.2.30. Word for Windows 2.0: headers and graphics
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If you have problems with disappearing headers or footers, or with
displayable graphics not printing, call Microsoft customer support for an
upgrade to version 2.0a.
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7.2.31. Word for Windows 2.0b: printing from Print Preview
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If you install the macros in pss.doc (included with Word 2.0b), you will no
longer be able to print from the Print Preview window. The following are
two workarounds provided by Ron Apland <apland@mala.bc.ca>:
Select Tools / Macro / Edit FilePrint, erase the existing macro and
insert the following:
Sub MAIN
Dim dlg As FilePrint
GetCurValues dlg
Dialog dlg
END--cut here--cut here
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