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Re: PageMaker colors out text??

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From: Steven Warner
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1992 20:12
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D. Kirk Darnell writes:
[...]
>Whenever he has another intensive graphics
>package open like Corel Draw 2.0 or Freelance for Windows and switches from
>PageMaker to one of the packages and then back to PageMaker the text
>(previously on white background) is barely visible behind one of many colors
[...]

Aldus is aware of this problem. It comes from incompatabilities in Pagemaker
and the windows 3.1 video drivers.  They suggest no work-around, but I have
one that works for me.

When you switch between PM and another 'color intensive app', use ALT+TAB.
Then go directly between the two apps.  This usually keeps the colors in
sync.

If PageMaker mungs the colors, then do this:
Have an icon in PROGMAN for a 'full screen' dos app.  Maybe even just the
icon for the command line.  Make sure it runs full screen.
Run this program, then exit it.  Click on the PageMaker window, this will 
usually cause the colors to 're-sync'.

Good luck.
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 Steven Warner  (34W 36L)
 sgw@boy.com    [ ess gee double you at boy dot com ]
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From: sgw@boy.com (Steven Warner)
Subject: Re: PageMaker colors out text??
Organization: Beach Systems / RTFM UN*X Solutions, Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1992 20:12:32 GMT
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