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From: schurchv@zeus.calpoly.edu
Subject: Re: WinWord bug (can't save!!!)...HELP!!!
Organization: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1992 09:58:35 GMT

You may also want to try and save the file using a non-Postcript printer
driver.  This was mentioned in the latest Pc World magazine.

steve
From: tabitha@vms.huji.ac.il
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: PC Tools 8.0-PC Tools for Windows
Date: 12 Nov 92 23:45:50 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Can anybody guess when PC Tools for Windows will come out?
I have little interest in PC Tools 8.0, but I'm afraid the
upgrade from 8.0 to Windows will be much less than from
7.1 to Windows.  Does anybody know?  Can anybody guess?
-dennis turner
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: carter@cemvax.cem.msu.edu (Tom Carter) 
Subject: re: Word for Windows question
Organization: Michigan State University, Chemistry Dept., E. Lansing, MI 
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 92 14:23:47 GMT

In article <608@toontown.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM> craig@toontown.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM (Craig S. Williamson) writes:
>
>I would like to include an encapsulated postscript image on every page
>of a document that my new stuff gets overlayed upon.  Is there a way to
>do this?  Basically what I want is the word Uncontrolled written diagonally
>and at a halftone on every page of some documents we are creating.  Can this
>be done in Word for Windows?  It would be nice to include this in the header
>of each page if possible.
>
>Craig 
>
>-- 
>                                                     "Please Captain...
>-Craig Williamson                               Not in front of the Klingons."
> Craig.Williamson@ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM              -Spock  STV 
> craig@toontown.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM (home)

Put the image in the header, place it where you want it anywhere on the page
and use a negative number for the top margin setting (-1" if you want a 1" top 
margin). You can also do it in the footer, with a negative number for the bottom 
margin.
Alternatively, use the WaterMark macro which is found in the NEWMACRO.DOC
document included with W4W, and is in the WINWORD Directory. This only works 
for PostScript printers, but can do what you need automatically, with groovy 
shading too. HTH
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: bsteinke@dsd.es.com (Bruce Steinke)
Subject: ProComm + for Windows Question
Followup-To: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Reply-To: bsteinke@dsd.es.com (Bruce Steinke)
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp., Salt Lake City, UT
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 16:54:02 GMT

A quick question...

Does PC+4Win support larger (~2000) byte packets with Kermit?

Thanks!

-Bruce


-- 
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  bsteinke@dsd.es.com               |  need a good piece of rope."
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  < Speaking only for myself, unless otherwise noted. >
From: foncy@bu-it.bu.edu (jesus ramos)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Win QVT 478 Lockup
Keywords: win QVT
Date: 11 Nov 92 13:43:25 GMT
Reply-To: foncy@bu-it.bu.edu (jesus ramos)
Organization: Boston University College of Engineering


	I tried to run WinQVT 4.78 on my computer, and every time the program
sends a reset string, the computer locks in such a way that I have to
turn it off to reset it. I tried other programs as well(Unicom 3.0g,
Softerm Wkerm) and all of them do the same thing. I don't know if it's
my computer (It's a 286), or the modem. I've tried to switch to other
COM ports, but the modem doesn't respond.
	I'm running it under windows3.1 on a Compaq 286 with 2Meg. The modem is
a Boca 14.4 fax/modem setup at COM3/IRQ3

	Can someone help?

	Jesus Ramos		Mail foncy@buengf.bu.edu or foncy@acs.bu.edu
From: tfj@apusapus.demon.co.uk (Trevor Jenkins)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: W4W 2.0 import of MAC rtf broken?
Date: 9 Nov 92 20:21:46 GMT
Organization: Job hunters use Parachute


In article <1992Nov7.204131.8193@cs.uoregon.edu> akm@atlantix.cs.uoregon.edu writes:

> The way to transfer both text and graphics from Mac word to W4W is to
> use MacWord 5.0 to save the file as a w4w file. MacWord 5.0 will read
> W4W files in native format. 

What if I try using the Mac Word 5.0 option in W4W?

As I've said elsewhere these are NOT my documents and I don't have access
to a Mac so any suggestion requiring one dont help much. The documents are
copies of the SEI Maturity Model which I've ftped from their archive.

> Note that this translation is also not 100% fool proof. I have had a
> case where the graphic did not transfer...

Not being a 100%-fool things should be alright. :-) 

Regards, Trevor.

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From: mcglob@usissc.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Brian.McGloin)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: WinWord bug (can't save!!!)...HELP!!!
Date: 6 Nov 92 13:57:29 GMT
Reply-To: mcglob@usissc.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Brian.McGloin)
Organization: DaytonOH.NCR.COM

In article <64540007@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com$ nunis@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com (Simon NUNIS) writes:
$hi everyone.
$
$recently, i remember reading a thread about a WinWord bug which for some
$reason does not allow you to save a file saying that there is not enough
$memory.  at that time, i did not think it would impact me...how silly...
$
$anyway, if anyone has a summary of that thread (better still, a solution),
$please email it to me.  this is a matter of life and death.  thanks.
$
$simon.
$
$email:  nunis@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com

Turn off Fast Saves under Tools, Options, Save.  I've run into numerous 
problems lately with Word 2.0a not saving and turning this feature off works 
everytime.

Anyone know if this feature is "refined" in Word 2.0b???

-- 
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NCR Corp.		| And raise your hand with me 
USG/ISS-OLS		| I'm England stole, I'm Ireland spent 
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
Subject: Re: windows + fish
Keywords: fish
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 04:48:12 GMT

In article <BxHyIs.Ho7@brunel.ac.uk> Brian.Milner@brunel.ac.uk (Brian D Milner) writes:

>Also, there is a fish3 shareware program that's not strictly a 
>screensaver - it doesn't cut in after N seconds , but it has 
>the fish and bubbles, and even alligators!

Don't remember the alligators but there were penguins..

A microsoft saleslady told me this was written to demonstrate the 
multitasking abilities of Windows386...

Try cutting the fish down to one. It'll look pretty neurotic...

Or set the fish to 99, minimize it then double click on the icon..
the big compressed fish mass disperses with alacrity..

Also if you minimize it the icon will have fish swimming in it. 
That impressed my mac-owning friends no end  9-)



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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: andreid@jvd.msk.su (Andrei Davydov)
Subject: Re: need cyrillic fonts for windows... know of any?
Organization: JV Dialogue, Moscow
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 13:50:20 GMT

lucho@quack.sac.ca.us (Lou Pendley) writes:
: i'm taking a russian class, and i'd like to be able to type in letters
: in cyrillic, in windows, probably ms-word for windows.
: 
: if you know of any product that handles cyrillic true type, please let
: me know whatever you have - product, company, cost, functionality.

Fonts is not only thing you should install when you want to type 
Russian. First of all, you need keyboard driver. Changing 
LANGUAGE.DLL is also good idea, at least for WinWord 2.0b. 

You can also make full "russification" of your Windows. After that 
your Windows will speak both English and Russian, as well as 
Ukrainian and Byelorussian. This is the way how we use Windows here 
in Russia. "Russificator" change keyboard driver, add new keyboard 
layouts, LANGUAGE.DLL, xlat.bin and replace all raster and vector 
fonts which you can find in MS Windows retail diskettes. True Type 
fonts is another story - there are some TT fonts in Russian market 
but I'm not sure there are an easy way to buy it in the West now. If 
you want to try shareware version of one of "russificators" - 
Cyrillic for MS Windows (which is mine), ask Michael Ingram at 
Distant Markets by email <71520.1475@comuserve.com> or call 1-800-
661-7383 (toll-free for US and Canada).

Andrei
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From: tonyd@ssc60.sbwk.nj.us (Tony DeBari)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: How do I print very BIG letters?
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 92 20:31:37 -0500
Organization: Lost In Space

In <1992Nov9.182753.24377@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> rubin@procon.jhuapl.edu (Don Rubin) writes:
>I have read that TrueType fonts can be scaled up to
>999 points. I need to print some numbers about 8" high.
 ^^^^^^^^^^
>The font size selection dialog boxes in Windows Write,
>notepad or WP for Windows. Suggestions?

This may depend on your printer driver.  I have the Windows HP LaserJet+
driver installed and I can't get the point size box to accept anything
bigger than 127 (~1.75").

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                     UUCP: ...!uunet!ssc60!tonyd      *P*: GHRW14B

"First things first ... but not necessarily in that order" - The Doctor
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: gilem@aix.rpi.edu (Michael R. Gile)
Subject: Re: Professional Draw
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 04:50:17 GMT

In article <rick.77.721345696@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu> rick@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu (Richard M. Warner) writes:
>>I recently saw an ad for a new drawing package for windows (at
>>least I have never seen or heard it mentioned before)  It is
>>called professional draw and is made by "GoldDisk"  Has
>>anyone ever used/heard of it?
>>
>>Mike
>
>One of the recent InfoWorld issues reviewed the major PC and Mac 
>illustration programs.  Professional Draw ended up last in a 5 package
>field (Adobe Illustrator [Mac and Windows], FreeHand [Mac and Windows],
>Micrografx Designer [Windows], Corel Draw [Windows, with Mac coming soon],
>and Professional Draw).  Corel was on top of the heap, and the other
>3 in the middle.  All had their strengths and weaknesses.  P. Draw's biggest
>weakness was a severe printing bug that InfoWorld said that GoldDisk had
>confirmed.  You might want to find that issue and look over the review.
>The competition in this field is tough - and for now everyone is struggling
>to keep up with Corel.

this is very depressing! did they fix the bug?  I have not yet found a 
drawing package that I like, despite the competition.  Maybe it is 
because people are trying to keep up with Corel, which I definitely do
not like.

Mike
gilem@rpi.edu

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: koopal@fwi.uva.nl (Andre Koopal)
Subject: Re: winmine - How to cheat?
Organization: FWI, University of Amsterdam
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 13:58:15 GMT

steimann@quando.quantum.de (Ulrich Steimann) writes:

>In article <1992Nov6.175313.18245@quando.quantum.de>
>steimann@quando.quantum.de (I) wrote:

>>a little while ago there was a discussion about how to cheat
>>Winmine. It was said to press XYZZY<Enter><Shift-Enter>.

>Thanx to all who replied.

>I was right with that keystrokes. The point is to watch the upper
>left corner of the _screen_, not any window, icon or field.

I just tried this at home, but it doesn't work for me. What can I do wrong.

Thanks in Advance,

Andre

>It works fine for me.
>>	UST
>Ulrich Steimann, Quantum GmbH, | Descartes enters a pub.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: carter@cemvax.cem.msu.edu (Tom Carter) 
Subject: re: Word for Windows 2.0 problems
Organization: Michigan State University, Chemistry Dept., E. Lansing, MI 
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 13:20:48 GMT


In article <1992Nov9.153309.19802@infodev.cam.ac.uk> mos11@cus.cam.ac.uk (Mark Scase) writes:
>I am using WFW 2.0 and I would like to insert the date into my
>documents.  When using the "Insert Date/Time" option WFW inserts
>a field which looks up the current date.  This method has its drawbacks.
>For example, if I create a document and use this command then the
>current date is inserted (obviously).  Suppose I save this document
>and then retrieve it one week later because I would like to print
>another copy of it.
>WFW inserts the *current* date again so that the document is effectively
>changed and no longer has the date when I created it, but the date I
>retrieve it.
>This can be a pain when your documents are letters which have the date
>on them.  Each time you retrieve the letter and print it, the current
>date is printed and not the date when you created the letter.
>I have been on the phone to Microsoft in the UK and I was told to use
>the "CreateDate" function.  However, it is not obvious to me how to
>do this.
>If anyone knows how to alter the "Insert Date/Time" menu option so that
>the date is inserted and doesn't get updated if you retrieve the
>document at a subsequent date I'd be grateful if you'd let me know what
>to do.
>Thanks,
>Mark
>-- 
>Dr M.O. Scase,                     email:  mos11@cus.cam.ac.uk
>Dept of Experimental Psychology,
>University of Cambridge,
>Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EB, UK.

Press F9 to create a new field code, and type "createdate" in the brackets 
for the field code. 
Or, after inserting the date, put the cursor in the date and press 
<CTRL><SHIFT>F9 (unlink field) so that just the result is left in your 
document which won't update next time you open it. HTH
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From: rick@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu (Richard M. Warner)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: Professional Draw
Date: 9 Nov 92 21:48:16 GMT
Organization: San Jose State University, Math & CS

In article <1pj1p1l@rpi.edu> gilem@aix.rpi.edu (Michael R. Gile) writes:
>Path: sjsumcs!octopus!satyr!apple!taligent!data.nas.nasa.gov!ames!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!gilem
>From: gilem@aix.rpi.edu (Michael R. Gile)
>Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
>Subject: Professional Draw
>Message-ID: <1pj1p1l@rpi.edu>
>Date: 6 Nov 92 05:13:16 GMT
>Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
>Lines: 6
>Nntp-Posting-Host: aix.rpi.edu
>I recently saw an ad for a new drawing package for windows (at
>least I have never seen or heard it mentioned before)  It is
>called professional draw and is made by "GoldDisk"  Has
>anyone ever used/heard of it?
>
>Mike

One of the recent InfoWorld issues reviewed the major PC and Mac 
illustration programs.  Professional Draw ended up last in a 5 package
field (Adobe Illustrator [Mac and Windows], FreeHand [Mac and Windows],
Micrografx Designer [Windows], Corel Draw [Windows, with Mac coming soon],
and Professional Draw).  Corel was on top of the heap, and the other
3 in the middle.  All had their strengths and weaknesses.  P. Draw's biggest
weakness was a severe printing bug that InfoWorld said that GoldDisk had
confirmed.  You might want to find that issue and look over the review.
The competition in this field is tough - and for now everyone is struggling
to keep up with Corel.
From: apland@mala.bc.ca
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: W4W 2.0b hang
Date: 7 Nov 92 10:14:44 -0700
Distribution: comp
Organization: Malaspina College

In article <HOLBROOK.92Nov3134500@nic.cic.net>, holbrook@cic.net (Paul Holbrook) writes:
> I just got a copy of Word for Windows 2.0b.  Since Microsoft doesn't
> tell you what's changed/fixed in these kind of releases, I'm not
> really sure what's different.  But I have find some kind of bug; I'm
> just not sure whether it's a widespread bug or one peculiar to my
> setup.  Anyone else who has 2.0b, give this one a try and tell me if
> you see the problem.
> 
> The following sequence makes my copy of 2.0b hang every time:
> 
> Open word, start typing in a new document.  It doesn't seem to matter
> what you type or how much.
> 
> Now, hold down the ALT key, and at the same time, press the F4 and F6
> keys together.  On my machines, this locks up Word solid: I have to
> type CTRL-ALT-DEL to get out.
> 

I was able to replicate this on one computer and not on another.There are many 
hardware differences though - locked on 386-20 8Megs, no lock on 486-33 16 Megs
 - both AMI bios, different drives and keyboards etc.

Ron
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: ieong@fraser.sfu.ca (Kim Ieong)
Subject: Re: Postscript Viewers
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 18:20:59 GMT

casale@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Michael Casale) writes:

>Hi netters,
>	This may be a a faq but I'll try anyway.  Are there any good 
>Postscript viewers for MSDOS or windows platforms?   I have heard of ghostview
>but that seems to only work for X-windows.   Shareware, public domain or
>commercial software would be fine.
>	
>				Thanks
>		
>				Michael Casale
>				casale@eniac.seas.upenn.edu
>.

Ghostscript for Windows is available from ftp.cica.indiana.edu.  The file
name is GS252WIN.ZIP.

Kim Ieong

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: harp@martha.utcc.utk.edu (harp)
Subject:  Startup group question 
Keywords: Backmenu, Windows, Startup, AHH!
Organization: University of Tennessee Computing Center
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 02:48:44 GMT


Hello All,
	I have an interesting question about the Windows startup group.  I am
running Backmenu 2.40 as my shell because it is similar to the X-windows
based hierarchical menuing system I am used to.  Anyway, this version of
backmenu when run as the shell will execute all of the applications in the
Startup group.  This is great, but here comes my problem.  I have
absolutely no idea what particular order Backmenu is launching these programs
in.  It seems to make up it's own funky order out of thin air.  However, 
when the Program Manager launches these, it does so in the order in
which they appear in the window (left to right, top to bottom).  Does
anybody out there have any experience with Backmenu or a way to force the
order on these apps?  Oh the reason I would like to do this is because I
have several applications which I don't want icons on the screen and the
last application I need to load is Hider.

Sean Harp
University of Tennessee


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From: kneller@dufy.mmwb.ucsf.edu (Don Kneller)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: W4W: Linking documents together
Date: 6 Nov 92 02:21:29 GMT
Organization: UCSF Computer Graphics Lab

I7110503@dbstu1.rz.tu-bs.de (Peter Jonas) writes:

>If have a small problem to understand the way how W4W is linking one
>document into another:
> 
>I would like to split a large document into smaller parts and then want
>to link them together in a main document. I was using the menu selections
>'INSERT'-'FILE'-<filename>-option 'link' (hope these are the right names
>because I am using the german version).
>Then in the main document I only have the fields
> (INSERT <file1.doc>)
> (INSERT <file2.doc>)
> ...
>Then I have saved the main file.
> 

>Now the question is: What happens with the main document on disk. Is it
>true that this file contains all lines from every particular file, so
>has a size of all parts together ? Until today I believed that only the
>reference lines (fields) are stored in the main document and that this
>file should be very small. But now I have found that it is very large ?
> 

I've found doing this too painful for several reasons:

	1) The contents of the component files are stored in the main document,
	   so you don't save any disk space.


	2) The link is not dynamic in any sense and you have to remember to
	   "Update Fields" if you made a change to the component document
	   that you want reflected in the main document. And you have to
	   remember to "Update Source (or whatever)" in the main document
	   to register changes into the component document.


	3) Don't ever edit the large document and the component document at
	   the same time. It is too easy to make a mistake and lose your
	   changes in one or the other.


	4) Fields in the component documents are impossible to see, since if
	   you want to see the fields, the main document is reduced to:
		{INCLUDE ... }
		{INCLUDE ... }

	   This makes cross references between components basically impossible.


	5) It is very difficult to select text near either end of the component
	   document when working in the main document. This is because if you
	   go too far the entire component document is selected and cannot be
	   unselected by moving the mouse back a little bit. You have to start
	   your selection all over.


	6) Outline mode works very poorly, with text selection really broken.


	7) Spurious paragraph marks are added to the component document.


	8) {INCLUDE ...} is relative to Word's current directory, not relative
	   to the including file, which means you basically have to use
	   absolute paths for the included, component file. This is painful
	   if several people are to be working on different components at
	   the same time.


	9) If you change the style sheet you have to propagate the changes to
	   all the component documents. With one large document there is only
	   one style sheet.

For all these reasons, I gave up trying to structure a large document into
sub-components. It would have been nice ...

- don
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Donald G. Kneller
University of California, San Francisco