HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: doc@magna.com (Matthew J. D'Errico)
Subject: Re: Word for Windows 2.0a question... styles
Organization: Magna Software Corporation
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 16:29:57 GMT

In article <1992Aug17.184918.29595@cbnewsi.cb.att.com> Brian.C.Kohn@att.com (The Resource, Poet-Magician of Quality) writes:
>In article <NkJLPB1w164w@olson.acme.gen.nz> stefan@olson.acme.gen.nz (Stefan Olson) writes:
>>mcdonald@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (J. D. McDonald) writes:
>>> Are there Windows word processors where style files work correctly ...
>>> like in Latex, where you can simple change the style and the whole
>>> document changes along? 
>>Lotus Ami Pro does what you want...
>
>I haven't had any problems with Word for Windows 2.0 doing this
>correctly.

Obviously a fan of the Grammar Checker...

If you update a paragraph or the style sheet directly in W4W, either 1.1 or
2.0, you need to set the change as the global default for it to modify the
entire document...

You do need to be careful as far as inserting text from other documents,
or making local changes to a paragraph.  In both cases, the localized settings
override the style sheet and changes made to the style sheet will not effect
the override settings.  To revert back to the style, you need to select the
paragraph in question, then reselect the style, even if it's the current
style (it will then ask you if you want to make the current settings the
default -- you say "No"), and Viola !  You're in synch.

-- Doc
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: WinQVT/Net,Numlock & cursorkeys
From: srg3sir@grv
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 92 22:34:20 GMT
Reply-To: srg3sir@grv
Organization: DSIR, Lower Hutt, New Zealand.

In article <1992Aug18.144512.23595@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, kls@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Kenneth L Shellberg) writes:
>I recently obtained WinQVT/Net 2.7 and to be brief, the inverted t-pad
>cursor keys and the insert and delete keys do not work.  From a telnet
>window control-insert will not work to copy text to the clipboard.

For me it works just fine!

>In a telnet window running emacs (as I am right now), cursor keys
>only beep, forcing me to use control-b, etc.  Under NCSA telnet, these
>keys work fine.  Anyone care to comment?  Do I have a weird keyboard?
>Is this a known problem?  And has anyone gotten a response from the
>internet address for QPC at djpk@uhura.cc.rochester.edu?

Telnet cursor keys also work ok, so the problem is not WinQVT/Net 2.7

Richard Mayston
srg3sir@grv.grace.cri.nz
From: bartels@sweetpea.jsc.nasa.gov (Jeff Bartels 283-4167)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: Windows Gradebook?
Date: 14 Aug 92 19:25:58 GMT
Organization: McDonnell Douglas Space Systems Company

In article <23571@oasys.dt.navy.mil>, ruckman@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Christopher
Ruckman) writes:
... stuff deleted ...
|> >Howsomever, I'd be interested in trying out a Windows gradebook.  Does
|> >anyone in net-land know of such a thing, and if so, whether the product is
|> >solid, flexible, and comprehensive?
|> 
|> I just uploaded a copy of Gradebook for Windows v1.05 to cica.  I can't
|> comment on it as I have not used it.  The file is on ftp.cica.indiana.edu
|> as /pub/pc/win3/uploads/gb105.zip.
|> 
... stuff deleted ...

What is a gradebook program anyway?
From: Dave.Beaujean@davespc.mi.org (Dave Beaujean)
Sender: FredGate@davespc.mi.org
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: WINQVT2.6
Distribution: world
Date: 14 Aug 92 02:01:00 EST

Hi All!

I am having a problem. Can I ask for some assistance?
I would really appreciate any help as I am really
confused now. I use a prgram called "slfp" and one
called "net" which allows me to do FTP, telnet, etc.
I was under the impression that WINQVT does the
same thing in a windows environment. But I cannot
find out how to actually get the software to call out
on my mopem to connect to the net. Am I right in my
assumption that this is "SLIP8250" that I am looking for
to do this? I looked at it and found no way to have the
driver dial out and connect. I tried using the same "SLFP"
driver and ran into other problems (WINQVT said uncomaptible
or something to that effect). Can someone please set me in the
right direction on this as I would really be thrilled to be
able to work in a windows environment when telnetting and
FTP'ing. Thanks for any help that anyone might be able to
offer me. It will really be very much appreciated!!

Dave

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps,comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: dszpiro@student.business.uwo.ca (Daniel A. Szpiro)
Subject: Re: WINDOCK & Brian Capson?
Organization: University of Western Ontario
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 00:30:55 GMT

cap@mb5000.anes.upmc.edu (chris pilewski) writes:

> Brian Capson (becap@cs.mcgill.ca) is the developer of WinDock (a 
> fine Windows program launcher).  I corresponded with him a few months 
> ago about WinDock.  Now he seems to have vanished.  I got no reply 
> when I tried to register my copy of WinDock.  And, he has not answered 
> email sent to the address he listed in the WinDock 'About' box.  If 
> anyone knows of a newer email address, please mail it to me: 
> pil@med.pitt.edu.

Back in May I sent a $15 cheque off to Brian Capson to register my
copy of WinDock. I was hoping that if I rceived a registration number
then the nag screen for WinDock at boot-up would disappear. Well, my
cheque was cashed right away, but I never heard from Capson. I have
since mailed him two paper-mail letters and a couple of e-mail
messages without any response.

I know that $15 is not a lot of money, but its experiences like this
that make me doubt whether I should bother ever registering shareware
again in the future. If a comment like that upsets shareware
developers who consider themselves responsible, then they too should
try to get people like Capson to act responsibly.

Maybe we need a conference just for posting experiences with
shareware.

Danny

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: macole@wam.umd.edu (Mario A. Cole)
Subject: Re: Any recommendations for Windows communications apps / w/Unix? (SUMMARY)
Keywords: Windows Communications Apps, Windows, Unix
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 23:17:07 GMT

In article <1992Aug21.004538.21232@tc.fluke.COM> moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer) writes:
>Just a note: I didn't get any responses to this, but I did get out there and
>play with Microphone, CrossTalk and ProComm Plus for Windows.  Neither
>MicroPhone or CrossTalk's interfaces impressed me very much (I get the
>impression that they haven't quite "gotten" Windows yet (particularly
>CrossTalk)), while ProComm's impressed me very much.  Also, ProComm has a
>very nice feature set, and seems to have everything I want (I didn't
>evaluate it's script language much, as I don't plan on writing many --
>though it looks, at first glance, fairly rich.)  
>
Procomm's Aspect language is very rich...I bought Procomm so I can write some
involved scripts (of course, I haven't touched it since I bought it, but who
cares...Procomm is an awesome com program).  I just got hold of the updates
for Procomm and they are a set of scripts that actually make changes with
the PW.exe file while it is running. 

>And the price was right, and it did everything I needed it to do during
>my trial run; so I ordered ProComm Plus.  I'll let you know if I run into
>any problems with it.
>

Believe it or not...InfoWorld ranked Procomm 4 Windows second behind Relay
Gold...but Relay Gold costs about $500 (list price) while I picked up Procomm
for about $90.  Oh..and I haven't run into any problems with it at all.

(Is this a plug or what????)
Mario


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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps,comp.text.desktop
From: saal@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (samuel.saal)
Subject: Re: Framemaker vs Ventura
Organization: liver ---> spleen
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 12:47:07 GMT

In article <3084@isgtec.isgtec.com> ted@isgtec.com (Ted Richards) writes:

>Has anyone had experience comparing one to the other, or just experience
>using Framemaker?  Any horror stories?  Any tales of wonder?

I've been using Frame for quite a while now and am _very_ impressed.  If
her machine is fast enough (what platform will she be using?) Frame is
great.  I'm currently using it for both printed and on-line Hypertext
documentation and am using conditional text to manage that.

One of the biggest problems I've had with Frame is that when I am working
with a large document (one with m any sub-docs) there is not yet a way to
globally effect all open files (save, change a condition, etc) I must
de-iconize each individually.  Because I have 17 files in my current work,
this can be time consuming as I keep all the files open because you can't
do a cross reference to a closed file.  Then again, I'm a window-a-holic.
-- 
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		Note new machine name
	Vayiftach HaShem et Peah Ha`Aton
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: btbg1194@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Bradley T Banko)
Subject: Re: Auto Load in Windows 3.0? (Thanks!)
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 23:47:58 GMT

In article <Bt6vsp.4w4@news.cso.uiuc.edu> btbg1194@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Bradley T Banko) writes:
>Anybody still using Windows 3.0?  I am trying to figure out how to get
>auto load/run applications to load their init files.  These are the
>standard Windows applications Calendar and Terminal mainly.
>I have added the startup files to the "property" command line under
>the program manager, and the init files load when the applications are
>loaded manually, but not when the applications are started automatically
>by adding them to the "load=" or "run=" lines of the "win.ini" file.
>
As several kind people have pointed out, you can put the "initialization"
file in the "load=" and "run=" lines in "win.ini", and that will start up
the associated file.  For example:

	run= mycal.cal myterm.trm

will start up the calendar and terminal program if you have saved your 
configurations under those associated names.  (mycal, myterm)

Brad Banko

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: ishida@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (Da Phantom)
Subject: capture selected text to printer?
Summary: none
Keywords: printer capture
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 17:52:43 GMT

Is there a utility or some way of capturing selected text from a windows app
directly to a printer without going through copy,paste to notepad, then print.
I just want to have some hot key or utility that prints the selected text to 
the lpt1: printer(prn).  Any help appreciated.  Please email me or post to the
group.  thanx!!!!


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From: dmmatt@bigez (Mike Mattix)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: WP for Windows or Word?
Date: 19 Aug 92 13:37:35 GMT
Article-I.D.: bigez.1992Aug19.133735.1
 <cchapman.115.714074768@matd.gatech.edu> <1992Aug19.060722.25549@ee.ubc.ca>
Organization: Monsanto Agricultural Company
Nntp-Posting-User: dmmatt

In article <1992Aug19.060722.25549@ee.ubc.ca>, tau@ee.ubc.ca (AU TRI BANG) writes:
> In article <cchapman.115.714074768@matd.gatech.edu> cchapman@matd.gatech.edu (Charles H. Chapman) writes:
>>In article <1992Aug17.080928.1@bigez> dmmatt@bigez (Mike Mattix) writes:
>>
>>Stuff deleted...
>>
>>>...  My kingdom for reveal codes!!
>>
>>
>>Exactly!  *All* word processors have hidden codes, even Word.  In Word
>>the codes are totally hidden.  Formatting is much easier when you have
>>the option to *see* the codes and control exactly where they are placed.
> 
>     That's what I thought, too.  But when I saw someone format a document
> in WORD with such ease, I got to thinking that maybe it's my own incompetence.
> Could it be that we find formatting without seeing the codes hard because
> we learned it that way?  I once asked a Word user to use WP, and he said
> that formatting is "weird" in WP (he didn't use reveal codes).
>   
>     I find that new users prefer WordWin to WPWin.  Only WPDos users
> like WPWin.  Maybe the next version of WP will change all that.

 I certainly don't operate in reveal codes mode constantly.  I like ease of
formatting as much as the next person.  I guess it comes down to what individuals
mean by 'ease' of formatting.  I do know that I like the control that going into 
reveal codes mode gives me when things go badly.  I don't think it would be 
asking too much of MicroSoft to add that kind of a feature.  I guess it does go
back to WPDOS (which I hate BTW) but the feature has a great deal of benefit.

 I guess it goes back to the simple: Why can't the computer give me what I wanted,
not what I asked for'.  In W4W I can't even be sure what I asked it to do!!

-- 
Mike Mattix
Agricultural Group of Monsanto
P.O. Box 174
Luling, LA 70070
INTERNET Address: dmmatt@bigez.monsanto.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: liats3@cspyr1.cs.adfa.oz.au (LIANG TIAN)
Subject: Re: W4W saving
Keywords: W4W
Organization: Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, Australia
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 03:44:14 GMT

tfarmer@datamark.co.nz (Thomas Farmer) writes:

>In article <1992Aug20.024607.24995@sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au> liats3@cspyr1.cs.adfa.oz.au (LIANG TIAN) writes:
>>  I have a document which W4W refuse to save, saying it is
>>too large, I tried spliting it into 2 but both parts can't be saved,
>>same problem. I saved the file when it was just a little smaller, so
>>this is ridiculous. I am really pissed off with it and will really
>>appreciate if someone can email the solution, if any, to me.

>Well, it's a bug.

>Last time it happened to me, I got around it by selecting the entire
>document, cutting it and then pasting it into another version of Word
>for Windows that I had loaded up. It saved from that one.

  Thanks for replying. Doesn't seem to a solution to this. I solved
my problem by saving it as a RTF(rich Text File) format. Although
the filesize was at least twice as large as a .DOC file, it saved OK.
This was after I have error messages about file too big and not enough
diskspace(I have 14M free!). The RTF format preserved all my formatting
perfectly. BTW, what is the RTF for?

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: dan@delfin.com (Dan Stickel)
Subject: Re: WP for Windows or Word?
Organization: Delfin Systems
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 16:58:23 GMT

ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib) writes:
: In article <0095F13C.2CF87560@srcvax.cem.msu.edu> medlin@srcvax.cem.msu.edu (Stephen Medlin) writes:
: 
: I am a WP 5.1 user who bought a copy of WinWord 2. While I think
: its really nice, I find I have to relearn a lot of things, WP help
: or no WP help. Indenting is one. I find indenting paragraphs in 
: Word to be somewhat awkward (one keystroke does it in WP 5.1). I
: also find that dealing with paragraph-based formatting strange. 
: 

To quickly indent a paragraph, press <CTRL-N> (can be repeated for further 
indenting).  To unindent a paragraph (1 level), press <CTRL-M>.  For
finer control, use the format paragraph dialog box, available from the
Format menu or by double-clicking on the ruler.
From: sjm2458@bcstec.ca.boeing.com (Steve McCarthy)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Alternate modem configuration for Crosstalk phone book entries
Keywords: crosstalk windows atz1
Date: 14 Aug 92 16:00:02 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Boeing Computer Services, Seattle


Question for you Crosstalk for Windows experts:

   I am trying to connect my new V.32bis modem with older non-error-
correcting modems, and I have the correct settings written to 
alternate configuration register 1 (i.e. "ATZ1" correctly sets up the
modem).

   Since Crosstalk does not have a "terminal mode," where AT commands
can be sent directly to the modem (as in QModem), I attempted to write
a script.  After trying many different angles, such as changing the MODIFIER
string, it would still automatically do an "ATZ" (instead of ATZ1) 
every time I used the CALL or DIAL command.

   So the overall problem statement is: Is there any way to associate a 
particular modem configuration with a particular phone book entry?

   If you know how to do this in QModem as well, please let me know.

   E-mail would be most appreciated, since I am rather infrequent in this
newsgroup.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: rrempel@fraser.sfu.ca (Rodney Dwight Rempel)
Subject: Re: Stacker, Windows, Swapfile, & Defrag
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 19:20:33 GMT

dszpiro@student.business.uwo.ca (Daniel A. Szpiro) writes:

>Hi,

>I have a question regarding Stacker and the Windows 3.1 permanent swapfile
>and I hope someone can help.

>When I originally installed Stacker I left enough room on the unstacked
>portion of my hard disk for a 6M permanent swapfile for Windows. Recently
>I had to install more files on the unstacked portion and I had to remove
>the swapfile to do so. Later, after deleting many of these files, I tried
>reinstall the swapfile. Even though the unstacked portion of my hard disk
>is now LARGER than it was before, Windows will not allow me to create the
>same 6M swapfile.

>I think the problem is that the files left on the unstacked portion of my
>hard drive have left insufficient contiguous space to recreate the 6M
>permanent swapfile.

>Stacker's SDEFRAG utility will defragment the stacked drive, but will not
>operate on the unstacked portion. Norton's SPEED DISK won't stop with the
>small, unstacked portion of my hard drive and is a no-no with Stacker.

>So, my question is how can I defragment the files on the unstacked portion
>of my hard drive only, and leave the stacked portion alone?

>Any tips or advice will be greatly appreciated.

>Thanks in advance,
>Danny

I've been using PCTools Compress to defrag , not Norton, but I presume
they have most of the same commands...
Let's assume C is your "normal" drive and D is your "stacked" drive.
D is nothing more than a file on C and a driver to fool the system. 
When the Stacker says "don't defrag a stacked drive" they really 
mean "don't type COMPRESS d: or DEFRAG d: (whatever the command is
for Norton, COMPRESS is the PCTools command). And they --really-- 
mean it! Crash-city potential.
What you can do is COMPRESS c:. Since the stacked "drive" is just a file, 
tell your defragger to ignore hidden,system, files (I'm pretty sure
that Stacker installs its files this way, but check the attribute 
bytes to be sure). PCTools compress ignores these files as a default,
but you may want to check your manual to see if Norton does.

As always, it is a good idea to backup all drives before decfragging
them (yeah right, and get 8 hours sleep, and eat your veggies,...),
but I've not had any problems doing it this way.

Rod Rempel rrempel@sfu.ca
Department of Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University
... if two million people do a stupid thing, it's still a stupid thing

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: dszpiro@student.business.uwo.ca (Daniel A. Szpiro)
Subject: Stacker, Windows, Swapfile, & Defrag: The Easy Answer
Organization: University of Western Ontario
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 22:20:34 GMT

Hi,

Thanks to everyone who answered my original posting on how to defrag
the files on the unstacked portion of my hard drive without disturbing
the stacked portion.

As many of the people who responded pointed out, there is actually no
problem after all: Norton's SpeedDisk or any similar defrag routine
will work fine if the physical drive is specified. The stacked "drive"
is safe since it appears as a large, non-moveable file to the defrag
software.

Thanks again,

Danny

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: krhobson@midway.ecn.uoknor.edu (Kenneth Ray Hobson)
Subject: Windows Gradebook
Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 17:51:57 GMT

I tried windows gradebook in win3.1 but it caused an error in the vbrun100.dll
file.  This was probably due to my 286 only having 1 meg ram.  I have two megs
of ram but no program to manage the extra ram.   

I am looking for Qemm to handle this but have not found a Qemm for my 286.  I
heard that Quarterdeck is going to produce a DesQview for the 286.  Maybe it
will help.
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: FoxPro 2.5
From: bmartin@bbs.mdcbbs.com
Date: 17 Aug 92 06:20:25 GMT
Organization: GM CANADA
Nntp-Posting-User: bmartin

Anyone know when Microsoft FoxPro 2.5 for Windows will be released? Any
rumours?
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps