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From: sgw@boy.com (Steven Warner)
Subject: Re: Intellidraw sloooww
Organization: Beach Systems / RTFM UN*X Solutions, Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 00:48:02 GMT

In article <carol.721960956@ee.uts.EDU.AU> carol@ee.uts.edu.au (Carol Gibson) writes:
>Hi. I am using Intellidraw V.1 on a 486 with 4 Meg of RAM
>and Windows 3.1. The damn thing not only goes incredibly
>slowly, but keeps running out of memory during saves and
>other significant moments. I've stripped the pc's system
>files down to the basics, closed every other possible 
>window, and *still* the thing is completely braindead.
>Has anyone out there had success with this package? Does
>anyone know how to make it run more efficiently?
Yes!   You won't like the answer though, but do what I did...

Take it back to the store, get a refund, and buy Aluds Freehand.
You can buy it for $99 from aldus thru Dec 1.

It is much better and faster
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From: huot@cray.com (Tom Huot)
Subject: Quicken for Windows DANGER
Keywords: quicken accounting money
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Date: 20 Nov 92 13:35:16 CST

I have found a dangerous problem in QW 1.0. That is overwriting existing
entries in the register without knowing it. I have mistakenly overwritten
an existing entry by not realizing which line I was on when I chose
"USE" from the memorized transactions list. This led me to believe I had
almost $800 more in my checking account than I did. This has happened a
few times. Fortunately, I caught the problem before I bounced checks. It
seems to have occurred more often when I use CheckFree electronic payment
for some reason or other. I'll admit it is my fault for not making sure
I'm on the first open register entry, but it seems there should be some
protection against this type of error.
Is there any way to protect against this happening or is there any more
protection built into version 2.0 against this sort of thing?

Any suggestions would be appreciated. E-mail if possible since I can't
seem to keep up with the traffic on this newsgroup. I'll post a summary.
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From: kevin@edscom.demon.co.uk (Kevin Broadey)
Subject: Re: NDW: SmartCan protection for network drives - how?
X-Disclaimer: These opinions are mine: others available on request.
Organization: EDS-Scicon, Milton Keynes, UK
X-Newsreader: GNUS 3.14.1
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 17:52:52 GMT


I've got Norton Deskton for Windows, version 2.0.  My PC runs on a
Novell LAN.

I've just got round to installing the SmartCan TSR to get rid of that
annoying "SmartCan protection is not available - delete anyway?" warning
I get whenever I try to delete anything.  It works fine for my hard
drive, but nothing I delete from a network drive is UnErase'able.

My guess if that SmartCan is pretty dumb and always trys to put its
"smartcan" directory in the root of the drive being protected, even when
I doen't have the right priveleges to do this.

Is there any way of getting SmartCan to stash deleted files somewhere I
can write to?

TIA
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From: rch@uk.ac.cam.eng (Russell Healey)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Including PostScript Files in W4W
Date: 23 Nov 92 11:04:40 GMT
Reply-To: rch@uk.ac.cam.eng
Organization: cam.eng


We are trying to incoporate graphs from the XVGR program on our Sun Workstations into W4W documents for the purpose of writingup reports etc. W4W only accepts ENCAPSULATED Postscript files and so at present we save the graph on under XVGR using HPGL format (Hewlett Packard Graphics Language Format) then import into the W4W document using the HPGL filter supplied. This works OK but when we come to print the document, it takes ages since W4W produces a Postscript File that is based upon the filtered version 


of the graph (containing lots of little line segments etc.) and the Laser Printer takes a very long time to interpret the resulting PostScript file.
I think that if the graph we are incoporating could be read in as Postscript or converted to EPS before including, then things would be much simpler and quicker. Is there a PS to EPS converter (for either DOS or UNIX) that any one knows of; or is there a Postscript Filter available instead of the standard EPS filter in W4W?  Or is there a completely different approach?
Any help on this is greatly appreciated.
	Russell C. Healey (Cambridge University Engineering Department)
		rch@uk.ac.cam.eng
From: weiss@crowe.seas.ucla.edu (Michael Weiss)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: MS Office on 3.5 inch floppies?
Date: 18 Nov 92 06:33:25 GMT
Organization: SEASnet, University of California, Los Angeles

In article <1992Nov10.175852.7108@telesciences.com> dstrait@telesciences.com (Darin Strait) writes:
>I have the latest version of MS office on 5.25 inch floppies.  I am mulling
>over the purchase of a notebook computer, which would make 3.5 inch media 
>desirable.  

If you have a computer with both sized drives, or have access to one, you can
copy the disks verbatim from 5.25 to 3.5 with no ill effects (provided that
you use HD 3.5s).  It's even legal, since you are permitted to make as many
copies as you wish, provided that you don't exceed the use restrictions of the
license.

Note, however, that you cannot necessarily to the reverse, since HD 5.25s have
lower capacity than HD 3.5s.
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From: plibbey@carson.u.washington.edu (Pete Libbey)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: New MS comm driver?
Date: 17 Nov 92 16:26:58 GMT
Article-I.D.: u.1992Nov17.162658.12834
Organization: University of Washington

I understand that Microsoft has released a new version of its windows
comm driver. Is this available anywhere on the Internet?
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: tw@cs.mu.OZ.AU (Thomas Weichert)
Subject: autofocus in windows, anybody??
Summary: Looking for a utility to have UNIX like focussing!
Keywords: focus
Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 03:43:18 GMT

Hiho

Does anybody know about some utility that will win31 force to give up on the
silly Z-value of window order and look like X-Window focussing, e.g. have the
window with the cursos in it being the active one??

I wish there was  :o)

Any comment appreciated, thanx
					Thomas
From: banshee@cats.ucsc.edu (Wailer at the Gates of Dawn)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: Windows 4 workgroups not shipping
Date: 23 Nov 92 21:37:55 GMT
Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz
NNTP-Posting-Host: am.ucsc.edu


scottb@sun1x.actc.res.utc.com (Scott Brewster) writes:
>Interesting, I just bought WFWG at egghead on 12-nov-1992.  It was nice of
>Microsoft to not recall ALL copies of WFWG in light of the "incompatibility".
>So now, when I get ACCESS, I will need to hound MS about getting a fix for 
>WFWG.  Great, just one more pre-brokem piece of software I have to deal with.

Thats why you should wait for Paradox for Windows!

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From: katz@lourie.und.ac.za (Moran Katz)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: W4W 2.0 problem
Date: 18 Nov 92 15:29:38 GMT
Article-I.D.: shrike.1ednh2INN17s
Organization: University of Natal (Durban), South Africa
NNTP-Posting-Host: lourie.und.ac.za
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

Hi

Well, it's really pathetic to follow up on your own posting, but the problem
has vanished.  I just loaded up Windows and the W4W, and the document is fine
again.  It would be interesting to find out if anyone has any idea as to what
caused this problem.

Cheers
Moran
From: michael.moran@nitelog.com (Michael Moran) 
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Windows Calendar
Date: 17 Nov 92 13:05:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Nitelog BBS - Monterey, CA - 408-655-1096
Reply-To: michael.moran@nitelog.com (Michael Moran) 

JJ>     (1) a particular calendar file 
JJ>opened each time, as opposed to 
JJ>	 defaulting to the empty "untitled" 
JJ>one.

Create a program item in the startup group with the calendar file name 
for the program rather than calendar.exe, eg. mycal.cal.  You can do the 
same for cardfiles etc.

Michael


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From: malcolm@muir.demon.co.uk ("Malcolm S. Muir")
Subject: Re: Excel 4.0 "gang screen" 
Distribution: world
Organization: Muir
Reply-To: malcolm@muir.demon.co.uk
X-Mailer: Simple NEWS 1.90 (ka9q DIS 1.18)
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 13:03:04 +0000

In article <1992Nov19.065246.26381@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> baileyc@ucsu.Colorado.EDU writes:

>I can't seem to get the "gang screen" from the procedure that was outlined
>for Excel 4.0.  I only get Solitaire to come up, wether I press CTRL-ALT,
>CTRL-SHFIT, or just click my mouse on the icon.  What could I be doing wrong?

I believe it only works with the standard VGA driver. SVGA etc. does
as you say.

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From: plaut@sc2a.unige.ch (Olivier PLAUT)
Subject: *** Still need **HELP** with EXCEL3/4 and cell formatting !! ***
Organization: University of Geneva, Switzerland
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 11:48:57 GMT


Hello.

I repost this message, since I received only two answers which
didn't solve my problem.

I need some help with EXCEL. I'm running EXCEL 3.0 and EXCEL 4.0
under WINDOWS 3.1. The problem is exactly the same with Excel 3 and 4.

I have differences between what I see on the worksheet and what appears
on the PrintPreview (the printed size corresponds to the preview).

Let's say I write in a cell:

 |         |         |
 |This is a long text|
 |         |         |

This text is 2 cells wide. It fills exactly 2 cells on the worksheet.

What I have on the preview is:

 |           |           |
 |This is a long text    |
 |           |           |

The cells are actually wider. This is very uncomfortable when I use
Format Border Outline around the two cells.

I'm using True Type Fonts. The problem is the same with all sorts of fonts.

Using another PC, I didn't had this problem. I copied the file to my
PC and I have the problem again.

I was using the same EXCEL version under WINODWS 3.0 with Adobe ATM 2.0 and I
hadn't this problem.

I have the same problem with 3 PC and 3 different printers.
For each printer, I have the latest version of the printer driver.

HAS SOMEONE AN IDEA WHICH COULD SAVE ME OUT OF THIS NIGHTDREAM ?

Thanks.
Olivier.

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From: jgleiszb@Mathematik.TU-Chemnitz.DE (Joerg Gleiszberg)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: IBM-Printer driver WANTED
Keywords: printer driver
Date: 23 Nov 92 09:51:35 GMT
Organization: University of Technology Chemnitz, FRG

Who has got or know where to find a driver for Windows 3.1 of the
IBM Color-Jet-Printer 3852 2 ? Please mail me. Thanks in advance.
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From: carter@cemvax.cem.msu.edu (Tom Carter)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: re: WINQVT3.03 problems
Date: 23 Nov 92 13:47:34 GMT
Organization: Michigan State University, Chemistry Dept., E. Lansing, MI

In article <14NOV199221235291@bpavms.bpa.arizona.edu> dmittleman@bpavms.bpa.arizona.edu (Daniel Mittleman) writes:
>    I downloaded WINQVT3.03 from CICA today and tried to install it.  I ran
>    into considerable problems which I have not completely tracked down.  I
>    have given up and have decided that I am happy enough with 2.8 until
>    the bugs are all out of 3.0
>
>    I run NDW and I run in 1024x768 mode.  I run both TCPIP and DECNET
>    (with PATHWORKS.)  I have this whole configuration stable with 2.8 (it
>    took awhile) but it all unraveled with 3.03.
>
>    with 2.8 I load both my packet driver and the PKTINT.COM file high.  As
>    the 3.03 directions told me I changed that and loaded them normally. 
>    But I was to able to boot.  I would lock up when trying to load
>    PATHWORKS (of all things.)  
>
>    I did not do a complete debugging (I did not try commenting out DECNET
>    and PATHWORKS) but I figure if I can't run my other software with 3.03,
>    then I will just stay with 2.8.
>
>    If the QPC people would like to know more - or would like me to try
>    some fixes, they should send me email.  (I am a registered user of
>    WINQVT.)
>
>    danny
>===========================================================================
>daniel david mittleman     -     danny@arizona.edu     -     (602) 621-2932
>
>    (By the way, I am a VERY HAPPY customer of 2.8.)

Danny,
I had the same problem, but "cured" it by loading PKTINT.COM after Pathworks
loads. Like this, in my autoexec.bat:
.
.
.
Call startnet
c:\qvt\pktint.com
win

All is fine again...Pathworks and QVT together. (I'm using NDIS drivers,
though, not packet drivers).
HTH 
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From: tony2@prefect.cc.bellcore.com (gozdz,antoni s)
Subject: Re: Good graphing with error bars?
Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 13:42:31 GMT

In article <1992Nov17.162234.1@kean.ucs.mun.ca> jgarland@kean.ucs.mun.ca writes:
>In article <1992Nov16.065137.12233@dgbt.doc.ca>, ted@dgbt.doc.ca (Ted Grusec) writes:
>> In article <92321.001403MALLETP@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> <MALLETP@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> writes:
>>>I've been looking around for a program that can make nice looking graphs (publi
>>>cation quality) with error bars (standard error of the mean). Believ it or not,
>>> this is not easy to find. I purchased CA-Cricket Graph for Windows a few month
>
               ............text deleted................

SigmaPlot 5.0 from Jandel Scientific ($495 ? list) does
a good job of scientific plotting, has a great transform
and interpolation module, and gives you full control
over all plot features. I believe the Windows version
should be out soon, but knowing their products, the initial
release may be buggy.

Tony
From: gronke@acpub.duke.edu (Paul Gronke)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: QVTNet - is TN3270 Emulation Possible?
Date: 18 Nov 92 14:56:21 GMT
Organization: Duke University; Durham, N.C.

QVTNet is a wonderful package.  It would gain dozens if not hundreds
of addtitional users at my site if it could emulate 3270 terminals
(our mainframe requirement).  Does anyone know if this is possible in
QVTNet?  Is this a possible future enhancement?
 
Thanks, Paul Gronke Gronke@acpub.duke.edu
Organization: Queen's University at Kingston
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 00:14:03 EST
From: <MALLETP@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Good graphing with error bars?

I've been looking around for a program that can make nice looking graphs (publi
cation quality) with error bars (standard error of the mean). Believ it or not,
 this is not easy to find. I purchased CA-Cricket Graph for Windows a few month
s back. To those who are considering purchasing this product...DON'T! It's poor
ly written, slow, and buggy. I found at least 3 MAJOR bugs the first time I use
d it and called tech support. They pretty much told me I was out of luck...grea
t software company. Anyway, I've looked at some spreadsheets (Excel 3.0 and Qua
ttro Pro for WIndows) but neither of these plot error bars. Does Excel 4.0 plot
 error bars? I heard of a program called Origin by a company called Microcal (m
aybe) a little while back. I remember reading that version 1.0 was very slow an
d very buggy. Is there a new version and if so, is it any good? If anybody know
s of a good graphing program (or spreadsheet with error bar capabilities) pleas
e let me know. I'd also like to know about pricing and places to buy it, etc. T
hanks. Please E-mail

Paul Mallet
Department of Psychology
Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
MALLETP@QUCDN.QUEENSU.CA
Xref: sparky comp.os.ms-windows.apps:5171 comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc:6462
From: jqj@duff.uoregon.edu (JQ Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps,comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: TCP/IP and Windows for Workgroups
Date: 21 Nov 92 07:26:12 GMT
Article-I.D.: pith.1ekoakINN186
Organization: University of Oregon Network Services
NNTP-Posting-Host: duff.uoregon.edu


steveh@devildog.att.com (Steve Hendershott) writes:

>If I currently use TCP/IP (FTP's) to communicate from DOS/Windows to
>UNIX (telnet, ftp, etc), can I put up Windows for Workgroups (WFWG) and
>set up to communicate with my associates who also install WFWG? In
>other words, is it that simple to say WFWG will work over TCP/IP?

I think the answer so far is "no."

So far, I haven't seen any data that leads me to believe that W4W will
work (or at least, work well) doing netbeui over TCP.  This in turn
leads me to believe that W4W would be a disaster in a typical routed
IP campus environment.  Imagine what happens when we network engineers
reengineer a subnet and in the process put the Provost and her
secretary on different subnets.  All of a sudden their W4W
peer-to-peer connection stops working.

Can anyone on this list describe any successes running W4W (or, absent
that, traditional LanManager) in a large IP-only environment?

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: kimp@rpi.edu (Phil Kim)
Subject: re: Excel 4.0 "gang screen"
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 22:08:16 GMT

In article <1992Nov16.193436.16903@polaris.utu.fi> jsakki@polaris.utu.fi (Jarkko Sakki) writes:
>Is there any "gang screen" in MS-Excel 4.0??? If there is - how can it
>be shown???

If you love Lotus 1-2-3, don't try this at home.

Open a blank worksheet and maximize it.  Then choose Option,
Toolbars..., Customize...  Then choose Customs and drag Solitaire icon
to your toolbar.  Then choose OK and close.  Now for some fun.  Hold
down Ctrl-Alt and click Solitaire icon.
From: prang@du9ds4.fb9dv.uni-duisburg.de (Juergen Prang)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: Winqvtnet 3.0
Date: 17 Nov 92 00:24:22 GMT
Organization: Universitaet Duisburg GH
NNTP-Posting-Host: du9ds4.fb9dv.uni-duisburg.de

news@m2.dseg.ti.com (News Adminstrator) writes:

[... stuff deleted ...]

>Peter

>Was this nasty bug causing it to be VERY slow?

>I am experiencing painfuly slow terminal response.  Is anyone else seeing
>this?

I recognized an awfully slow ftp transfer rate. Version 2.85 transferred
at rates about 40-50 kB/sec between my Sun 1+ and my 386/33MHz (with an old
DEPCA Lancard), whereas version 3.0.2 transferred at rates about 10 kB/sec.
This was tested on a seperate wire segment without load.

>It has been very stable and has been up for nearly 2 days.  This is a
>record is is what I've been waiting for in terms of stability.  I like the
>new features also.

Me too. I didn't recognize any serious bug during telnet, ftp or newsreader
sessions.

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From: jgarland@kean.ucs.mun.ca
Subject: Re: Good graphing with error bars?
Organization: Memorial University. St.John's Nfld, Canada
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 18:52:34 GMT

In article <1992Nov16.065137.12233@dgbt.doc.ca>, ted@dgbt.doc.ca (Ted Grusec) writes:
> In article <92321.001403MALLETP@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> <MALLETP@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> writes:
>>I've been looking around for a program that can make nice looking graphs (publi
>>cation quality) with error bars (standard error of the mean). Believ it or not,
>> this is not easy to find. I purchased CA-Cricket Graph for Windows a few month

...[tried some spreadsheets]

Some time ago I got a disk from Borland which has Quattro Pro templates to 
solve a number of problems.  One of these was to generate error-bars.  I 
haven't looked at it for a while but I remember that the procedure was 
quite complex but that the template did in fact work.

Don't know if the same template would work in QPW, (and I don't presently
have the disk), but you might check w/ Borland tech support.

If you're data is not too complex, you can, of course, graph 3 series--
means and standard deviations, blank out the lines for the standard 
deviation values, change the markers to horizontal lines for these series, 
and then annotate in the vertical lines.  It's admittedly a hack, but I've 
used it successfully.

John Garland 
jgarland@kean.ucs.mun.ca
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