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From: psmedsha@ecst.csuchico.edu (Paul Smedshammer)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: PCPLUS 4 Windows (Double spacing Paste?)
Keywords: PCPLUS4W, Cut, Paste, PCPLUS
Date: 15 Oct 92 17:48:39 GMT
Organization: California State University, Chico
NNTP-Posting-Host: cscihp.ecst.csuchico.edu

I used to be able to CUT from other applications (WP4WIN) or even
Dos applications and PASTE them in Procomm Plus for Dos without
any problem.  But now when I try to PASTE to Procomm Plus for
Windows I get double spacing that I don't want.  I checked the
Windows Clipboard and the copied text is single spaced.  No
matter what I try it will not single space the Paste.  Please
post any suggestions here as I know there are others with the
same problem.  Thank you.


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Graduate Student in Mechanical Engineering
California State University at Chico
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: roger@wateol.uwaterloo.ca (Roger De Abreu)
Subject: General Prot. Fault Excel and Backmnu
Organization: EOL/UWaterloo
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 20:35:34 GMT


I consistantly get the following error in Excel when I have 5 or more of my 
data charts open and their accompanying worksheet:

Backmenu has caused a general protection fault in 
Module krnl386.exe @ 0001:831B

I then have to reboot the machine, the 3-fingered salute doesn't work.

If I remove backmenu I don't get the problems.  Can anyone explain the error
to me ?  Anyone experience this ?  Any solutions outside of not running 
backmenu.

Please note that I have Dropper running as well.  I understand it can cause
problems with backmenu.

ALSO

The other day I was running Excel at full tilt.  I closed the application and
then tried to restart it.  It informed me that  I didn't have enought memory
to run Excel, although no other apps were running at that time and I 
was supposed to have 8242 K left.  Word would start up but Excel 4.0 would not

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanx in advance...rogman

P.S.  Excel 4.0 is the version, newest backmenu also

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: rjberke@berke.itg.ti.com (Richard Berke)
Subject: NDW 2.0 - Update or not?
Organization: Electronic Communications
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 21:06:26 GMT

I received a set of Norton Desktop disks in the mail after my comments
here, which followed my FAX to Symantec support.

There were no release notes to explain changes over the NDW 2.0 I'd had.
My old one was Viper24.  The new one is Viper36.  I was told on the phone
09/17 that the current rev was over 200.  I don't know what the real
situation is.  My current files are dated:   03/27/92  02:00 AM.

I saw the posting about HOTLINE 1.1 available at ftp.cica.indiana.edu
in /pub/pc/win3/util.  I've tried it, and found it is frequently reporting
NDWMAIN is causing a 'local alloc' failure.  NDWMAIN happenned to soon after
be reported as causing a general protection fault.

I like the utility that NDW's apps are supposed to provide, but the lack
of stability is painful!

Does anyone have similar stability problems and fixes to share?

Thanks,
Richard Berke   RBRK   Richard.Berke@lobby.ti.com  (214) 575-2828
Texas Instruments      Plano, Texas
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: CD Player for Windows
From: goldsborough@brandonu.ca (Gordon Goldsborough)
Date: 7 Oct 92 10:45:04 CST
Organization: Brandon University

In article <mR96RB2w165w@bluemoon.rn.com>, gerry@bluemoon.rn.com (Gerard M. Foley) writes:
> goldsborough@brandonu.ca (Gordon Goldsborough) writes:
> 
>> In article <BvDAAo.KnF@animal.gcs.co.nz>, lchiu@animal.gcs.co.nz (Laurence Ch
>> > Does anybody know of any utility for playing CD's from a CD ROM drive
>> > under windows? I have tried CDAUDIO but it consistently fails (on
>> > several machine types) with a Philip CD-50 external CD ROM drive givinhg
>> > an error about invalid status from call to MSCDEX. I am using the
>> > latest (2.21?) version of MSCDEX. The interface is proprietary so 
>> > something like Corel's SCSI kit won't work.
>> > 
>> > 
>> > The supplied DOS utility works fine but is a little basic.
>> > 
>> > Thanks
>> > 
>> > Laurence Chiu
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> 
>> I'm using a shareware utility called Win CD that works great and it's
>> cheap: the registration is only $9.95. It available at cica as
>> CDPLAY10.ZIP (I think).
>> 
> 
> What's cica? Is this a driver, or does it include one?
> 
> gerry@bluemoon.rn  My amateur radio callsign is K8EF, and my
> packet radio address is K8EF@W8CQK.OH.USA.NA

CICA is an Internet site where there is tons of Windows software. The
program I referred to in my original post was called WCD130.ZIP, not
CDPLAY10.ZIP as originally reported. This archive is located in the
directory /pub/pc/win3/sounds. And I reiterate: it's a great program!
From: u734120@bruny.cc.utas.edu.au (John Lamp)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: COM2 in use by DOS program
Date: 12 Oct 92 02:14:31 GMT
Organization: University of Tasmania, Australia.

andrew@hpfcdc.fc.hp.com (Andrew Nielsen) writes:

>I am having problems with windows3.0 in the area of communications.  I have
>had my modem for about a year it is a 2400bps modem and have used it 
>satisfactorally for quite some time.  Reciently it has stopped working in 386
>mode.  When I run terminal when in 386 mode I get a message when trying to
>use my com port COM2 that says "COM2 in use by DOS program."  I have tried a 
>number of things the worst of which is clearing out my C drive and reinstalling
>DOS5.0 and window3.0.  I still have no luck getting the thing to work. Does
>anyone have any suggestions or know how this happens?

There is a program called killcomm which comes as part of the web network
operating system (preview ware look for web.zip) this is extremely
effective in solving the problem you are having.

Cheers
John


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From: ebling@birch.gvsu.edu (Aaron Ebling)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Procomm f/Windows w/PP144FXSA
Date: 15 Oct 92 17:14:37 GMT
Organization: Grand Valley State University

Seeing that others have posted here requesting answers and I have been  
shot down elsewhere could you folks please answer my question.  I have  
recently bought practical peripherial 144FXSA modem.  I am running Procomm  
for Windows and just updated with the maintence release.  The problem is  
that I cannot find the init string assoc. with my modem anywhere.  If  
someone has written an init string or knows where I can get one could you  
please post or mail me.  It would be greatly appreciated.

--
----
Aaron N. Ebling			|  Trying to beat the Beast of Burden
ebling@beech.mcs.gvsu.edu	|  Living the NeXT generation
ebling@turing.mcs.gvsu.edu	|  On the Suns
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Procomm Plus maintenance release: where to get it....
From: f67700241@violet.ccit.arizona.edu (Greg Franklin)
Date: 8 Oct 92 02:58:28 MST
 <1apvplINNhom@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> <1992Oct6.040644.7337@iscsvax.uni.edu>
Distribution: world,local
Organization: University of Arizona
Nntp-Posting-User: f67700241

In article <1992Oct6.040644.7337@iscsvax.uni.edu>, to5232@iscsvax.uni.edu writes:
> Where is this maintenance release?  I just bought Procomm + for Windows.  Do I
> have to call Datastorm for this?
 
The maintenance release has been posted to comp.binaries.ibm.pc.  You can
extract it from there. 
-- 
Greg "Mockingbird" Franklin      Interviewer: "Sir, how do you spell relief?"
f67700241@ccit.arizona.edu               Dan: "R-O-L-A-I-D-S-E."

"[George Bush is] the most ruthless white man in the history of the planet."
	-- Richard Ben Cramer, author of _What It Takes_
"The President scores much better than Bill Clinton."
	-- Dan, comparing Bush's record of marital infidelity to Clinton's
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: PRAETHE@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu (Ethan Evan Prater)
Subject: Re: WFW every other page macro?
Organization: Yale University
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 92 09:06:50 EDT

In article <2AD1EF6B.59F6@deneva.sdd.trw.com>
hart@daisy (James A. Hart) writes:
 
>Would some kind soul that already has WFW 2.0b please e-mail me the macro that
>allows printing of just the even or odd pages?  I've called MicroSoft for the
>upgrade, but could REALLY use the macro as soon as possible!
>Thanx.
 
You could get WOPR 2.0 from cica. It has a macro that is considerably more
comprehensive than the WfW 2.0b one. WOPR allows booklet printing, duplex
printing on printers normally not set up for that, squishing two pages onto
one (combined with duplex it gives you 4 pages), and of course odd-even
printing.
 
You'll love this program--it also has macros that add a clock to your menu bar
and really enhance the envelope printing feature, among others. It's in the
winword directory as wopra.zip and woprb.zip.
 
I have no interest in this company or program--I'm just a VERY satisfied
customer who thinks every WinWord user would love the package.
 
--Ethan
From: mcglob@usissc.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Brian.McGloin)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: W4W 2.0: "File too large to save" (bug?)
Keywords: Windows Word File Save Bug
Date: 15 Oct 92 12:56:55 GMT
Reply-To: mcglob@usissc.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Brian.McGloin)
Organization: DaytonOH.NCR.COM

In article <1992Oct13.131643.2207@jet.uk> kb@jet.uk (Kenneth Blackler) writes:
>In <1992Oct9.184656.13634@sequent.com> furballs@sequent.com (Paul Penrod) writes:
>
>It seems to happen after lots of edits, so I suspect
>it could be a problem with FastSave?
>
>Ken B.


The problem is FastSave.  Whether it's a bug or not is up to you and Microsoft.
FastSave doesn't delete any changes you make to the document.  It just hides 
them from you and keeps them in the document.  Turn FastSave off and your 
problem MIGHT go away.

Good luck!!!

-- 
Brian T. McGloin	| Lift your glasses, friend, with mine 
NCR Corp.		| And raise your hand with me 
USG/ISS-OLS		| I'm England stole, I'm Ireland spent 
Miamisburg, OH 45342	| I'm an outlaw raparee 
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: baileyc@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (Christopher R. Bailey)
Subject: Should I switch from WP4Win to W4Win or Ami?
Keywords: word processor
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 19:41:08 GMT


I am currently using WordPerfect 5.1 for Windows on a 286 with hercules 
graphics (sorry I'm not as privledged as some of you), 4MB of RAM, 720K EMS,
and 160MB of disk space.

I have been seeing a lot of comments about WP for Windows being slow, and that
MS Word is faster.  I haven't seen Word, and know WordPerfect inside and out,
so I woudl like some info to make sure Word warrants me looking at it. Also,
if someone wants to comment on AMI Pro that would be good too.  Where you see
Word in the following questions, you may substitute Ami. 

1) Can Word import Encapsulated PostScript for use in figures/graphics?  If so,
can it import non Encapsulated (just regular) PostScript for same purpose?

2) Once these graphics are imported, can one manipulate them easily, such as
rotating, scaling (by %, actual sizes, expanding to full page, etc), etc?

3) I assume Word has an easy way to make Tables of Contents?  In WP, you just
mark the text (ie you block it), then hit ToC and tell it what level.  (there
is a fancier, better way using Styles, but I don't use that).

4) Does Word have a "screen preview" feature?  

5) Does Word have it's own printer drivers, or does it use Windows drivers, or
both?

6) Can one send print files to a file.  For example, I often select a PostScript
printer I don't actually have, then send the print to a file, stick it on
a UNIX account and print it there.  

7) I've heard it has an equation writer, is it similar, better, or worse than
the one in WordPerfect?  Can you size the equation box, so that you can have
two equations next to each other (instead of one after the other)?

8) What types of graphics files can it import and export, and I assume it can
do pastes from anything on the windows clipboard (ie bitmaps)?  The file formats
I'm most interested in are EPSF (encapsulated PS), HPGL, bitmap, PIC, and 
possibly TIFF.

9) What other word processor formats can it import and export.  WordPerfect?
AMI? XYWrite?

10) For the graphics again, once you import say an EPSF file, can you have it
be "graphic on disk" (it isn't actually part of the document, it grabs it
from the disk when needed (eg printing)), or is it in the document?

11) Any mechanism for revision/version control?  (I don't think WP has this, 
but it'd be nice).  

12) Does it have some kind of button bar that the user can install there own
macros on?  

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: s9100786@sg02.csd (Matthew Jackson)
Subject: Re: Default dir Excel 4.0
Reply-To: M.Jackson@unsw.edu.au
Organization: School of Banking and Finance, University of New South Wales
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 05:57:51 GMT

How about a decent return address ?

: Does anyone Know if you can change the default save directory in Excel 4.0 by
: an entry in the excel4.ini or win.ini file as you can with Word for Windows 2.0.
: 
: eg I wish to creat a subdirectory "files" on my excel tree and have my files
:     saved there automatically, and also have that as the current directory
:     when I use open file etc...
: 
: Thanks in advance, Danny...
: 

Anyway, 

what I did was to change the initial directory from the Progman. Use alt-enter
on the Excel icon and specify your preferred dir. Works for me

--
Matthew Jackson                       | Computing Officer
M.Jackson@unsw.edu.au                 | School of Banking and Finance
61-2-697-3553                         | University of New South Wales
                                      | Sydney, Australia
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: tkeitt@algodones.unm.edu (Timothy Keitt)
Subject: Re: Error bar in scatter plot with Excel 4.
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 92 23:10:07 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

In article <1992Oct8.114522.1@bigez>, dmmatt@bigez (Mike Mattix) writes:
|> In article <g7gp69+@lynx.unm.edu>, tkeitt@algodones.unm.edu (Timothy Keitt) writes:
|> > 
|> > Of course, for a large data set you'll need to write a
|> > macro (unless you really like copying and pasting cells :-)
|> > Better yet call MS and complain about the excel's
|> > ridiculously anemic plotting routines. Excel's great
|> > if you want to do silly picture graphs, but almost
|> > worthless for many scientific plots. I've found ways
|> > to overcome many of excel's limitations, but its getting
|> > old, quick!
|> 
|>  I have to admit amazement at the lack of scientific plotting
|> features in a business tool like a spreadsheet.  I guess the
|> thing does load too fast currently.  We certainly need to fix
|> that..
|> 
|> -- 
|> Mike Mattix
|> Agricultural Group of Monsanto
|> P.O. Box 174
|> Luling, LA 70070
|> INTERNET Address: dmmatt@bigez.monsanto.com

Actually I really *do* like excel. I started using it version 1.0
under windows 2.0, when my other options were 123 which at the
time had really terrible plotting capabilities.

I agree excel feels rather bloated in v4.0 and tacking on a
bunch of extra stuff would be worse. Anyone know of a cheap
(ie graduate student wages) scientific plotting package for
windows? I'd really like to see MS strip out all of the
'magazine add' wiz-bang buisness stuff and put out a
science and engineering version of excel (with a free
upgrade of course! :-).

T.
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: jcmorris@mwunix.mitre.org (Joe Morris)
Subject: Re: LaserJet IIsi Driver Without Ctrl-D
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 13:54:15 GMT

mireley@horus.cem.msu.EDU (John Mireley) writes:

>Is there a Windows 3.1 Driver for the LaserJ et IIIsi
>that does not use Ctrl-D as the first
>character of the file.

>The "CtrlD=0" trick in the win.ini file that works
>for other postscript drivers will not work with
>IIIsi driver. 

Are you running the current versions of both the universal print
driver and the PostScript driver?  Since this switch is documented
without restricting it to specific types of PS printers you may
have a legitimate *bug*.  (First one ever found in a computer program...
right?)

If you call MS tech support you might put in an oar to get them to 
put the trailing ^D under switch control; the CtrlD=0 switch affects
only the ^D at the front of the file.  There's no switch I know of which
suppresses the one at the end.

Joe Morris / MITRE
From: jim@jimmc.chi.il.us (Jim McNicholas)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: WP4W is SLOOOOW
Date: 14 Oct 92 13:08:05 GMT
Reply-To: jim@jimmc.chi.il.us (Jim McNicholas)
Organization: Prime Time Productions Aurora, Illinois

HCM100@psuvm.psu.edu writes:

> In article <1992Oct7.153303.1@vax1.umkc.edu>, edowdy@vax1.umkc.edu says:
> >
> >Does anyone know why WP4W is so godawful slow? I bring up the navigator and
> >it takes 10-11 seconds to come up!! My gosh I am working on a 486 and that
> >speed is unacceptable. It seems to have goten worse over time also.
> >Does anyone else have this problem with WP4W overall? If so can you improve
> >the
> >speed?

        Well if it is getting worse over time that sounds like a problem with
        disk fragmentation!! Use one of the good defraggers out there. I use
        compress from Central Point, It works fine and improves the speed of
        almost all applications.

> >Thanks..............
> 
> The best way I've found to improve the speed in Wordperfect for Windows is to
> switch over to MS Word for Windows.  :-)
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  NICE TRY!! If you already know the commands for one application and your
  comfortable with it you keep using it!!  We all do this, we get used to a
  particular app. so we keep on using it!!
   


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|Prime Time Productions| kisses that last three days...good night...OH MY! |
|Aurora, IL. 60504     |        -crash davis to annie savoy in BULL DURHAM-|
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: ami pro question
From: strauss@uncavx.unca.edu
Date: 10 Oct 92 22:14:44 -0500
Organization: University of North Carolina at Asheville
Nntp-Posting-User: strauss

I have spent the past 2 days playing with demos dor Word 4 win 2.0 and Ami Pro
3.0, and I'm getting really serious about Ami. Seems to be intuitive, or at
least it works the way I work.
Has anyone used it? Any particular problems?  I've seen the reviews in the pc
literature. Since I'm a "hunt & peck" typist, the screen re-draws don't bother
me.
Currently, I use Nota Bene (3.1) at home, and WP 5.1 at work. WP has the
poorest command set, I think.

Please respond to me e-addresses: I don't read this group too frequently.
Thanks,

Bob Strauss
strauss@uncavx.unca.edu
strauss@unca.bitnet
From: 5916rahmank@vms.csd.mu.edu (K. M. A. Rahman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: Fax software and its compatability with boards: HELP!
Date: 10 Oct 1992 22:13:03 GMT
Organization: Marquette University - Computer Services
Distribution: na
Reply-To: 5916rahmank@vms.csd.mu.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: vmsd.csd.mu.edu

In article <callaci.718755099@bcserv>, callaci@bcserv.wustl.edu (Callaci (Tom)) writes:
... deleted ...

|>     Is this possible? Does it even matter for Win3.1 or could I by a windows
|>based software to send Faxes with or can I change some settings in a system 
|>file to allow these communications.  My board is set up as IRQ5 port288 or 280.
|>I would appreciate any input and information.  Thank You.
|>                              Tom
|>
|>callaci@bcserv.wustl.edu

	Just try winfax pro.
From: wct1+@pitt.edu (William C Tom)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: Automap for Windows?
Date: 7 Oct 92 06:00:42 GMT
Article-I.D.: blue.6967
Organization: University of Pittsburgh

In article <4psz74=@rpi.edu> kimp@rpi.edu writes:
>Does anyone have Automap for Windows?  Is it a better buy than the DOS version?  How's the performance and interface?


Automap for windows has not been released yet,
despite the ads in the PC magazines.
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: davide@sabrina.dei.unipd.it (Davide 'aie' Melan)
Subject: pc to pc or pc to nb (= notebook)
Organization: D.E.I. Universita' di Padova, Italia
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 08:18:35 GMT

I'd like to make communications (file transfer, light client-server
applications like printing or faxing, and something else) between two
pcs or between my desktop and my notebook using windows and possibly
a parallel port (the notebook has a seriel port (used) and a parallel
port (unused)): where can I find, if it exists a software like this?

   ============\   
    ==========\  \   
       |       |  |   
       |       |  |            davide@sabrina.dei.unipd.it
    |  |\-----/|  |                 (fax # ++39 424 72074)
 =+||  |       |  |  
==+||  |/-----\|  |           UNIVERSITA` DI PADOVA - ITALY           
   |   |       |  |                      D.E.I.                    
       |       |  |        Department of Electronics & Informatics
     ====______+==+
   =====______ 

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: bdugan@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Bill Dugan)
Subject: Excel 4.0 -- strange time number format needed
Summary: I need help with the Number format command...
Organization: MIT Laboratory for Computer Science
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 05:57:32 GMT

Hi,

Using Windows Excel 4.0, I wish to use a strange format for some numbers.
I am logging some video production times which use the format hh:mm:ss:ff,
with hours:minutes:seconds:frames.  It would be very useful for Excel to
be able to log things in this format, since I could then set it up to auto-
matically calculate lengths of scenes by subtracting one value from another.

The problem is that I have no idea how to give Excel this number format
and make Excel understand that there are 30 frames per second.  I tried
for an hour, struggling with the Time settings (and watching Excel decide
to put my formats in the Number category rather than Time), and then gave
up and tried using h:mm:ss.  The predictable problem is that the number of
frames is wrong, since there are 60 seconds per minute but 30 frames per
second, so the last number is totally wrong.  Also when I get beyond 24
hours, Excel barfs and will not accept the value.  Then I tried for another
hour, and I figure 2 is my limit.

Can somebody help?  I guess my conciser question is: How could I define a
new time format that includes frames, at 30 frames per second, thus:
hh:mm:ss:ff?

Thanks in advance greatly,

Bill Dugan
bdugan@gnu.ai.mit.edu
-- 
Bill Dugan
bdugan@gnu.ai.mit.edu
From: dem21178@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Dan Montroy)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: AfterDark 2.0a quirks with Win 3.1
Date: 10 Oct 92 05:51:21 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

I have AfterDark 2.0a and am running Windows 3.1, and for some of the modules
AD gives me a General Protection Fault in either kernel386.exe or sometimes
gdi.exe.  Has anyone seen this problem at all?

One thing I am wondering about is that I have 3 chip 1 meg SIMMS in my machine,
4 of them.  Could this maybe be causing the problem?

Thanks.

Dan Montroy
d-montroy@uiuc.edu

-- 
Dan Montroy
University of Illinois
d-montroy@uiuc.edu