PARSONS POWER PUBLISHER README FILE

This readme file contains several sections which cover:

	Printing Problems
	Troubleshooting
	PP.INI File Settings
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PRINTING PROBLEMS
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Printing problems can be caused by a number of  things such as 
using an incorrect or out of date printer driver, or having the 
wrong options set for your printer. Some of the more common faults 
are listed here with suggestions for fixing the problem.

Problem:  Power Publisher will not fully recognize the rotation of 
imported graphics.  

Solution:  Import the graphic already rotated, and use the Text Wrap 
option to customize your text flow.


Problem:  Some or all of the text on your Power Publisher page will 
not print to your laser printer.

Solution:  Change your printer option 'Print TrueType as graphics' 
so that the option is 'checked'. To set the option, select Control 
Panel/Printers and then highlight your printer driver and choose 
Setup. You may have to chose Options (depending on your exact printer 
driver) before you find the option.


Problem:  The Printer and Printer Setup... options in the File menu 
of Power Publisher are 'grayed out'.

Solution:  1) See Windows printer driver problems below.  2) You may 
have omitted to select a printer in your Windows setup. If you have 
not selected a printer then select your printer now in the Windows 
Control Panel.

Problem:  An error such as 'General Protection fault ...' or '
Potentially serious error ...' is displayed while printing from 
Power Publisher.

Solution:  See Windows printer driver problems below.

Problem:  The printed output produced by Power Publisher is unreadable 
or bears no resemblance to the document on screen.

Solution:  See Windows printer driver problems below.

Windows printer driver problems
Printing problems are generally caused by using an incorrect or out 
of date Windows printer driver.  It is important that you use the Windows 
printer driver designed specifically for your printer.  If you have 
upgraded from Microsoft Windows V3.0 to V3.1 you must check that you are 
now using the Windows V3.1 driver for your printer. It is normally quite 
easy to check this by looking at the About option under Control 
Panel/Printers The printer driver should say that is it for Windows V3.1.
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TROUBLESHOOTING
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Problem:  When I select a Text Style for a paragraph I the UNDO
command is not available on the menu.

Suggestion:  After selecting a Text Style for a paragraph, you will not 
be able to UNDO the style. To replace the given style, highlight the 
paragraph and choose another style.

Problem:  When I import a text file into Power Publisher or simply click 
with the text tool on the page, Windows displays a General Protection Fault 
error message.

Suggestions:  This is almost certainly due to the fact that you are using a 
non-standard Windows display driver. Change your Windows display driver to 
one of the standard ones provided with your Windows system, such as VGA or 
SVGA. To do this you need to run the Windows Setup program in your main 
program group and change the option for Display.
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Problem:  When I import a text file into Power Publisher, each line of 
text instead of  each paragraph of text is assigned to a text block.

Suggestions:  Some word processors save each line of text with a carriage 
return at the end of each line. See if there is an option in your word 
processor to save the text file with carriage returns at the end of each 
paragraph only. If this is not possible, then you can change the way Power 
Publisher treats the text file when it is imported. (See 
FileAutoParagraphing option in PP.INI file settings below)
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Problem:  When I paste text from the clipboard into Power Publisher, 
I cannot change the way the lines break when I change the text measure.

Suggestions:  Some word processors store each line of text with a carriage 
return at the end of each line on the clipboard. You can change the way 
Power Publisher treats the text on the clipboard.  (See 
ClipboardAutoParagraphing option in PP.INI file settings below)
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Problem:  When printing EPS files to a PostScript printer with landscape 
orientation, the EPS files are positioned incorrectly or they do not print 
at all.

Suggestions:  Some Windows 3.0 applications running under Windows 3.1 
require the entry "LandscapeOrient=270" in WIN.INI to print EPS files 
correctly. This will allow those applications to print EPS files correctly, 
but causes other applications such as Power Publisher to work incorrectly. 
(See LandscapeOrient option in PP.INI file settings below to correct the 
problem)
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Problem:  When printing monochrome (non-color) pictures, they print 
incorrectly or do not print at all.

Suggestions:  Some Windows print drivers do not print monochrome bitmaps 
correctly. If you have an HP DeskJet 500C or other color printer which is 
printing incorrectly, then you could try changing the way bitmaps are 
printed. (See ReclrMonoBmps option in PP.INI file settings below to correct 
the problem)
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Problem:  When I print to my Canon BubbleJet 800C, bitmaps are printed 
incorrectly, and sometimes Power Publisher crashes during printing. 

Suggestions:  There have been several printer drivers for the Canon BJ800C. 
Some of these drivers did have problems printing bitmaps. Make sure you use 
the latest printer driver available (the Canon color BubbleJet BJC-800 
Driver version 2.00 is known to work correctly)
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PP.INI FILE SETTINGS
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The Power Publisher initialization file contains information that defines 
your Power Publisher environment. Most of the entries in the PP.INI file 
SHOULD NOT BE CHANGED as they are already set to sensible values. Others 
are changed by using functions within Power Publisher.  Listed below are 
some options which can be changed to meet your needs and preferences.  If 
you are not experiencing any problems with Power Publisher, there is no 
need to change any of the settings.

In this section, PP.INI settings are listed alphabetically. However, the 
settings do not appear alphabetically in the PP.INI file. To change a 
setting, you need to search for it within the appropriate section.

This section lists the syntax, default value and purpose using the 
following format.
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SettingName=<value-type>

Default:          The Power Publisher default value for this setting.
Purpose:  This paragraph briefly describes the function of the setting 
and its default value (if applicable).

<value-type> indicates whether the value should be an integer, a letter, 
a range of numbers, or something else.
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Changing Settings

When the Install program creates the PP.INI file, it assigns default 
values to the settings. To make changes to your PP.INI file we suggest 
you use the Notepad text editor which is supplied with your Windows 
program in the Main program group.

Caution:  Always back up your PP.INI file before you make changes so 
that you can restore the original file in case you accidentally damage 
the PP.INI file or make changes that cause problems when running Power 
Publisher. It is recommended that you do not change any settings that 
are not described in this document. Be careful when using a text editor 
to edit the PP.INI file. Incorrect changes to PP.INI can cause unexpected 
results when you run Power Publisher. 

The following list describes the options you might want to change:
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ClipboardAutoParagraphing=<ON/OFF>

Default:        ON
Purpose:  Determines how line endings on the clipboard are to be treated. 
When ON, each line end on the clipboard is treated as a paragraph end. 
When OFF, each line end is treated as a space, and when two line ends 
appear together, this is treated as a paragraph end. 
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FileAutoParagraphing=<ON/OFF>

Default:        ON
Purpose:  Determines how line endings in imported text files are to be 
treated. When ON, each line end in the text file is treated as a paragraph 
end. When OFF, each line end is treated as a space, and when two line ends 
appear together, this is treated as a paragraph end. 
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KeepBitmapsOnPageChange=<0/1/2/3>

Default:        0
Purpose:  Sets the flag to say whether to keep text and/or picture bitmaps 
at "fit page" when changing page. Deleting them saves memory, but increases 
time to display the page when you change back to it (for pages held in 
memory). The options are:
 
0     Keep both text and picture bitmaps.
1     Keep picture bitmaps only.
2     Keep text bitmaps only.
3     Keep neither.

Note: Bitmaps at larger zooms are deleted automatically.
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LandscapeOrient=<degrees>

Default:        90
Purpose:  Flag to tell Power Publisher how to position EPS files when 
printing to a  PostScript device. This option only affects the positioning 
of EPS files when printing in Landscape orientation. If your WIN.INI file 
contains the line "LandscapeOrient=270" then you should change your PP.INI 
line to read "LandscapeOrient=270", otherwise you leave it as the default.
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MaxImportFileSize=<characters>

Default:        100000
Purpose:  Sets the maximum file size for imported text files. If a file is 
imported which exceeds this limit, then only text up to this file size is 
imported and the rest is discarded. To import larger text files, then 
increase this limit.
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MaxNoPagesInMemory=<pages>

Default:        4
Purpose:  Determines the number of Power Publisher pages which are loaded 
in memory at any one time. If a page is stored in memory, it will display 
on screen quicker when it is viewed. If you have ample  memory available 
and you work on documents greater than 4 pages, then increase this value. 
If you are short of available memory you may want to reduce this value.
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PrintRotatedTextAsGraphic=<0 or 1>

Default:        0
Purpose:  Some printers may have problems printing rotated text. If you 
do have this problem you could try changing this option so that rotated 
text is printed as a graphic. This will obviously make the printing slower 
but may solve your problem. The options are:

0     Print rotated text as normal
1     Print rotated text as graphics
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ReclrMonoBmps=<0/1>

Default:        0
Purpose:  Changes the way in which monochrome bitmap pictures are printed. 
Some printer drivers do not work correctly, so you might try changing this 
value to 1.
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