Microsoft KB Archive/71344

Incorrect Mouse Behavior on Genius Full Page Display

PSS ID Number: Q71344 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

5.50

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

When you run version 5.5 of Microsoft Word for MS-DOS on a computer that includes a mouse pointing device and a Genius full-page display, the mouse will not operate correctly in the text 66-line or graphics 63-line display mode.

The following problems will occur if you use the mouse in these display modes:


 * Cannot select options from within a drop-down menu. The menu item displayed in reverse video will not correspond to the location of the mouse cursor within the drop-down menu.
 * The mouse cursor will disappear after it passes the twenty-fifth line displayed on the screen. Text (or dialog box options) displayed below the twenty-fifth line cannot be selected using the mouse.

These problems do not occur if you run Word 5.5 in the text 25-line display mode.

Selecting menu options and document text with the keyboard is not affected when you are running in text 66-line or graphics 63-line display mode.

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here as it becomes available.

= MORE INFORMATION =

The video driver for the Genius display (SCREEN.VID) should have a size of 10,123 bytes. To have SETUP.EXE create a Word 5.5 video driver file (SCREEN.VID) for the Genius full-page display, select “MicroDisplay Systems Genius” from the list of display adapters proposed by Setup. This option is only available on MS-DOS computer systems.

The following Genius full-page display systems can support the 63-line and 66-line display modes available with the Genius.VID file:

Model 420 15-inch portrait monochrome display for IBM PC/XT/AT Model 422 15-inch portrait monochrome display for IBM PS/2 family Model 1520M 15-inch portrait monochrome display for IBM PC/XT/AT Model 1522M 15-inch portrait monochrome display for IBM PS/2 family Model 1720M 17-inch portrait monochrome display for IBM PC/XT/AT Model 1722M 17-inch portrait monochrome display for IBM PS/2 family

For more information, contact Genius Technologies at the following address and numbers:

Genius Technologies, Inc. P.O. Box 455 755 East 31st Street Hastings, Minnesota 55033

Phone: (612) 437-2233 Fax: (612) 437-7325 BBS: (612) 438-3513

KBCategory: kbsetup kbgraphic KBSubcategory: Additional reference words: 5.50 MicroDisplay Systems Model 420 422 1520 1522 1720 1722

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