Microsoft KB Archive/122467

Encarta 1995: README.WRI Contents (Part 2 of 2)

PSS ID Number: Q122467 Article last modified on 03-01-1996

1995

WINDOWS

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This article contains the second part of the README.WRI file that comes with Microsoft Encarta 1995 edition.

To view the first part of README.WRI, please see the following article(s) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q122466 TITLE : Contents of the Encarta 1995 README.WRI File (Part 1)

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Microsoft Encarta, 1995 Edition - README
Microsoft Encarta Tips

This document contains that will help you get the most out of Encarta and your system.

To read this file on-screen, use the Page Down and Page Up keys on your keyboard. You can print the file by choosing the Print command from the File menu.

Sending suggestions, content enhancements, and errors

If you have suggestions for features you would like to see in future editions of Encarta or comments about the current version, please send them to:

Encarta Program Manager Consumer Division Microsoft Corporation 1 Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052-6399 FAX: (206) 936-7329 Internet: mswish@microsoft.com Comments about errors, comprehensiveness, or validity of information presented are welcome. Please send these comments by FAX, U.S. mail, or e- mail.

Table of Contents
Section Description

    Problems During Setup     Encarta and Windows Performance Issues     Video Cards and Display Problems     Audio Problems     CD-ROM Problems     Word Processors and Encarta     Running Encarta on Windows NT     Using Encarta with Microsoft Works 3.0 for Windows </li>    Mouse Cursor Problem </li>   Credit Information </li>   General Multimedia Information </li></ol>

NOTE: Sections 1-4 are found in a separate Knowledge Base article.

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<ol start="5" style="list-style-type: decimal;"> CD-ROM Problems</li></ol>

COMMON SOLUTIONS FOR PROBLEMS WITH CD-ROM DRIVES

NOTE: Do not remove the Encarta compact disc from your CD-ROM drive while running Encarta.

If Encarta cannot find the data files it needs to run, you will see an error message prompting you to correct the problem. To find the source of the problem, do the following:

<ul>  Make sure the Encarta compact disc is correctly inserted into the CD-ROM drive. </li>  Make sure that the drive is connected to your computer correctly and it is functioning in MS-DOS. If you have an external CD-ROM drive, make sure the power is turned on. You can test the function in MS-DOS by viewing a directory of the drive at an MS-DOS prompt. To do this, change to the CD-ROM drive at an MS-DOS prompt, type DIR, then press ENTER. </li>  Make sure that the Encarta program is looking for the compact disc on the correct drive. Check that the ENCARTA.INI file is in the Windows directory. The section called [95Options] should have an entry called “BookPath.” The path should be set to the

directory on the drive that your CD-ROM appears as. For example, if your CD-ROM drive is drive D, the entry would appear like the following: [95Options] BookPath=D:

</li></ul>

If you still see an error message after checking the points above, check the manuals that came with your CD-ROM drive for information on how a CD- ROM is to be set up, or contact the company that supplied the drive.

<ol start="6" style="list-style-type: decimal;"> Word Processors and Encarta</li></ol>

USING ENCARTA WITH WORD PROCESSORS TIPS AND TROUBLESHOOTING

Encarta allows you to create multimedia reports by copying and pasting pictures and sounds into Microsoft Write or your word processor of choice. Audio clips can be pasted as icons into other applications. Double-clicking these icons will play the audio clip. Photos, illustrations, and maps can be pasted into other applications also.

Note that some applications will use black or white “placeholders” for pictures when they are pasted into that application. This is to improve performance, since actual pictures in word processing documents can slow down scrolling and other functions. The pictures should appear properly when you print a document that has been using placeholders for pictures.

Remember that anything that you copy into another application should be credited with a footnote or acknowledgment. See Encarta documentation for details. Please obey copyright laws.

SELECTING A CUSTOM WORD PROCESSOR TO CALL FROM ENCARTA

By clicking the Settings command from the Information menu, you can use the Choose Word Processor button to select any Windows application as the word processor that you will call up with Encarta’s Word Processor menu item.

TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS FOR CALLING WORD PROCESSORS FROM ENCARTA

A few tips will help you in using Encarta’s Word Processor menu:

<ol style="list-style-type: decimal;">  If you Choose a Word Processor in the Settings box, you must then make sure that this word processor is not already open in Windows. If you have it open when you select the Word Processor menu item in Encarta, a second instance will be launched. </li>  Once you open your application with the Word Processor menu item, you can use this menu command to bring the Word Processor back after you have minimized it. This makes research and report writing more convenient. </li>  Certain Windows applications do not respond to the command used by Encarta’s word processor menu to bring the word processor back after it has been minimized. These applications generally have complicated execution commands that Encarta cannot call properly. The next item, number 4, explains how to work around this problem to switch back and forth from Encarta to your word processor. </li>  If you encounter problems bringing your word processor back up with the Encarta Word Processor command, you can use several methods to switch to your word processor. In each case, make sure your word processor is open before using the Task List. <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">  Hold down the ALT key, and press TAB repeatedly. This will cycle each open Windows application to the foreground in order. When you see the application you want, let go of the ALT key, and that application will appear. </li>  Use the Windows Task List to switch to another application. There are three ways to bring up the Task List: </li></ol>

<ul>  Click the Encarta Control Menu on the left side of the menu bar, then click the Switch To command. </li>  Double-click anywhere on the Windows desktop that is outside a window. The Windows Task List will appear. </li> <li> Press the CTRL key and the ESC key. The Windows Task List will appear. </li></ul>

When the Task List is open, click once on your word processor in the list to highlight it. Then press the Switch To button. This will bring your word processor to the foreground. You can then use the same method from within your word processor to get back to Encarta. </li> <li> You will get an Error Message from the Encarta Word Processor command if you select a word processor and then delete that word processor from your hard disk, or if Encarta cannot find a valid Windows application from your selection. In this case, you must choose a new word processor using Options before the Word Processor command will work for you. </li> <li> Running Encarta on Windows NT </li></ol>

Encarta 95 may need to copy some files to your system directory. In order for setup to do this, you must be a member of the Administrator group when you log on. Otherwise, setup will not be able to copy these files to your drive. You can check your user status with the User Manager.

Encarta runs well on Windows NT with the following exceptions:

<ul> <li> Encarta 1995 videos will not run on Windows NT version 3.1. You must have Windows NT version 3.5 or later in order to run videos. </li> <li> When you play videos in Encarta 1995 on Windows NT version 3.5 or later, you may notice strange colors appearing around the video window. This is a known problem. The colors should return to normal once the video is done playing. </li> <li> If you are running on Windows NT version 3.1, you will not be able to hear the audio in the World Language InterActivity, and you will not be able to hear the pronunciations for the place names in the Atlas. </li> <li> When you run Encarta Setup on Windows NT version 3.1, you will receive a file error message “Cannot find MSVIDEO.DLL”. Do not worry about this error. This will not effect your performance under NT 3.1. </li> <li> Encarta 1995 will fail on exit if you select “Run in Separate Memory Space” in the Properties dialog for Encarta in the Program Manager. The default setting has this option turned off, so Encarta will run properly. </li> <li> When you run Encarta Setup on a non-Intel Windows NT machine (i.e. Mips or Alpha processor), you may receive an error Profdisp causes an illegal instruction…&quot;. Do not worry about this error. One module of setup fails, but setup will complete and Encarta will run properly. </li> <li> On non-Intel Windows NT machines (i.e. Mips or Alpha processor), you may receive error messages when you try to play various pieces of audio or video. This is because, at the time of the release of Encarta 95, there were not versions of all media drivers available for all non-Intel platforms. </li> <li> If you have a non-Intel Windows NT machine (i.e. Mips or Alpha processor) then you will need to manually install a DLL that does not have the 80386 code found in the DLL installed by default. This file is in the directory on the CD and is called POEMWINC.DLL. To install this file, do the following: <ul> <li> Do a complete setup of Encarta. You must choose the “Faster” installation option so that the files to be replaced run from the hard drive. </li> <li> Copy the file from the directory on the CD into the same directory you designated in Setup (C:by default). This file replaces the one setup copied there. </li></ul>

NOTE: On non-Intel NT machines the Encarta Dictionary/Thesaurus should not be run because it will cause Encarta to fail. </li></ul>

<ol start="8" style="list-style-type: decimal;"> <li>Using Encarta with Microsoft Works 3.0 for Windows, Multimedia Edition</li></ol>

Unleash the power of Encarta with Microsoft Works 3.0 for Windows, Multimedia Edition. With the click of a button, you can launch Encarta from within Works to have it automatically look up the currently selected word or automatically do a search through all of Encarta for that word. (See the Works for Windows 3.0, Multimedia Edition documentation for details on how to use this feature.)

If you plan to use Works and Encarta together we strongly recommend that you choose the Faster installation option in Encarta’s setup program. With the Faster installation, the Encarta program files are always accessible from your hard disk. If you choose the Slower installation, Encarta may not be able to access needed program files if the Encarta CD is not in the CD- ROM drive.

<ol start="9" style="list-style-type: decimal;"> <li>Mouse Cursor Problem</li></ol>

If you find that the mouse cursor jumps around on the screen when you perform certain actions in Encarta, and you are using Microsoft IntelliPoint mouse software, you need to turn off the “snap-to” option. Open the Control Panel, usually found in the Main group in Program Manager, and select the Mouse option. Turn off the snap-to option in the Mouse Manager dialog and close the Mouse Manager and the Control Panel.

<ol start="10" style="list-style-type: decimal;"> <li>Credit Information</li></ol>

The following credit information was provided too late to be included in Encarta 95:

The following photograph was supplied with the permission of Visual Artists And Galleries Association (VAGA), New York:

Kline’s Meryon- Tate Gallery/Art Resource, NY/(c)1994 Estate of Franz Kline/VAGA, NY

The following photographs were supplied with the permission of Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York:

Constantin Brancusi Sculpture- Erich Lessing/Art Resource, NY/(c) 1995 ARS, NY/ADAGP, Paris

Horizontal Yellow- ESM/Art Resource, NY/(c) 1995 ARS, NY/ADAGP, Paris

Miro’s Birth of the World- Art Resource, NY/(c) 1995 ARS, NY/ADAGP, Paris

Ernst’s Celebes- Tate Gallery, London/Art Resource, NY/(c) 1995 ARS, NY/SPADEM/ADAGP, Paris

Beckmann’s Departure- THE BETTMANN ARCHIVE/(c) 1995 ARS, NY/VG Bild-Kinst, Bonn

Man Ray’s Marquis de Sade- Giraudon/Art Resource, NY/(c) 1995 ARS, NY/ADAGP/Man Ray Trust, Paris

Derain’s London Bridge- THE BETTMANN ARCHIVE/(c)1995 ARS, NY/ADAGP, Paris

<ol start="11" style="list-style-type: decimal;"> <li>General Multimedia Information</li></ol>

For more information regarding Multimedia PCs, MPC titles, and other general multimedia topics of interest, please refer to the MPC Marketing Council at the following location:

Multimedia PC Marketing Council, Inc. 1703 M Street Suite 700 Washington, DC 20036 Telephone: (202) 452-1600 For more information regarding other Microsoft Multimedia titles write to:

Microsoft Multimedia Publishing Group Consumer Division 1 Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052-6399 You may also run the Microsoft Multimedia Catalog by clicking the icon installed in the same group as Encarta’95, usually the Microsoft Multimedia group.

For information regarding a specific MPC product, contact the manufacturer of that product.

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