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=== Templates: Tips === | === Templates: Tips === | ||
* If you customize the look of a Word Assistant template by changing the point size of a predefined style, adjust line spacing to match the new point size or select | * If you customize the look of a Word Assistant template by changing the point size of a predefined style, adjust line spacing to match the new point size or select "single" to let Word set line spacing automatically. If you don't adjust line spacing, both the insertion point and the affected text will look clipped (if you increased point size) or widely spaced (if you decreased point size). | ||
* When you insert a clip-art image in a Word Assistant template, apply the | * When you insert a clip-art image in a Word Assistant template, apply the "Picture" style to it, or choose the Paragraph command from the Format menu to set the picture's line spacing to "single." Either approach will make the image display correctly. | ||
=== Forms: Known Problems === | === Forms: Known Problems === | ||
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- To set the size of fonts displayed in As Font view, type | - To set the size of fonts displayed in As Font view, type | ||
"AsFontSize=18". (Note: some video drivers limit AsFontSize | |||
to 16 points.) | to 16 points.) | ||
- To set the size of fonts displayed in Normal view, type | - To set the size of fonts displayed in Normal view, type | ||
"NormalSize=10". | |||
In these examples, substitute the point sizes you want for | In these examples, substitute the point sizes you want for | ||
"18" and "10." For these settings to take effect, you must | |||
exit Word,delete FONTTOOL.DBF, then restart Word. | exit Word,delete FONTTOOL.DBF, then restart Word. | ||
</pre></li> | </pre></li> | ||
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Then assign the macro to the button, menu, or key using the | Then assign the macro to the button, menu, or key using the | ||
procedures in the Word Help topic, | procedures in the Word Help topic, "Customizing and Optimizing | ||
Word. | Word." | ||
</pre></li> | </pre></li> | ||
<li>If you are running Adobe Type Manager(r) (ATM), you can stop Font Selector from rebuilding its database every time you start it. Just remove all ATM fonts whose names match exactly the names of TrueType fonts installed on your system.</li></ul> | <li>If you are running Adobe Type Manager(r) (ATM), you can stop Font Selector from rebuilding its database every time you start it. Just remove all ATM fonts whose names match exactly the names of TrueType fonts installed on your system.</li></ul> | ||
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Then assign the macro to the button, menu, or key using the | Then assign the macro to the button, menu, or key using the | ||
procedures in the Word Help topic, | procedures in the Word Help topic, "Customizing and Optimizing | ||
Word. | Word." | ||
</pre></li> | </pre></li> | ||
<li>If you insert a Special Paper design into a template, copy the FilePrint and FilePrintDefault macros from file SPECPPR.DOT to your template. To do this, choose the Macros command from the Tools menu, and then choose the Organizer button. For details on using the Organizer, see the Word Help topic, | <li>If you insert a Special Paper design into a template, copy the FilePrint and FilePrintDefault macros from file SPECPPR.DOT to your template. To do this, choose the Macros command from the Tools menu, and then choose the Organizer button. For details on using the Organizer, see the Word Help topic, "Copying Styles from a Document or Template."</li></ul> | ||
=== Special Paper: Known Problems === | === Special Paper: Known Problems === | ||
* If you insert a Special Paper design before Word creates NORMAL.DOT (that is, the very first time you run Word), you will see this error: | * If you insert a Special Paper design before Word creates NORMAL.DOT (that is, the very first time you run Word), you will see this error: "C:\<WinWord path>\normal.dot does not exist," where <WinWord path> is the location of WINWORD.EXE. Special Paper's macros won't be copied to the Special Paper template and Special Paper won't work properly. To force Word to create NORMAL.DOT, exit and restart Word. | ||
* With some display drivers, Special Paper may cause Word to freeze after you insert a Special Paper design in page layout view with the zoom level set to 50% or greater. To prevent a freeze, modify the WINWORD6.INI file by setting BITMAPMEMORY=0 (for details on this setting, see the Special Paper online Help topic, | * With some display drivers, Special Paper may cause Word to freeze after you insert a Special Paper design in page layout view with the zoom level set to 50% or greater. To prevent a freeze, modify the WINWORD6.INI file by setting BITMAPMEMORY=0 (for details on this setting, see the Special Paper online Help topic, "Drawing Special Paper Designs Faster"). | ||
* Double-clicking the Special Paper design can affect functionality. You won't lose text, but Special Paper might not give you the option of printing a proof copy. To restore this option, choose Close Picture on the Picture toolbar, delete the design, and then reinsert it. | * Double-clicking the Special Paper design can affect functionality. You won't lose text, but Special Paper might not give you the option of printing a proof copy. To restore this option, choose Close Picture on the Picture toolbar, delete the design, and then reinsert it. | ||
* The file SPECPPR.DOT must reside in the SPCLPPR subdirectory of Word. If you move SPECPPR.DOT to a different directory, selecting a Special Paper design will give this error: | * The file SPECPPR.DOT must reside in the SPCLPPR subdirectory of Word. If you move SPECPPR.DOT to a different directory, selecting a Special Paper design will give this error: "Word Error=1084." | ||
=== Setup: Tips === | === Setup: Tips === | ||
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=== Setup: Known Problems === | === Setup: Known Problems === | ||
* If you select the Custom/Complete option and specify a directory for Font Assistant, you may see this warning message: | * If you select the Custom/Complete option and specify a directory for Font Assistant, you may see this warning message: "Setup has detected an older version of Microsoft Word Assistant in the destination directory." Ignore this warning. The Setup program will install Font Assistant in the directory you specified. | ||
* If Setup incorrectly reports that Word version 6 is not installed, exit Setup, and then add the following statement to the [Microsoft Word] section of WINWORD6.INI: PROGRAMDIR= | * If Setup incorrectly reports that Word version 6 is not installed, exit Setup, and then add the following statement to the [Microsoft Word] section of WINWORD6.INI: PROGRAMDIR=<WinWord path>. Here, <WinWord path> is the location of WINWORD.EXE. Then run the Setup program again. | ||
* If you've changed the Startup directory listed on the File Locations tab when you choose the Options command from the Tools menu (and in the STARTUP-PATH variable in WINWORD6.INI), Word Assistant will not install its .WLL files correctly. To resolve this, set Startup to | * If you've changed the Startup directory listed on the File Locations tab when you choose the Options command from the Tools menu (and in the STARTUP-PATH variable in WINWORD6.INI), Word Assistant will not install its .WLL files correctly. To resolve this, set Startup to <WinWord path>\STARTUP where <WinWord path> is the location of WINWORD.EXE. Next, run the Setup program again, and choose Remove All. Finally, run the Setup program one more time to install Word Assistant correctly. | ||
== Tips for Users == | == Tips for Users == |
Latest revision as of 17:46, 20 July 2020
Contents of Word Assistant READ.ME fileArticle ID: Q106650 The information in this article applies to:
SUMMARYBelow are the contents of the Word Assistant WAREADME.TXT file. This file is installed into the Word 6.0 for Windows program directory. This file is located in the Install Disk 1 and is not compressed. Release Notes for Microsoft Word Assistant for Windows Version 1.0 ================================================ This document contains information that supplements the Word Assistant online documentation. If you open this document in Notepad, the text will print with correct line breaks if you first set both the left and right margins to .5 inch. Contents1. Tips and Known Problems for Word Assistant Components 2. Tips for Users 3. Manually Decompressing the Files 4. Tips for Network Administrators Tips and Known Problems for Word Assistant ComponentsTemplates: Tips
Forms: Known Problems
Font Selector: Tips
Font Selector: Known Problems
Special Paper: Tips
Special Paper: Known Problems
Setup: Tips
Setup: Known Problems
Tips for UsersIf your system has many fonts
If you're using the new Microsoft Mouse
Manually Decompressing the Files
Tips for Network AdministratorsCreating a Network Setup
Installing to Windows on a Network
Installing to Word on a Network
Additional Copyright InformationAdobe Type Manager is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems, Inc. KBCategory: kbreadme KBSubCategory: Additional query words: 6.0 readme word6 winword Keywords : kbreadme Version : 6.0 Platform : WINDOWS |
Last Reviewed: October 15, 1997 |