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- Pressworks 2 for Windows .INI file
- ==================================
-
- Pressworks 2 maintains its settings from session to session in a
- Windows .INI file called PRESSWK2.INI. This file is located in
- your WINDOWS directory, or if you are running Pressworks 2 from a
- network, it may be located in your HOME directory.
-
- The PRESSWK2.INI file has many settings that you MUST NOT edit.
- However, there are three settings detailed below that you may
- find useful to change. All three settings are located in the
- [general defaults] section of the file.
-
-
- standard_open_file=yes/no (default setting is "no")
- =========================================================
-
- The Open command in the File menu of Pressworks 2 displays the
- Open an Existing File tab of the Startup Options dialog. This tab
- displays the last 20 Pressworks documents on which you have
- worked. If the document you want to open is not listed, you can
- display the standard Open Document dialog by clicking on the
- Browse button.
-
- The Open command in previous versions of Pressworks took you
- straight to the standard Open Document dialog. If you want the
- Pressworks 2 Open command to bypass the Startup Options dialog
- and go straight to the Open Document dialog, change the
- standard_open_file setting to "yes".
-
-
- booklet_clipping=no/yes (default setting is "yes")
- ==========================================================
-
- When you print a booklet, any frames overlapping the page
- boundaries are clipped. You can stop this from happening by
- changing the booklet_clipping setting to "no".
-
- This is useful if you want to have a frame running across the
- centre spread of your booklet, eg. containing an eye-catching
- PowerText headline. (The on screen display will still be
- clipped, but when you print your booklet the frame will run
- across the centre pages.)
-
- NOTE: Because of the page ordering, it is only useful to change
- this setting to "no" for the centre spread (the centre has two
- consecutive pages on the same sheet of paper).
-
-
- newspaper_breaks=no/yes (default setting is "yes")
- ==========================================================
-
- When you flow text around complex shapes, eg. a detailed piece of
- clipart, the text frame can become so narrow that words cannot be
- hyphenated correctly, leaving large vertical spaces in the frame.
- This is because Pressworks 2 will only split a word at the
- correct hyphenation point.
-
- In newspapers it is common to split words at non-hyphen points to
- make the document more visually appealing. If you want
- Pressworks 2 to split words at non-hyphen points when used in a
- narrow frame, change the newspaper_breaks setting to "no".
-
- NOTE: Splitting words at non-hyphen points makes the text harder
- to read.
-
- `Newspaper breaks' can also be enabled on a paragraph style or
- paragraph basis for non-justified text by setting the Hyphenation
- Hot Zone (on the Spacing dialog) to zero.
-
-
- remap_zero_width_chars=no/yes (default setting is "yes")
- ==========================================================
-
- Many older 'caps only' fonts have zero width characters in place
- of their lower case characters. By default, Pressworks 2
- attempts to remap these zero width characters to upper case.
-
- However, some special fonts (eg. Sanskritpc) contain characters
- of zero width which display on top of the previous character. To
- make Pressworks 2 display or print these special fonts correctly,
- change the remap_zero_width_chars setting to "no".
-
-
- Editing the PRESSWK2.INI file
- ==============================
-
- If you DO edit the PRESSWK2.INI file, follow the steps below to
- edit the file safely:
-
- 1. Using DOS or Windows File Manager, make a copy of
- PRESSWK2.INI before you amend it. This ensures that if you
- make a mistake when editing the file, you can use the
- original file again.
-
- 2. Open PRESSWK2.INI in a Windows text editor such as Notepad.
-
- 3. Scroll to the entries that you need to edit and make the
- edits you require.
-
- 4. Save PRESSWK2.INI
-
- Now run Pressworks again. If Pressworks was already running,
- close and restart it. The new information that you have added to
- PRESSWK2.INI will be used. If you experience any difficulties
- when using the amended PRESSWK2.INI file, use the original
- PRESSWK2.INI file again and contact Softline for advise.
-
- NOTE: If all else fails, delete the PRESSWK2.INI file. When you
- next run Pressworks a new .INI file will be created with the
- default settings.
-