Publisher 4 Read-me

Publisher should automatically run the setup program when you insert the disk. If the autorun fails to initiate, however, you should select ‘Run…’ from the start menu and type ‘D:\setup.exe’ (where D is the name of your CD drive).  Alternatively, use Windows Explorer to find ‘setup.exe’ on the disk and double-click on it.

For more information about greenstreet® refer to the file ‘greenstreet.htm’ on the root of the disc.

In order to run the program you should be running Windows 95 OSR2, 98, NT4, ME,2000 or XP on a P166 (or better) with 16MB RAM and at least 190MB of spare memory on your hard disk.

Upgraders are advised to uninstall previous versions of Publisher before installing Publisher 4.  The programs will run side by side, however if you later uninstall the older versions and encounter difficulties then you should reinstall Publisher 4.

We recommend running at at least high colour (65,335), and 1024x768 screen size.  If you run at less than this the monitor output may not be of a high enough standard to faithfully represent your document.  The output to paper or Web will not be affected.

If you are running the program on Windows 95 OSR2 or NT please note that program launcher will autorun each time you insert the disc. This will not affect the running of the program.

If you currently have a previous version of PowerText on your machine, Publisher 4 is designed not to overwrite it on install. If you wish to upgrade your PowerText to a later version you should run the set-up directly from the disk.  Select ‘Run…’ from the start menu and type ‘D:\powertext\setup.exe’ where D is the name of your CD drive. Alternatively, use Windows Explorer to find this file on the disk and double-click on it.

If you are running a system that does not have Internet Explorer 5 or higher installed, you will need to install this in order for some aspects of the program to operate properly.  We have supplied Internet Explorer 5.5 on the disk.  Select ‘Run…’ from the start menu and type ‘D:\ie5\iesetup.exe’ where D is the drivename of your CD drive.  Alternatively, use Windows Explorer to find this file on the disk and double-click on it.  The setup program will then guide you through the rest of the set up. You should do this before you install Publisher 4.

If you are running NT4 then you must have at least service pack five installed.  We have included this on the disk for you if you don’t have it already.  Select ‘Run…’ from the start menu and type ‘D:\redist\sp5i386.exe’ where D is the name of your CD drive. Alternatively, use Windows Explorer to find this file on the disk and double-click on it.  The setup program will then guide you through the rest of the set up. You should do this before you install the main program.

A program for converting Desk Press documents called Desk2pwk.exe has been placed on the root of the CD. To use this converter type the following in the run or MS Dos command box:
Location of file\desk2pwk.exe location of document\filename  location of converted file\filename

Known Issues
The ‘sort’ function of spreadsheets has not been designed to work with formulas and therefore doesn’t sort these as might be expected.

Browsing folders with a large number of images (around 500 or more) may cause the computer to slow down when scrolling through the previews to the point the machine appears to hang.

In order to ensure that Web Export faithfully converts your document into a HTML file, you should ensure that your word and letter spacing is set to ‘tightly spaced’.  You can change this by editing your spacing settings in the text menu.

Because of the way web browsers operate we have found that Web Export will have better results if frames do not overlap. This is especially the case for frames containing text.

If printing to a PDF converter you may find that some text gets compressed. If this happens it is recommended that you either change the font or increase the point size of the text in the originall Publisher document before printing to a PDF converter.

Unfortunately, some areas of Publisher 4 could not be translated without causing serious problems to the rest of the program. These are mainly in the Chart generation and Cell format areas.

When printing booklets, some systems/printers may have a smaller central margin in comparison to the outer margin. This can normally be resolved by changing the binding margin to 1cm.

We do not recommend rotating bar codes as it may make them difficult for scanners to read.

When saving a document created in a previous version of Publisher/Pressworks that contains PowerText, the PowerText objects in that document must be updated to PowerText 3D2 first. This is done by making sure PowerText 3D2 is installed and then double-clicking on every PowerText object in the document. Some objects may need slight adjustments, but in most cases the PowerText 3D2 window can be closed and the object will be automatically updated.

When Cancelling an uninstall attempt, InstallShield may cause a kernel32 error.

New Features
A new barcode feature has been added to this version of Publisher 4. To place a barcode onto your document use the insert object option under the edit menu.

When starting a Template from the new file list, it is now possible to select a different language document for the template text to what Publisher was installed. For example, even if Publisher was installed using English, the template text in a new document can be changed to German.