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07-Jun-91 07:46:35
Sb: #WP51 Interim 6/4/91 enhs
Fm: Roxanne Weir WPC Enhance 73447,754
We have recently provided an interim release of WordPerfect 5.1. This release
is dated 6/4/91. The following is a list of many of the enhancements added to
this release. The first enhancements are those enhancements that I consider
"major" enhancements. This means that they were requested by many of our
users. The rest of the enhancements are listed in alphabetical order, or
somewhat alphabetical order. Program 1 and 2 disks are the only ones included
with this release.
If you are interested in updating your copy of WordPerfect 5.1 to the latest
interim release which has these added enhancements, you may do so by calling
our Orders Department at (800) 321-4566 or by writing them a letter sent to
WP51 Update, 1555 N. Technology Way, Orem, Utah 84057. You may also send WPC
Orders a CompuServe mail message through EasyPlex to 71531,3331.
If you already own a registered copy of WordPerfect 5.1, there will be a
minimal charge of $10 plus shipping and applicable sales tax for the interim
release since you will be obtaining the update for the added enhancements and
not for "bug" fixes ($10 rather than $15 because there are only 2 disks). The
one update may be used to update all registered users of WordPerfect 5.1
within your office. This means that the computers that already have a
registered copy of WordPerfect 5.1 with an earlier date, can benefit from the
one update.
If you have a question on any of these enhancements or if you have a request
for another enhancement for WordPerfect or any of our products, please feel
free to send them to me directly. You may do so though CompuServe
[73447,754], through the WPC BBS [(801) 225-4414 "Roxanne Weir"], through
BITNET [INTERNET:73447.754@CompuServe.COM] or by writing a letter to my
attention at 1555 N. Technology Way, Orem, Utah 84057. You may also report
them to one of our Customer Support Operators.
If you have a problem, or a "bug", to report with the software, please call
Customer Support. I deal strictly with enhancements. Although I know of some
of the problems that were fixed with this release and others, Customer Support
will be able to help you better in regards to bugs.
And now for the enhancements............
*ALIGNMENT with [End C/A]: You are able to manually insert the end of
alignment code that was used in WordPerfect 5.0 ([C/A/FlRt]) with [Center],
[DEC TAB] and [Flsh Rgt]. The keystrokes to accomplish this are [Shft-F8, 4,
9]. This code was very helpful when you wanted to have flush right at the
horizontal center of the page. It was also helpful when working with math
figures to align the text after a parenthesis.
*MERGE {KEYBOARD}: While at an input prompt ({KEYBOARD}, {INPUT}), you are now
allowed to edit text up to the next merge code. This will allow you to use
typeover at the input prompt again.
*SETUP: The default for Format Retrieved Documents for Default Printer [Shft-
F1,4,4] is set to Yes.
*REVEAL CODES: When the cursor is placed on a where an Automatic Font Change
has occurred ([Large] or [Bold]) the code will expand to list the font that is
being used.
*CHARACTERS ADDED: [8,209] lowercase rho with rough breathing mark; [2,208]
capital upsilon diaresis; [8,207] capital iota diaresis (Interested in this?
Order the PTR/Graphics disk and Program 1/2/. Additional charge will be
added).
*GRAPHIC DRIVERS: OAK CHIP set graphics support (Oak Technology Graphics
Driver). ULTIMATE VGA graphics card support (driver written by Third Party).
If you would like these drivers, they are not included on the Program 1/2
disk. You must requests the Drivers 1/2 disks at the time of order. Your
order price will probably increase to around $15 when ordering more disks.
*MOUSE DRIVERS: Support added for the following: Appoint MousePen (PS/2),
Appoint MousePen (serial), Logitech MouseMan (Serial), Logitech TrackMan
(Serial), Mouse Systems OMNIMOUSE (Serial), Mouse Systems PC Trackball
(Serial).
===============
BACKUP, TIMED: WordPerfect will check to see if the screen is empty before
timed backup occurs. This will discontinue the practice of making backups
which are 0 bytes.
BLOCK: When Block is turned on, WP will distinguish between the hard hyphen
and normal, - [-] and the hard space and space, [ ].
COMPOSE: Ctrl-V will now work in a substructure (header, footer, footnote,
etc) and other places like the Search String, Comments, Document Summary
Abstract, Overstrike, Macro Descriptions, etc.
INSTALL: Allows you to Esc or Cancel back one menu screen. Also, if you exit
out of the Basic Install and then re-enter into it, a prompt asks if you would
like to continue with Install. If the answer is Yes, then you are taken to the
Printer Select menu. This is helpful when you had to exit out of Install to
add additional files to your CONFIG.SYS file in order to enter into
WordPerfect to select the file (which made you exit previously).
KEYBOARD: In some cases, the Ctrl, Alt, and Shft keys of the Enhanced
Keyboards would "stick". Some of these problems were fixed and they will no
longer occur while in WordPerfect. Note, this is an enhancement as it works
around a problem you will see at DOS even. It is not a fix to a WordPerfect
bug.
MACROS SYSTEM VARIABLES: {SYSTEM}direction~ ({SYSTEM}31~) checks text entry
direction. {SYSTEM}language~ ({SYSTEM}32~) returns the current language used,
[Shft-F8, 4, L]. {SYSTEM}edittype~ ({SYSTEM}33~) provides information useful
for international keyboards that need to use ASCII mnemonics in menus.
MACROS SPEED: The execution speed of some macros will be increased with the
new release. Some of the Macros that will be effected are those that check
the Location of Files, Descriptions, Search, Language Code, Save Document and
Overstrike.
MASTER DOCUMENT and BACKUP: When condensing a master document, a temporary
backup of the subdocument is saved (FILENAME.BK!). If the save is successful,
the backups are deleted. If it is not successful (i.e. disk error), backups
will be renamed as the original file.
MOVE: After selecting an area of text with the Move feature (Ctrl-F4), you are
now able to use the Delete or Backspace key to delete the text. Before you had
to use the delete option from the menu.
SPELL: Adding word to the dictionary that contained an apostrophe did not
function properly. For example, when adding "o'clock" it would be considered
as two words "o" "clock". This will now be considered correctly. The "'s" on
Possessives were also a problem, mother's. Now, the "'s" will be stripped out,
but the word will still be added.
***Remember, the above are enhancements that were made to the product. If you
would like to obtain these enhancements, you will need to call orders. There
will be a charge. Other enhancements were added and some bug fixes were made.
If you have a question on a specific enhancement, let me know. If you have a
question on a specific bug, let Support know.
Thanks for your interest in WordPerfect (you obviously have some if you made
it this far in the message). <grin> --roxanne weir--WPCorp Enhancements