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- March 1, 1993
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- MasterMind Software presents MasterPrint v1.0a
- Written by Shawn Wallack CIS 72630,555
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- This document has 5 sections.
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- <1> What is MasterPrint?
- <2> How do I install MasterPrint?
- <3> How do I run MasterPrint?
- <4> The MSTRMIND.INI File
- <5> How do I remove MasterPrint?
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- <1> What is MasterPrint?
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- MasterPrint is a macro written in Microsoft WordBasic. When you
- run the macro, MasterPrint offers you total control over printers
- and print jobs from one easy control panel.
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- MasterPrint allows you to easily select any open document for
- printing, any printer port or fax card, any set of page ranges
- or odd/even pages. You can print the selected text or the
- current page. You can print annotations or other supplemental
- document details.
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- The best way to understand MasterPrint is to install and run it.
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- <2> How do I install MasterPrint?
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- The ZIP or EXE file that you opened includes a Word DOC file named
- MSTRMIND.DOC. This file should be opened in a Word for Windows
- session.
-
- Once open, the document will automatically set Word up for
- installation. You will see an "Install" button. If you press
- that button by clicking the mouse or using ALT+SHIFT+F9 with the
- keyboard, installation will begin.
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- You will be asked to confim installation. If you say "Yes,"
- then all the MasterPrint macros will be copied into the NORMAL
- template (the default template) and will be available to any
- document that uses NORMAL as its template. There is no need to
- rename MasterPrint to FilePrint since, the ALT+F+P command will
- run MasterPrint, not Word's basic FilePrint.
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- If you have any problems during installation, contact Shawn Wallack
- of MasterMind Software at CIS 72630,555.
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- <3> How do I run MasterPrint?
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- To use MasterPrint, open a new document and base it on the NORMAL
- template (the default). Or open a document that you already
- created that is based on the NORMAL template.
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- Issue the ALT+F+P command and MasterPrint will run. MasterPrint
- will read and sort/parse data stored in MSTRMIND.INI for display
- in the Control Center dialog box. This may cause a delay of less
- than 1 second on a fast machine. (See section 4 for more)
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- Once in MasterPrint, understanding what to do is easy. The best
- way to learn is by doing. Press the buttons. Look around.
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- There are six buttons on the main screen.
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- The OK button sends your print job to the printer port
- The Setup button is the same as running FilePrintSetup from Word.
- Options is for Word's printer option dialog.
- Defaults is to set MasterPrint's MSTRMIND.INI values.
- About is about MasterMind.
- Cancel is quit.
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- Everything is pretty simple. Only the Defaults button may be
- confusing. Read section <4> for help.
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- <4> The MSTRMIND.INI File
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- MSTRMIND.INI is referred to by MasterPrint. This file is created
- by MasterPrint (or by you in advance) and contains one section as
- follows:
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- The MSTRMIND.INI file
- ==================================
- [MasterPrint]
- Port1=WINFAX ON COM2:
- Port2=IBM LASERPRINTER 4019 PS17 ON LPT1:
- Port3=
- Port4=
- Beep=1
- SkipFaxCheck=1
- Name=Shawn Wallack
- UserCode=
-
- As you can see, each of the first four lines represents a
- printer or fax port. These entries are optional, because
- MasterPrint will detect your current printer by default.
- MasterPrint removes duplicate entries and blank lines between
- entries. Although the best way to setup MSTRMIND.INI is by
- using the Defaults button in MasterPrint, you may edit the file
- by hand if you know your port names. Don't forget the colons!
-
- Using the Default button to change MSTRMIND.INI is easy. Press
- Default. Select the current printer from the top line. Copy
- that value into the Port1 entry space. Press OK. Press
- Setup. Choose a different port. Now copy the new Default
- value into the space provided for Port2. Press OK. Continue
- until all your printers have been included.
-
- The SkipFaxCheck line is also optional. SkipFaxCheck, when set
- to 1 will force MasterPrint NOT to display a warning if you print
- a range of pages to a port that has the string "COM" or "FAX" in
- its name. It is presumed that you are faxing when any of these
- strings is found in your port name. If you have chosen to fax a
- range, then a warning message reminds you that each range will be
- sent separately. People with serial printers should set this
- value to 1.
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- <5> How do I remove MasterPrint?
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- 1. Remove entries from MSTRMIND.INI
- 2. Delete the Global macros whose names begin with beginning with
- the word "MasterPrint"
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