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Cancer README Contents
======================
Welcome to Cancer for Windows, part of the Corel Medical
Series.
This document provides important information regarding
this Windows product that wasn't available when the jewel
case insert was printed. Please review the contents of this
file before using Cancer for Windows.
If you have any suggestions or questions about this product
that your distributor can't answer, please contact Corel
Multimedia Technical Support:
Telephone: (613) 728-1010
CompuServe: Enter GO COREL2
Internet: http://www.corel.com
Contents
========
A. CD-ROM caching
B. Improving Performance
C. Troubleshooting Notes
1. Text cut off in some dialog boxes
2. Printed output doesn't look correct
3. Clipboard objects cleared when Stedmans or Quicktime
movies are launched
4. System appears frozen when a text hyperlink is
clicked
5. "Cannot display entry" error when using Stedmans
6. System freezes when using Autorun
7. Quicktime videos get choppy and/or sound speeds up
8. Steadmans may not display properly when accessed
D. Reinstalling Quicktime for Windows
E. Presentation 3.0 Notes
A. CD-ROM caching
=================
To increase the speed of your program, you should use
SMARTDRV.EXE's CD-ROM caching. This option is available in
DOS 6.2 and higher.
To enable CD-ROM caching:
-------------------------
1. In your "AUTOEXEC.BAT" file, Make sure that the CD-ROM
extensions program, CorelCDX or MSCDEX, is loaded before
SMARTDRV. For example:
.
C:\BIN\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD001 /M:10
.
C:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.EXE /X /L 2048
.
2. Give SMARTDRV.EXE the default cache size of 2048K as shown
in the example above.
B. Improving Performance
========================
If you notice that your Corel Medical disk is running slowly,
setting your video driver to 256 color mode may improve
performance. For further information on setting color mode,
see the documentation provided by your video card
manufacturer.
C. Trouble Shooting
===================
1. Text cut off in some dialog boxes
------------------------------------
The Large Fonts settings in some video drivers are not
supported and can cause text to overrun the boundaries of
dialog boxes, or can cause the main application window to
appear too large. To avoid this problem, please disable
Large Fonts and restart the Corel Medical title. For
further information on disabling large fonts, see the
documentation provided by your video card manufacturer.
If you still have problems, please see also the next
section below regarding the installation of the TIMES
NEW ROMAN font.
2. Print output doesn't look correct
------------------------------------
If you see strange characters when you print from this
Corel Medical title, check that the TIMES NEW ROMAN and
ARIAL fonts (windows defaults) are installed on your system.
For information on installing fonts, see the documentation
provided with Windows.
3. Clipboard objects cleared when Stedmans or Quicktime
movies are launched
------------------------------------------------------
Please note that when the Stedmans Medical Dictionary is
launched or a QuickTime 'movie in a window' is opened,
the clipboard contents are cleared. If you have items
stored on the clipboard for use in other applications,
please be sure to save them before starting Cancer.
4. System appears frozen when a text hyperlink is clicked
---------------------------------------------------------
Please note that when a hyperlink (red text) is clicked on,
a complex search is started and your system may appear
frozen momentarily. Please do not reset the system, but
rather simply give the computer a little time to work and
display the search results on screen. Note that some of the
more complex links can take up to twenty seconds to display,
and during this time there is no indication on screen that
the system is "thinking".
5. "Cannot display entry" error when using Stedmans
---------------------------------------------------
Please note that in order for Stedmans Medical Dictionary
to function properly, you must have a printer driver
installed on your system. If you do not have a printer
driver installed, you may get an error indicating that an
entry cannot be displayed. To avoid this problem, please be
sure that your system has a properly installed Windows
print driver. Note that you do not need a physical printer
attached to your system, only a printer driver is required.
For further information please consult your Windows
documentation or online help.
6. System freezes when using Autorun
------------------------------------
Under certain hardware/system configurations, use of the
Windows 95 Autorun feature may cause the system to stop
responding at the startup of this Medical title. If this
occurs, restart your system and either disable the Autorun
feature, or simply click the exit button when the Autorun
screen appears. You may then use the normal start menu
icon for Cancer to launch the product.
7. Quicktime videos get choppy and/or sound speeds up
-----------------------------------------------------
On certain hardware/system configurations, users that have
older 8bit sound cards and drivers may experience a problem
while playing the Quicktime videos contained in this
product. There have been cases where the videos may start
to get choppy while playing, and/or the sound in the movie
may appear to speed up. This problem usually occurs after
working with the product for a lengthy period of time, or
if the videos are replayed frequently. If this issue
becomes a problem, simply restart the Medical Title and/or
Windows and the problem should be temporarily corrected.
8. Steadmans may not display properly when accessed
----------------------------------------------------
Under certain conditions, if the Steadmans Medical dictionary
is accessed multiple times by closing it completely and
reopening it in the same session, an error may occur in your
application. If this occurs, simply refrain from closing
Steadmans Medical Dictionary, simply leave it running in the
background after using it, and it therefore will be accessible
whenever you need it without having to reopen it each time.
D. Reinstalling Quicktime for Windows
=====================================
If you are experiencing problems with the playback of
movie/animation clips, you should try reinstalling the
Apple Quicktime for Windows drivers.
For Windows 95:
To reinstall Quicktime For Windows:
-Locate and double click the QT directory on
the root of your Cancer disk.
-Locate and double click the QT32.EXE file
and follow the onscreen messages to reinstall
the Quicktime 32bit drivers for Windows 95.
For Windows 3.1X:
To reinstall Quicktime For Windows:
-Locate and double click the QT directory on
the root of your Cancer disk.
-Locate and double click the QT16.EXE file
and follow the onscreen messages to reinstall
the Quicktime 16bit drivers for Windows 3.1x.
E. Presentation 3.0 Notes
=========================
QuickArt Gallery
Please note the following errata in the Presentations 3.0
electronic documentation: The images corresponding to the
specific file names referenced in the QuickArt (Figure)
Editing Solutions section on pages 52 through 65, are not
included on the CD. Rather, there are a series of Medical
theme clipart images in several different categories which
can be incorporated into any slide show. For the purpose
of walking through the instructional sections of the
manual, simply substitute any other image that is present
in the Figurgal.shw file.