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CONTENTS
This section will help you find a solution to a
problem so that you can solve it yourself.
This topic is divided into several sections, if
you cannot find what you want in a specific
section, look in General.
GENERAL
EDITING AND FORMATTING
FONTS
PRINTING
If a solution to your problem does not appear in
any section, then contact TECHNICAL SUPPORT .
* GENERAL PROBLEMS
General Problems
PROBLEM 1 After I quit Wordworth, the amount
of memory available seems to have
decreased.
PROBLEM 2 I have a 2MB Amiga 1200 with a
hard disk, and Wordworth will not
let me Open, Save or Print my
documents properly.
PROBLEM 3 When I try and Save my document to
floppy disk, I get the message
`Wordworth3 disk full'. I am
running from floppy disks.
PROBLEM 4 When I try and place a picture
which is in PCX format (or indeed
IMG, GIF, TIF or BMP), the screen
flashes and the picture is not
opened.
PROBLEM 5 When I draw a circle on screen, it
appears as an oval.
PROBLEM 6 I have drawn a square in DPaint
and placed it in my document, but
it appears as a rectangle.
PROBLEM 7 Do I have to be in a 256 colour
screen mode to see and print my
256 colour picture which has been
placed in a Wordworth document?
PROBLEM 8 Is there any way to reduce the
disk swapping when running
Wordworth from a floppy disk
based system.
PROBLEM 9 I have formatted my document into
facing pages but I can only see
one page at a time on screen.
PROBLEM 10 I have created a `Double Page
Spread' document and I am viewing
it in a `Two Pages Across' view
mode, but I cannot see my page.
PROBLEM 11 I am running Wordworth from floppy
disk and I cannot open a document I
saved from my PC at work. It keeps
telling me that it cannot understand
the file.
PROBLEM 12 When I a open an RTF document saved
from my PC, Wordworth uses the wrong fonts.
PROBLEM 13 Why can't I use documents created
in Wordworth 3.1 with my friends earlier
version, 3.0b.
PROBLEM 14 I am running Wordworth from floppy
disk and I cannot place a PCX picture
I bought from a Public Domain library.
* GENERAL PROBLEM 1
After I quit Wordworth, the amount of memory
available seems to have decreased.
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When Wordworth quits, it returns as much of the
memory to the system as it can.
However, Wordworth uses many system libraries
which are kept in memory until such a time as
more memory is needed, they are then flushed out.
You can flush out the libraries manually by
opening up a Shell tool (Workbench System drawer)
and typing `avail flush'.
* GENERAL PROBLEM 2
I have a 2MB Amiga 1200 with a hard disk, and
Wordworth will not let me Open, Save or Print my
documents properly.
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Unfortunately, as soon as a hard disk is installed
into your machine, about 500Kb of memory
disappears. This is used by the disk caches,
system variables and the hard disk itself.
Because 500Kb of memory has gone as soon as the
machine has been turned on, you are left with only
1.5Mb of memory to run Wordworth. Unfortunately,
Wordworth requires 2Mb of free memory to run
effectively.
The problems you are experiencing seem to be due
to this lack of memory and the only real solution
would be do buy a RAM expansion to go in the trap
door under your machine.
If you are going to buy any more memory, we suggest
you purchase 32BIT Fast Ram as this will make your
machine about 7-8 times quicker in overall speed.
* GENERAL PROBLEM 3
When I try and Save my document to floppy disk,
I get the message `Wordworth3 disk full'. I am
running from floppy disks.
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By default, Wordworth saves all documents to a
drawer called Documents on the Wordworth3 disk.
If this message appears, the disk has been filled
up with your documents and there is no space left
to save another.
You will therefore need to create a separate
disk which can be used for any further documents.
Please refer to the sections:
CREATING A SEPARATE DOCUMENT DISK and
SAVING YOUR DOCUMENT ONTO A SEPARATE FLOPPY DISK
for information on how to do this.
* GENERAL PROBLEM 4
When I try and place a picture which is in PCX
format (or indeed IMG, GIF, TIF or BMP), the
screen flashes and the picture is not opened.
------------------------------------------------
This often occurs when the graphic file is not
understood by Wordworth for one of two reasons:
° The picture is corrupt in some way, due to a
faulty disk or incorrectly saved file.
° The filter for the picture format is not
in the Picture drawer (Filters drawer,
Ww3Outlines disk).
The filters are used by Wordworth so it can
understand all of the many different graphic
and text formats. If the filter does not
exist, the file cannot be deciphered.
If you installed Wordworth on floppy disk,
only the IFF and CGM filters are enabled, all
of the other filters are disabled by being
installed into a Storage drawer.
If you wish to use these other types of
graphics, you must enable them by dragging
the appropriate icon out of the Storage drawer
(`Filters/Picture' drawer, Ww3Outlines disk).
* GENERAL PROBLEM 5
When I draw a circle on screen, it appears as an
oval.
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With a normal `PAL High Res' screen mode (a mode
used by TV's and less expensive monitors) the
screen height is half that of the screen width.
This means that the pixels used to make up a
screen display are elongated vertically. Graphics
drawn in this mode will therefore appear
`stretched' on screen, but will printout as you
expect.
The Circle drawing tool is provided so that you
can achieve a perfect circle for printing, even
with a less effective screen mode.
The addition of a good quality MultiScan monitor
would eliminate these problems, as alternative
screen modes would be available that have the same
number of pixels in the height and width.
* GENERAL PROBLEM 6
I have drawn a square in DPaint and placed it
in my document, but it appears as a rectangle.
------------------------------------------------
With a normal `PAL High Res' screen mode (a mode
used by TV's and less expensive monitors) the
screen height is half that of the screen width.
This means that the pixels used to make up a
screen display are elongated vertically. Graphics
drawn in this mode will therefore appear
`stretched' on screen, but will printout as you
expect.
The addition of a good quality MultiScan monitor
would eliminate these problems, as alternative
screen modes would be available that have the same
number of pixels in the height and width.
* GENERAL PROBLEM 7
Do I have to be in a 256 colour screen mode to
see and print my 256 colour picture which has
been placed in a Wordworth document?
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No. When Wordworth prints graphics, it prints
using the original graphic size and number of
colours.
This therefore means that you can use any screen
mode, with any number of colours and you will
always get a perfect printout of the graphic.
NOTE: This is different to previous versions of
Wordworth, as they printed graphics using the
size and colours used on screen.
If you wish to see the graphic in its full glory
on screen, you will need to increase the number
of colours available from the "Screen Settings"
requester ("Change Settings" command, Settings
menu). But doing this will greatly decrease your
Amiga's operation speed.
* GENERAL PROBLEM 8
Is there any way to reduce the disk swapping when
running Wordworth from a floppy disk based system.
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Yes buy a hard disk. Hard disks are mass storage
devices which can be placed inside your machine
and can store from 20 Mb to 1 Gb (1000 Mb).
Compared to your floppy disk which can only hold
around 800 Kb, this is a lot of information.
Hard disks are relatively cheap now and can be
installed easily. If you do decide to buy a hard
disk, ensure you purchase and have it installed
by an authorised Commodore dealer.
Alternatively, you could purchase an extra floppy
disk drive (to make it 3) and you should encounter
very few disk swaps.
* GENERAL PROBLEM 9
I have formatted my document into facing pages
but I can only see one page at a time on screen.
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You will need to choose the Zoom-Other command
(View menu) and select `Two Pages Across' to
see your document in a facing pages view.
* GENERAL PROBLEM 10
I have created a `Double Page Spread' document
and I am viewing it in a `Two Pages Across' view
mode, but I cannot see my page.
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`Double Page Spread' documents, like `Facing Page'
documents, always start on a right hand or odd
page.
This means that you will have to move the
horizontal slider to the right to see the first
page. All subsequent pages will be left then
right, and so on.
* GENERAL PROBLEM 11
I am running Wordworth from floppy disk and I
cannot open a document I saved from my PC at work.
It keeps telling me that it cannot understand the
file.
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By default, you will only be able to open
Wordworth, ASCII or RTF documents, as the other
file filters will have been installed into a
Storage drawer (to disable them).
To use the other document formats, just drag the
appropriate filters out of the Storage drawer
(found in the `Filters/Text' drawer, Ww3Outlines
disk) into the `Filters/Text' drawer and re-run
the program.
* GENERAL PROBLEM 12
When I a open an RTF document saved from my PC,
Wordworth uses the wrong fonts.
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To get Wordworth to use the correct fonts, you
will need to edit a text file called
`FontTranslations' which is in the `WwFonts/UFST'
drawer.
This file informs Wordworth which font it should
map the documents fonts to, as fonts on different
systems are named slightly differently.
* GENERAL PROBLEM 13
Why can't I use documents created in Wordworth
3.1 with my friends earlier version, 3.0b.
------------------------------------------------
If you wish to save a document so that it can be
used on earlier versions of Wordworth 3, then
choose "Save As" (Project menu) and select the
`Wordworth 3.0' format from the list.
A separate format is used because Wordworth 3.1
uses a fast loading file format and is therefore
incompatible with earlier versions.
* GENERAL PROBLEM 14
I am running Wordworth from floppy disk and I
cannot place a PCX picture I bought from a Public
Domain library.
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By default, you will only be able to use IFF and
CGM pictures, as the other picture filters have
been installed into a Storage drawer (to disable them).
To use the other picture formats, just drag the
appropriate filters out of the Storage drawer
(found in the `Filters/Pictures' drawer,
Ww3Outlines disk) into the `Filters/Pictures'
drawer and re-run the program.
* EDITING AND FORMATTING PROBLEMS
Editing And Formatting Problems
PROBLEM 1 When I move my insertion point to
the middle of a word, the letters
in front of the insertion point
disappear as I type.
PROBLEM 2 When I move my cursor to the header
or footer and type some letters, the
screen flashes and nothing appears.
PROBLEM 3 When I type using the `MathRoman...'
fonts, my text appears in Greek and
in strange characters.
PROBLEM 4 The Speech facility does not seem to
work at all. I have an Amiga
A4000/030.
PROBLEM 5 I am using Wordworth 3 on floppy
disks, on my Amiga 2000, and the
characters seem to take ages to
appear on screen after pressing
the keys.
PROBLEM 6 I have highlighted some text and wish
to `Drag and Drop' it to a different
paragraph. But when I click on the
selected block, the text is
deselected.
* EDITING AND FORMATTING PROBLEM 1
When I move my insertion point to the middle
of a word, the letters in front of the insertion
point disappear as I type.
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You seem to be in `Overtype' mode. Press the 0
key on the numeric keypad so that the word
Overtype disappears from the Status Bar.
* EDITING AND FORMATTING PROBLEM 2
When I move my cursor to the header or footer and
type some letters, the screen flashes and nothing
appears.
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There is not enough room in the header of footer
for any characters.
Ensure that the Header and Footer Margins
("Document Options" requester, Format menu) plus
the height of your characters, is less than the Top
or Bottom Margin (Document command, Format menu).
For example:
If you are using 14pt text (0.2 inches in height)
and your Header margin is 0.2 inches. Your Top
margin should be at least 0.5 inches.
* EDITING AND FORMATTING PROBLEM 3
When I type using the `MathRoman...' fonts, my
text appears in Greek and in strange characters.
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The MathRoman fonts are symbol fonts that contain
Greek maths characters for use in mathematical
equations.
These fonts are embedded within other font files
and, therefore, cannot be deleted.
* EDITING AND FORMATTING PROBLEM 4
The Speech facility does not seem to work at all.
I have an Amiga A4000/030.
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Workbench 3.0 and 2.1 users unfortunately will
not be able to use the Speech facility in
Wordworth.
This is because Commodore does not allow Software
houses to distribute the Workbench Speech files
with their products, as was originally allowed.
The only solution would be to contact your local
Public Domain library to see if there are any
third party speech programs that can be used
instead.
* EDITING AND FORMATTING PROBLEM 5
I am using Wordworth 3 on floppy disks, on my
Amiga 2000, and the characters seem to take ages
to appear on screen after pressing the keys.
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Unfortunately, this is a drawback with floppy
disks.
When a character is typed, the letter is read in
from the disk and `cached' (stored in memory).
This process will occur for each character typed.
However, once a letter has been cached and the
key is pressed again, it will appear on screen
almost instantly because it does not have to
access the disk.
* EDITING AND FORMATTING PROBLEM 6
I have highlighted some text and wish to `Drag
and Drop' it to a different paragraph. But when
I click on the selected block, the text is
deselected.
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This could be for two reasons:
° Firstly, the `Drag and Drop' facility has
probably not been turned On from the "Text
Settings" requester (Change Settings" command,
Settings menu).
° Secondly, the double-click delay in the
Workbench Input preferences is set too long.
Lower the delay value to elimate the problem.
* FONT PROBLEMS
Font Problems
PROBLEM 1 I have a PostScript font that I
bought from the public domain, but
when I try and type using this font
nothing appears.
PROBLEM 2 I cannot seem to install the fonts I
got with my previous version of
Wordworth.
PROBLEM 3 I cannot get TrueType fonts to work
on my Amiga.
PROBLEM 4 When I double-click the
`InstallOutlines' tool (WwTools
drawer), it does not install the
new fonts that I have just copied
into my fonts drawer.
PROBLEM 5 I can't seem to delete a font that I
have installed for use with
Wordworth 3.
* FONT PROBLEM 1
I have a PostScript font that I bought from the
public domain, but when I try and type using this
font nothing appears.
------------------------------------------------
This may be because the font does not use `Adobe
Standard Encoding', which means that Wordworth
cannot locate the correct character when a key
is pressed.
Wordworth 3 will hopefully be updated in the
future to accommodate these non-standard encoded
fonts.
* FONT PROBLEM 2
I cannot seem to install the fonts I got with my
previous version of Wordworth.
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Read INSTALLING ADDITIONAL FONTS
for information on how this can be done.
* FONT PROBLEM 3
I cannot get TrueType fonts to work on my
Amiga.
My machine is a 68000 Amiga 2000 with hard disk
and 8MB of RAM.
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Unfortunately, due to unavoidable machine
restrictions, TrueType fonts are unavailable on
pre-68020 processor machines.
* FONT PROBLEM 4
When I double-click the `InstallOutlines' tool
(WwTools drawer), it does not install the new
fonts that I have just copied into my fonts
drawer.
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The InstallOutlines tool will only install:
° Agfa Intellifont fonts which are suffixed by
`.type', `.typ' or `.lib',
° PostScript Type 1 fonts which are suffixed
by `.pfb',
° TrueType fonts which are suffixed by `.ttf'.
Also ensure that all of the tool types on the
InstallOutlines tool are disabled (ie: have
brackets around them).
* FONT PROBLEM 5
I can't seem to delete a font that I have
installed for use with Wordworth 3.
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You will need to do three things:
° Firstly, delete the font file from its
appropriate drawer.
° Secondly, open up the UFST drawer, in the
WwFonts drawer and choose
Show-"All Files" from the Workbench Windows
menu.
Delete the `FontList' file and the files
ending in `.font' and `.otag' for the font
you wish to delete.
° Double-click `InstallOutlines', WwTools
drawer (floppy disk users will find this
drawer on the Ww3Extras disk).
* PRINTING PROBLEMS
Printing Problems
PROBLEM 1 When I print my document, some
elements of my page are missing.
Such as a couple of letters from
the heading, or the TextEffects
object I have as a logo.
PROBLEM 2 When I print my document, there are
blank spaces between the top and
bottom half of the text.
PROBLEM 3 When I print my document, a blank
sheet of paper is fed through after
each page is printed.
PROBLEM 4 When I print out my document, the
printout is very poor, with the
text looking extremely `jaggy'.
PROBLEM 5 When I print using my expensive
PostScript printer, the busy light
flashes so I know it is receiving
information. Then Wordworth finishes
and returns me to the document, but
nothing comes out of the printer.
PROBLEM 6 I am trying to use the Rotate option
from the "PostScript Setup"
requester with my PostScript printer
but a blank page keeps getting
thrown out.
PROBLEM 7 I have several text frames in my
document and I am printing using the
`Internal Printer Font' method. Why
does the text in my text frames
appear with large gaps between each
line.
PROBLEM 8 I have just printed out a document
that I created in Wordworth 3.0a and
a blank page was ejected after each
page. I am using the same "Print
Borders" as Wordworth v2 and v3.0a.
* PRINTING PROBLEM 1
When I print my document, some elements of my
page are missing. Such as a couple of letters
from the heading, or the TextEffects object I
have as a logo.
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The most common cause of this problem is due to
lack of memory.
To print a very smooth quality printout requires
a lot of memory because all of the text and
graphics on screen are scaled up about five times
larger.
You can increase the amount of memory available to
the system for printing by following the items
mentioned in Chapter Nine of the Instruction Book,
`Customising and Optimising Wordworth'.
Alternatively, the amount of memory needed for
the print job can be decreased by lowering the
Density level ("Print Setup", Project menu).
This will cause the printout to be printed in
a lower quality, but will use less memory.
* PRINTING PROBLEM 2
When I print my document, there are blank
spaces between the top and bottom half of the
text.
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Your printing problems seem to be due to the
printer automatically sending a line feed, after
the computer has already told the printer to move
on a line. This combination will cause large gaps
in your printout.
On most printers there is a facility called `DIP
Switches' which are used to set up the printer.
Some newer printers have a LCD screen and menu
system for the same thing.
There is usually a DIP Switch or menu item for
`Automatic Line Feed', `CR causes Line Feed',
`Send CR/LF' or something similar. These options
are used to tell the printer what to do at the
end of each line.
You must set this option to OFF or `LF Only', to
stop the printer sending another line feed and
thus eliminate a blank space between two strips
of printing.
* PRINTING PROBLEM 3
When I print my document, a blank sheet of paper
is fed through after each page is printed.
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Because some printers have what is termed an
`Unprintable area', you must inform Wordworth
that it shouldn't print on certain parts of the
page.
This can be done by entering values into the
"Print Border" text gadgets ("Print Setup",
Project menu).
If you already have values in the text gadgets,
increase the Bottom-"Print Border" until the
problem goes away. If there are no values in
the text gadgets, try the following values:
Top - 0.25 in
Bottom - 0.75 in
Left - 0.25 in
Right - 0.25 in
* PRINTING PROBLEM 4
When I print out my document, the printout is very
poor, with the text looking extremely `jaggy'.
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Your document most probably contains a few `Amiga
Bitmap Fonts'.
Amiga fonts are termed `bit-mapped' because they
are drawn in preset sizes using a matrix of dots.
This means that the font cannot be scaled, like
an Outline font, to match the resolution of the
printer and thus the quality of the whole printout
will be poor.
To rectify this problem, choose "Select All" (Edit
menu) and select the `Shannon Book' font from the
font pop-up on the Ruler Tools.
Next, choose "Change Settings" (Settings menu) and
select Text from the list. Turn off the `Bitmap
Fonts' option from the `Displayed Fonts' group.
This will not display any of the poor quality
bitmap fonts in the font requester and you will
not be able to select one of these fonts by
accident.
* PRINTING PROBLEM 5
When I print using my expensive PostScript
printer, the busy light flashes so I know it is
receiving information. Then Wordworth finishes
and returns me to the document, but nothing comes
out of the printer.
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There could be several reasons for this:
° The printer needs to have the "Send EOF" option
turned on from the "PostScript Setup" requester.
° The printer is not setup correctly to receive
information from the Amiga.
° If the PostScript printer is using the Serial
port then you may need to set your Serial Prefs
from your Workbench Preferences drawer.
Check that the options are correct for your
printer by referring to your Printer's User
Manual.
° The printer cable is faulty. Try another cable
by borrowing a friends or exchanging it at
your local computer dealer.
* PRINTING PROBLEM 6
I am trying to use the Rotate option from the
"PostScript Setup" requester with my PostScript
printer but a blank page keeps getting thrown out.
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When using the Rotate operation, you must remember
that the rotation is carried out anti-clockwise
around the bottom left corner of the page.
This means that your document page is actually
off to the side of the printout. You will
therefore need to Offset the page back so that it
will be printed.
For example:
Rotate an A4 page 90° and you will need to Offset
it Horizontally by `11.713 inches'.
* PRINTING PROBLEM 7
I have several text frames in my document and I
am printing using the `Internal Printer Font'
method. Why does the text in my text frames
appear with large gaps between each line.
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In `Internal Printer Font' mode, you must only
use a `Line Spacing' of 6 lpi or 8 lpi.
This is because no custom line feed values can be
sent to the printer to allow any other values.
Therefore Auto spacing should not be used.
NOTE: You also cannot use Paragraph-`Space Before'
or `Space After'.
* PRINTING PROBLEM 8
I have just printed out a document that I created
in Wordworth 3.0a and a blank page was ejected
after each page. I am using the same "Print
Borders" as Wordworth v2 and v3.0a.
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This is due to an improvement in the printing
technology. On some printers, the "Print Borders"
may have to be changed to eliminate these blank
pages being ejected.