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- This document contains information pertaining to
- ChemWindow Classic only--not ChemWindow 2.
-
- This document contains the following:
-
- Order Information
- Install Instructions
- Fonts, Windows, and ChemWindow Classic
- Using ChemWindow Classic with WordPerfect
- New Features Not Discussed In The Manual
-
-
- To Install ChemWindow Classic Using Windows 3.x:
- -------------------------------------------------
- 1. From inside Windows 3.x, open the File Manager.
- 2. Create a directory on the hard disk called "CW"
- 3. Place the ChemWindow Classic diskette in the exterior drive.
- 4. Drag the "CW.EXE" file from the exterior drive directory
- to the new CW directory on your hard drive.
- 5. Close File Manager and open Program Manager.
- 6. Select New from the File menu to create an icon.
- 7. Enter "ChemWindow Classic" for the description and the path name
- for the command line. (Example: C\:CW\CW.EXE)
- 8. Double click the ChemWindow Classic icon to start.
-
-
- To Install ChemWindow Classic Using Windows 2.x:
- --------------------------------------------------------
- 1. At the DOS prompt, enter "MD CW".
- 2. Go to new directory by entering "CD CW" at the DOS prompt.
- 3. Place ChemWindow Classic into floppy drive, we'll call it Drive A.
- 4. Copy ChemWindow Classic to hard disk by entering, "COPY A:CW.EXE".
- 5. Enter "WIN CW" to run ChemWindow Classic.
-
- To Install ChemWindow Classic Using the Windows 2 Runtime:
- ________________________________________________________
- CAUTION: THIS PROCEDURE IS FOR USERS THAT DO NOT HAVE WINDOWS
- INSTALLED ON THEIR COMPUTER. THE RUNTIME IS ONLY PROVIDED TO
- THOSE THAT HAVE PURCHASED CHEMWINDOW CLASSIC. THE DEMO VERSION
- DOES NOT INCLUDE THE RUNTIME. TO INSTALL THE DEMO VERSION, YOU
- MUST HAVE WINDOWS ON YOUR COMPUTER.
-
- 1. Insert the Setup Disk into floppy drive, we'll call it Drive A.
- 2. Go to floppy drive by entering, "A:".
- 3. Start installation by typing, "SETUP".
- 4. The computer will instruct you on how to complete the installation.
-
- Fonts, Windows and ChemWindow Classic
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- In the Windows environment, you have fonts for your screen and others
- for the printer. ChemWindow Classic displays all fonts supported by your
- printer in the Font menu. This includes fonts that are permanently stored
- in your printer, cartridge fonts, or "Soft" fonts that are sent by your
- computer to the printer. The font sizes enabled in the "Size" menu are
- those supported by your printer for the currently selected font. When
- you use fonts in a document, the text displayed on your screen will use a
- screen font. Windows will use a font that is as close in appearance as
- possible to the selected printer font.
-
- You may have to purchase fonts to get the screen display of text to match
- the document better. Adobe sells screen fonts that correspond to those
- found in Postscript printers. Bitstream (800-522-3668) sells "Soft" fonts
- that support the HP LaserJet printers and the screen. If you're going to
- use Windows 3.0, verify with the vendor that their fonts are compatible
- with 3.0 before ordering. Windows 3.0 contains a font with Greek symbols
- (Symbol) for the screen. This font cannot be used for the LaserJet printer.
- If you have Windows 3.0, the best way to obtain good-quality scaleable
- fonts for the screen and printer is to purchase Adobe Type Manager. The
- Courier, Helvetica, Times, and Symbol fonts are included when you buy Adobe
- Type Manager.
-
- Using ChemWindow Classic with WordPerfect
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- If you'll be printing on a Postscript printer, create an encapsulated
- Postscript file (EPS) with ChemWindow Classic and import it into WordPerfect.
- For all other printers, use the WordPerfect graphics file (WPG). WPG
- files support only three fonts: Courier, Times Roman (Tms Rmn in menu),
- and Helvetica (Helv in menu). These can be any size, but they are all
- represented as stick figure-like fonts (they are not really Courier,
- Times, and Helvetica). For best results, create the document with the
- Postscript printer driver. Even if you do not have a Postscript printer,
- install the Postscript printer driver with the Windows Control Panel.
- If you have already drawn the structures, change the font to a Postscript
- font for EPS documents or to Courier (it looks best) for WPG documents. If
- you want to import the structure into WordPerfect with the same size as
- drawn in ChemWindow Classic, use the size command with the auto both option.
-
- Features not found in the manual.
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- This new version fixes a number of recently discovered bugs and makes a few
- needed modifications. Version 1.36 adds two new tools to your drawing palette
- ─ a chair of the opposite orientation to the existing chair and a Benzene
- ring in the Kékule form. Both rings were attainable in previous versions,
- but convenience dictated they be made more accessible.
-
- You will also notice in your version 1.36 that the dialog boxes for the online
- help command have been rewritten to better explain drawing tools.
-
- The default directory for saving documents can be set in the WIN.INI file.
- WIN.INI is found in your Windows directory. Edit it with NOTEPAD or any
- other text editor after running ChemWindow Classic once. Find the section
- starting with "[ssCt]". Insert the line DIR="PATH", where PATH is the path
- for the default directory. For example, if you want all ChemWindow Classic
- documents to be saved in C:\CW, your WIN.INI file will look like this:
- ...
- [ssCt]
- DIR="C:\CW"
- ...
-
- "Breaking" bonds that cross: Crossing bonds, as in norbornane, are
- broken automatically to give a three dimensional effect. Clicking the
- hit box for a bond will bring the bond to the front. It may be necessary
- to click more than once if the click changes the bond type, too.
-
- Postscript files: The Save dialog box includes a new radio button for EPS
- files. Microsoft Word, Word Perfect, PageMaker, and many other programs
- import this graphics format. When used with the required Postscript printer,
- publication-quality documents will be produced. Select the Postscript
- print driver when creating Postscript files. At the present time, the
- fonts supported are Avant Garde, Bookman, Courier, Helvetica-Narrow,
- Helvetica, New Century Schoolbook, Palatino, Symbol, Times Roman,
- Zapf Chancery, and Zapf Dingbats.
-
- Control Panel: The Microsoft Windows Control Panel application lets you
- change fonts, printers, and the Windows environment. It can be started
- with the "Control Panel" command in the "File" menu. Its use is generally
- self-explanatory. Users that do not have Windows 3.0 may need to change
- printers or the communication port settings with the "Connections",
- "Printers", and "Communications Port" commands in the "Setup" menu. You
- can also add new printers with the "Add New Printer" command in the
- "Installation" menu (the drivers for printers are on the Windows disks).
- Windows 3.0 users should start "Control Panel" and use the "Printers",
- "Add Printer", "Install", and "Configure" commands. Make the printer or
- plotter the currently active device by highlighting the name and double
- clicking on it.
-
- Creating HPGL files: HPGL files can be imported into Microsoft Word and
- many other programs. Create them by following these steps. Add the line
- "OUTPUT.PRN=" with any editor to the "[ports]" section of the "WIN.INI"
- file (it is in the Windows or ChemWindow directory). Users without Windows
- 3.0 may install the HP Plotter Driver with the "Add New Printer" command
- in the "Installation" menu of Control Panel. Use the "Connections" command
- in the "Setup" menu of Control Panel to set the port for the HP Plotter to
- "OUTPUT.PRN=". Use the "Printer" command in the "Setup" menu of Control Panel
- to select the HP Plotter as the currently active printer. Windows 3.0 users
- should start "Control Panel" and use the "Printers", "Add Printers", "Install",
- and "Configure" commands. Make the plotter the currently active device by
- highlighting the name and double clicking on it. Set the line thickness for
- bonds and arcs to 1/4 point with ChemWindow's "Customize" command in the
- "Options" menu. Draw the structure. Print the document with the "Print"
- command in ChemWindow's "File" menu. An HPGL file is "printed" to the disk
- file: "OUTPUT.PRN". This file can be renamed, if desired, andimported into
- Microsoft Word. After importing the graphic into Word oranother program,
- it might be rotated by 90 degrees. If this is the case, you can change
- between "Landscape" and "Portrait" page orientations withthe "Page Setup"
- command in ChemWindow's "File" menu to correct the orientation. The
- Microsoft Word documentation recommends that the Plotter device be a
- "ColorPro". Select "ColorPro" in the "Device" menu of the"Page Setup"
- dialog box for best support with Microsoft Word.
-
- Show Clipboard. The "Show Clipboard" command in the "Edit" menu displays
- the contents of the Windows Clipboard.
-
- Symbol Font Name. The name of the font with Greek symbols, if any, should
- be entered in the text edit panel within the Customize dialog box. The
- default name is "Symbol".
-
- Style Menu. This now appears as two menus, Size and Style.
-
- Font Menu. The "Fonts..." command allows you to choose from the entire list
- of available fonts. The rest of the menu displays the 10 most frequently
- used fonts.