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Changes in the New 5.0 Manual
comparative review by Richard Shrout
There is now a footer beside each page number which describes the
specific section of the manual being read.
The Table of Contents includes several additional topics and
changes in order of presentation from the original manual.
Installation has been moved from the Appendix to the first main
section. Package components has been moved from the Getting
Started section to the first section, Installation. There are
now contents listings for both the Reference section and the
Appendix.
WordPerfect Corporation international offices are listed in Italy
and Singapore but the Mexico office has disappeared.
p. 3 - Package Contents now called Package Components.
The last paragraph describing the number of diskettes in a
package is new.
p. 4 - The second and third paragraphs are new.
Subject: Auto-Install program.
Questions about specifics of your configuration are presented in
a checklist format.
p. 5 - Five new questions are asked about your configuration.
One is about forms and four are about fonts.
p. 6 - The installation Instructions have been nearly completely
rewritten.
p. 19 - More information is included about cartridges and fonts.
p. 20 - There is new section on Marking the Selected Printer.
p. 21 - There is a new section on Setup.
There are two additional paragraphs under Troubleshooting.
Subject: Incorrect Display.
p. 22 - There are two additional paragraphs under
Troubleshooting.
Subject: Printer Won't Print.
p. 26 - The last sentence is new: "The Auto-Install program
replaces your current CONFIG.SYS file with a new CONFIG.SYS
file."
p. 27 - The section on starting up the On-Line tutorial with two
disk drives has been rewritten.
The last sentence on the page includes additional information
about starting the tutorial with a hard disk.
p. 28 - The last sentence is new: "WordPerfect Corporation may be
able to create a template or provide a template that will fit
your machine."
p. 29 - A paragraph on mnemonic submenus has been added.
p. 31 - Three additional customer support telephone numbers are
listed.
p. 36 - There is an additional sentence under Status Line: "Units
of measure may be changed..."
p. 38 - There is an additional sentence about
Colors/Fonts/Attributes on the Setup feature.
p. 49 - The sentence added on p. 36 about changing units of
measure is repeated, probably by mistake.
p. 53 - 56
A 3 1/2 page Contents listing for the Reference section has been
added.
p. 61 - The third paragraph from the bottom is new.
Subject: Referencing a graphics figure.
p. 66 - Hyphenation module files listed by their new names
WP{WP}US.HYL and WP{WP}US.HYC.
p. 67 - Thesaurus files are listed by their new names,
WP{WP}US.THS and WP{WP}US.THS.
p. 68 - Under Backup all references to "rebooting" have been
changed to "restarting."
p. 77 - Under Cancel the last bullet is new: "Cancel a search or
a macro in operation."
p. 79 - Under Cartridges and Fonts the third from the last
paragraph is new. Subject: Only mark fonts that are actually
available.
p. 80 - The second paragraph under Cartridges and Font Options is
new.
The second paragraph under Marking Cartridges and Fonts is new.
p. 81 - Under Loading/Unloading a Print Job, the third from the
last sentence is new.
p. 82 - Under Center Page Top to Bottom, the last paragraph is
new. Subject: Placement of codes and effect of footnotes or
endnotes.
p. 86 - [DSrt] is added to the list of Codes.
p. 88 - [Pg Numbering] is corrected
p. 89 - [Tbl Opt] is corrected and [ToA] for Table of Authorities
is added.
p. 90 - The paragraph of explanation under Step 3 in Setting On-
Screen Attributes is corrected to indicate that "you will be
sent to the menu in step "5".
p. 92 - A new sentence is added under Combinations (of
Attributes)
p. 101 - The last sentence is new: "Sort does not work inside a
column that contains a line ending with [Col Off] or [HPg]."
p. 106 - Two new paragraphs are added under Diacriticals on
typing bullets and 1/2 or 1/4.
A new sentence is added to the last paragraph.
Subject: How to see which characters will print.
p. 110 - The second paragraph is new.
Subject: Accessing CURSOR.COM.
p. 115 - A sentence has been added on the Initial Setting option
on the Setup menu.
p. 128 - A new paragraph is added under Graphics Screen Type.
Subject: Finding .WPD graphics files for your graphics monitor.
Two paragraphs have been added on viewing in black and white.
p. 129 - Under Document Comments the last sentence is new: "You
cannot include a comment in columns."
p. 135 - A new sentence is added under Document Format, Initial
Font.
p. 141 - Under Error Messages a new section is added:
"Insufficient File Handles to Run WordPerfect."
p. 148 - A new sentence is added under Font: "If you marked a
font that your printer does not have, it appears on the Base Font
list but is not printed."
p. 155 - A new sentence is added under Endnote Placement Code:
"Endnote Placement codes are deleted if they are located in
columns."
A new paragraph of two sentences is added under Endnote Placement
Code Options. Subject: Font printed for footnotes and endnotes.
p. 162 - Several sentences at the end of the Forms section on
adding a form definition have been rewritten and expanded.
The heading "Form Size" at the bottom of the page has been
changed from "Paper Size."
p. 163 - An additional sentence has been added under orientation:
"If your printer can only print fonts in one orientation, then
this feature is not supported by your printer."
p. 167 - Under "Go To" the heading "Up/Down Arrow" has been
bolded.
p. 169 - At the end of "Go to DOS/Go to Shell" five additional
paragraphs have been added about using WordPerfect Library 1.1
with WordPerfect 5.0.
p. 173 - In "Defining a Box" an additional sentence has been
added under the heading "Filename": "You can press List Files
(F5) at the "Enter Filename" prompt and retrieve a file from the
List Files screen if you wish."
The following has been added to the last sentence on the page:
"and set the Wrap Text Around Box option to y for only one of the
boxes (see Wrap Text Around Box below)."
p. 180 - The heading "Invert" has been changed from "Switch".
The last sentence under that heading has been rewritten.
p. 182 - A new paragraph has been added under "Options Menu."
Subject: Font in which graphics box text and captions are
printed.
p. 184 - A sentence under "Gray Shading" has been deleted: "If
your printer only supports a single shading level, enter 100% to
shade the box.
p. 187 - A sentence has been added at the end of "Hard Space":
"This feature is particularly useful for connecting a last name
and Jr., Sr., II etc., prior to a sort."
p. 191 - Under "Headers and Footers" a paragraph has been added
under "Printing". Subject: font in which headers and footers
are printed.
An additional sentence has been added under the subheading
"Headers": "If headers are defined after a graphics box which
spans the current column (margins to margin if not in columns or
across the entire first column if in columns), the header is not
printed until the next page."
p. 192 - A sentence has been added under "Help": "If you are
using a two disk drive system, you may need to insert the
WordPerfect 1 diskette into drive A."
A paragraph on Help options has been deleted.
p. 194 - In "Manual Hyphenation" a sentence has been added under
the heading "Cancel": "When Auto Hyphenation is on and a word is
hyphenated, you can cancel hyphenation for that word by moving to
the beginning of the word, pressing Home, slash (/), then moving
to the hyphen and deleting it."
p. 195 - Under the heading "Hyphenation Dictionary" a sentence
has been added: "While this dictionary is not required to run
Automatic Hyphenation, it does make Automatic Hyphenation more
precise."
p. 196 - Under "Hyphen Types" a new section has been added on
"Detectable Soft Return." There are two sentences in the section
but the period separating the two is missing.
p. 197 - The illustration of the Hyphenation Zone has been
corrected. A new paragraph about percentage measurement has been
added. The first sentence under "Set the Hyphenation Zone" has
been rewritten.
p. 198 - The last paragraph under "Set the Hyphenation Zone" has
been rewritten.
A sentence has been added to the end of the Hyphenation Zone
section: "The right hyphenation zone is ignored if justification
is off or if your printer does not support justification."
p. 206 - Under "Initial Settings" a paragraph has been added
about codes that cannot be placed in Initial Codes.
p. 207 - Three sentences are added under "Initial Codes."
p. 208 - Under "Initial Settings (Format)" two sentences have
been added at the end: "Initial Settings on the Format key
shows only the settings that vary from WordPerfect's default
settings." "To replace initial settings that have been set on
the Format key with the default initial settings set on the Setup
key, press the Space Bar, the retrieve the document."
p. 209 - In the initial settings listing the Hyphenation Zone
setting has been changed to L=10%, R=4%.
The Paper setting has been changed to "Type=Standard".
The Redline Format setting has been changed to "Printer
Dependent".
The Units of Measure setting has been changed to
"Display="(inches).
p. 213 - The following sentence has been deleted under Kerning:
"If you want to kern a font that WordPerfect does not kern, you
can create the kerning table for that font by using the KERN.TST
file and the Printer Definition Program (see Printer Definition
Program in the Appendix).
p. 214 - A new sentence is added under "Keyboard Layout": "For
more information on how to use this feature, see Lesson 27 in the
WordPerfect Workbook."
p. 215 - A sentence is added at the end of the section "Selecting
a Keyboard Definition": "The number in the macro column is used
as a reference should you include the keystrokes in a macro."
p. 217 - In "Creating a Keyboard Definition" a one-sentence
section on Name Search has been added under "Other Options."
p. 219 - The reference to the Hyphenation File at the end of
"Language" has been deleted.
p. 225 - A sentence has been added at the end of "Line
Numbering": "Line numbers are printed in the font that is the
current font where line numbering is turned on."
p. 229 - A sentence has been added at the end of the first page
under "List Files": "In order to print the List Files screen,
press Print (Shift-F7)."
p. 231 - Under "List Files Menu" the third heading on the page
has been changed to "Other Directory."
[This page of my copy also includes an actual footprint of a
small tennis shoe.]
p. 245 - Under Macros a short section (three sentences) has been
added on "Converting."
p. 247 - Under "Margins, Left and Right" the code in the last
paragraph has been changed to [ISRt].
p. 253 - Under "Master Document" the last paragraph has been move
to be the last paragraph under the heading "Condensing a Master
Document."
p. 257 - The order of presentation of the types of columns has
been changed to coincide with the order of presentation on the
Math Definition menu.
p. 271 - In "Merge" the last paragraph under "Field Names" has
been rewritten.
p. 286 - Under "Outline" a reference sentence has been added to
the end of this page: "You will need to use Compose to create
bullets (see Compose in Reference).
p. 292 - A sentence has been added under "Page Numbering": "Page
numbers are printed in the font that is the current font where
the page numbering code is located."
p. 315 - A paragraph has been added at the end of "Print
Quality." Subject: Printing with a draft or medium font.
p. 323 - Under "Selecting a Printer" a sentence has been added to
the bottom of the page: "If you have defined only one printer,
it is automatically selected."
p. 325 - A sentence is added under "Cartridges and Fonts": "If
you have an HP Laserjet Plus, HP Laserjet Series II, or Adobe
Font Libraries, see the information for the Printer 5 and 6
diskettes in WordPerfect Files in the Appendix."
p. 326 - Four short paragraphs are added at the end of the
section on selecting a printer, three of them on "Updating a
Printer Definition."
p. 329 - A sentence is added to the end of the section on
printing to disk: "After setting the definition to Print to
Disk, print the document as usual (see Print in Reference).
p. 333 - Under "Repeat Value" the following sentence is added
after the first paragraph: "The repetition number cannot be
greater than 65,535."
p. 362 - Under "Speller" the following sentence is added after
the first paragraph: "Save your document before spell-checking."
p. 363 - Under "Starting the Speller" additional clarification
has been added to the first sentence in the second paragraph
under "Disk Drives."
p. 367 - Section on Words with Numbers has been deleted.
p. 375 - Under "Style" a sentence has been added under the
heading "Codes": "The only codes you cannot include are codes
that are modified during a generation (Automatic Reference,
Subdocument, etc.)."
p. 377 - Under "Style" the last section headed with "Update" has
been moved to just above the section "Style Library."
Two paragraphs have been added under the section "Style Library."
Subject:Saving changes to the style library and two sentences on
the LIBRARY.STY file.
p. 378 - A sentence has been deleted from the bottom of "Suppress
Page Format": "To turn on page numbering at bottom center, type
y."
p. 384 - A sentence has been added after step 8. under "Multiple
Tabs": "If you are setting the first tab at a measurement less
than 1", type zero before the decimal point (e.g., 0.5)."
p. 388 - Specific keys to press have been added to the second
paragraph after step 7 in the section "Mark the Authorities."
Step 6 under "Short Form" has been rewritten.
A sentence has been deleted after the short form steps: "You may
want to create a macro (see Macros in Reference) that does all
the short form marking for you.
p. 390 - A sentence has been added at the end of the "Format
Options" section under "Table of Authorities": "You can change
the setting permanently with the Initial Settings option on the
Setup key...
p. 395 - Under "Table of Contents" a paragraph on number Table of
Contents pages has been added in the "Generate" section.
p. 396 - The position of the two paragraphs at the end of the
"Table of Contents" have been reversed.
p. 419 - A sentence has been added just before "Current Page"
under "View Document": "Press Switch (Shift-F3) to switch the
foreground and background colors."
p. 433 - The "Advanced Macros" section has been completely
rewritten. 49 pages replace the 13 that were in the original
manual.
The section begins with a two-page description of the Macro
Editor, a screen shot or two would have been very useful here.
The section continues with 3 pages on variables, a brief overview
of keyboard macros, and then gets to the heart of the section, 32
pages on the various macro programming commands. After a brief
overview of various categories of commands including user
interface, flow control, terminate, external condition handling,
macro execution, and programming aids, the comment capability is
briefly described. Then in alphabetical order each command is
described, examples are given, and often useful notes are
included. The description and comments are much more
comprehensive than was the case in the original manual.
Generally, at least twice as much material is included. No
example macros are presented in this section. The reader is
referred to the advanced macros in the Macros Keyboard.
p. 485 - Under "Convert Program" an additional sentence about
using Convert with a two diskette system has been added after
step 1.
p. 486 - An additional format has been added under the
"WordPerfect" heading, "ASCII Text."
p. 487 - A new Convert option has been added, "4.2 to 5.0," with
a paragraph of description.
p. 488 - The heading "Quick Convert" has been changed to "Command
Line Convert."
p. 489 - Under "Graphics Programs" a paragraph has been added at
the end of the first page. Subject: the utility program
GRAPHCNV.EXE which converts a number of graphics formats.
p. 490 - There are several changes in the lists in the section
"WP 5.0 Tested Graphics Programs."
The "Yes" in the Direct Support column for AutoCAD has been
deleted. "IMG.TIFF" is printed in the incorrect position after
DFI Handy Scanner. There is now a "Yes" in the Enable Direct
Support column. The positions of GEM SCAN and GEM Paint have
been reversed in the list. IBM CADAM has been moved three
positions down the list for no obvious reason. Javelin has been
changed from "Yes" to "N/A" in the Grabber column.
p. 491 - The Grabber column after Professional Plan is now "Yes."
SAS/Graph is a new addition to the list.
p. 492 - Under "WordPerfect Graphics Formats a new sentence has
been added under the heading "DXF (AutoCad Format)": DXF files
must be converted to .WPG files with the GRAPHCNV.EXE program.
p. 499 - Under "Options for Starting WordPerfect" two options
have been deleted, "WP/B" and "WP/I." The option WP/F1 does not
appear. A new option, "WP/W," has been added.
p. 500 - The paragraph describing the /W option was added
slightly out of alphabetical order.
p. 501 - The "/b" has been deleted from the sample DOS SET
Command.
p. 502 - The section on the Printer Program has been completely
rewritten and expanded from 1 to 23 pages.
The section begins with a brief description, then two pages on
starting the Printer Program. After a three page overview,
various capabilities of the Printer Program are discussed in
detail including modifying font attributes, customizing
substitute fonts, adding a soft font or a print wheel, and adding
a font cartridge. There are no screen shots in this section.
Anyone needing in-depth knowledge of the Printer Program will
need to get the Printer Definition Manual. However, this section
should be sufficient for the vast majority of WP50 users.
p. 526 - Two paragraphs have been deleted from the "Printer
Troubleshooting" section. Subject: printing garbage and the NEC
3550 printer.
p. 529 - Under "Screen Capture Utility" a two-sentence section
has been added in "Startup Options" for the "grab/m" option which
is used to generate monochrome bitmap files.
p. 531 - Under "Speller Utility" the heading "Phonetic Look Up"
has been deleted.
A one-paragraph section has been added under Speller Utility
Options, "Convert Dictionary."
p. 532 - Under "WordPerfect and DOS" all references to "booting"
DOS have been changed to "starting" DOS.
p. 539 - A new paragraph has been added as the third paragraph
under "WordPerfect Characters." Unfortunately, the same
paragraph has been added again as the fourth paragraph under
"WordPerfect Characters."
An additional sentence has been added at the end of the
descriptive text: "You can also see which characters will print
with a particular font by printing the CHARMAP.TST file on the
Conversion diskette.
The descriptive name for each character set has been added. The
name for Character Set 0 is ASCII; 1, Multinational 1; 2,
Multinational 2; 3, Box Drawing; 4, Typographic Symbols; 5,
Iconic Symbols; 6, Math/Scientific; 7, Math/Scientific Extension;
8, Greek; 9, Hebrew; 10, Cyrillic; 11, Hiragana-Japanese Kana;
11, Katakana-Japanese Kana.
p. 544 - An additional sentence is added under "WordPerfect
Documents": "STANDARD.CRS is especially useful for converting
4.2 documents which contain font changes, bin number changes, 4.2
characters, or margin changes."
p. 545 - Three sentences have been added in the section "Modify
the STANDARD.CRS File."
p. 547 - A reference to Paper Size/Type has been added at the end
of the heading "Paper Size."
p. 548 - A paragraph on the STANDARD.CRS file has been added at
the end of the "Convert the Document" section.
p. 549 - There are a number of changes in the list of WordPerfect
files found on the various diskettes shipped with WP 5.0.
p. 552 - The entire page is new including a description of the
files included on the Conversion diskette, Printer 5 and Printer
6.
p. 553 - The listing of printer drivers included on the Printer 7
diskette has been added.
p. 554 - A sentence on the "Graphics Drivers" diskette has been
added.
Glossary - There is one new entry in the Glossary, "Soft Font."
Index - The number of entries in the index has been doubled.
There are now nearly 1,700 entries.