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- TECHNICAL SUPPORT ITEMS & UPDATE SPECIALS
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- Changing on-screen font colors:
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- In some cases, changing the color setup may make your program easier to read (e.g. grayscale
- notebook). Simply reinstall the HMA but choose "grayscale" or notebook setup at the "Options" screen.
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- Printing In Windows 3.1
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- To print using the Windows version of the Home Medical Advisor, you must have a Windows 3.1
- supported printer driver installed. Technically speaking, the HMA really does not print. When
- you push the Print button inside the HMA, a Windows-owned dialog box appears used to select,
- and optionally configure, the printer. After a print is started, the text being printed is sent to the
- Print Manager application. From this point, Print Manager must not "drop the ball." Most word
- processors and page publishers will not use Print Manager because they have their own printer
- drivers installed (that's what you paid for when you bought the software). To keep the price of
- the HMA reasonable, we decided not to add our own drivers when Windows is already doing this
- expensive work for us. If you can successfully print using another page publisher
- program (WordPerfect, AMI Pro, etc.), then choose the "Print To File" option on the Print dialog
- box and simply name the file as a *.txt file and save it to your hard disk (for example,
- sample.txt). From this point, you may either bring that *.txt file into your favorite word processor
- for printing, or print it from a DOS prompt using the command PRINT SAMPLE.TXT. Make sure
- you execute this command from the directory that contains the text file. The DOS print will give you a draft
- (text) print and not a graphics (TrueType font) print.
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- Changing Printer Text Fonts
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- The printer font is Arial by default. If you want to print in other truetype
- fonts, see below.
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- EXAMPLE
- If you want to print in the same font that is displayed on the screen
- then you must modify your HMA.INI file. Sample #1 is the way your
- HMA.INI looks if you used the default installation. Modify the HMA.INI
- file to appear as Sample #2 if you want to print in Times New Roman. This
- is most easily accomplished by cloning the end of the file, starting at
- [DescriptiveText) and then changing it to [PrinterText]. Be careful,
- you must end up with a HMA.INI file that looks like the one in SAMPLE #2.
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- Remember to save the file after any modifications and then relaunch the HMA
- as before.
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- SAMPLE #1
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- [Directories]
- DataFiles=C:\HMA\WINDATA
- [Colors]
- TextScheme=COLOR
- [GeneralPrintOptions]
- PageHeight=56
- [PrintToFileOptions]
- PageWidth=80
- TabSize=4
- CarriageControl=CRLF
- [DescriptiveText]
- FaceName=Times New Roman
- Height=-19
- Weight=NORMAL
- IsItalic=YES
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- SAMPLE #2 (after modification)
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- [Directories]
- DataFiles=C:\HMA\WINDATA
- [Colors]
- TextScheme=COLOR
- [GeneralPrintOptions]
- PageHeight=56
- [PrintToFileOptions]
- PageWidth=80
- TabSize=4
- CarriageControl=CRLF
- [DescriptiveText]
- FaceName=Times New Roman
- Height=-19
- Weight=NORMAL
- IsItalic=YES
- [PrinterText]
- FaceName=Times New Roman
- Height=-19
- Weight=NORMAL
- IsItalic=YES
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- The font typed in under FaceName= will control what font your printer uses.
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- RE: Insufficient Memory under Windows 3.1
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- The Home Medical Advisor for Windows requires 4 MB of RAM memory for operation.
- Currently, Microsoft recommends at least 4 Mb of RAM (physical memory) for normal Windows
- 3.1 operation (many experts now recommend 8 MB). If you operate the HMA without enough
- memory, you can receive a variety of error messages. For example, you may see "Cannot
- convert images to bitmaps", "Cannot load data file headers", "General Protection Fault", or
- "Insufficient Memory" (among others). All of these messages are saying the same thing: there
- is not enough memory.
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- If you have a PC with only 2 MB of RAM you should get more memory. A 1 MB RAM chipset is
- fairly inexpensive and is usually quite easy to install. Contact your PC manufacturer for details
- on adding RAM memory. If you do not know how much RAM memory is on your PC, then exit
- Windows and type MSD at the C: prompt and press the Enter key. This diagnostic program
- (provided by Microsoft) will let you know several important facts about your PC. You should
- familiarize yourself with your PC's configuration because it comes in handy on a regular basis.
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- If you have a 4 MB (RAM) or more machine, try the following. At Program Manager, pull down
- the Help menu and select 'About Program Manager...'. This display will report your memory with
- Windows launched. The number should be at least 2,900 KB to execute the HMA correctly (this
- number can vary based on the percentage of system resources free). This same display should
- also show you to be operating in the 386 enhanced mode (make sure you are).
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- One way to increase your memory available to Windows is to increase your swap file size on
- hard disk. Basically, this will take some of your hard disk space and allocate it for Windows.
- This is a cheap substitute for RAM memory. Consult Microsoft and/or your Windows User
- Manual prior to making any memory adjustments to your PC. Go to Control Panel and double-
- click on the "386 Enhanced" icon. On the resulting screen, push the button marked Virtual
- Memory. Now choose the Help button to see how you adjust your Virtual Memory. Normally,
- you should have about 15-20 MB of your hard disk free to use a Permanent Swap File for
- Windows. If your hard disk is "stacked" (for example, using DoubleSpace or Stacker), you must
- create a Temporary Swap File. Windows will automatically recommend the largest swap file you
- can make, based on the amount of free space you have on disk. After the adjustment is made,
- you must restart Windows. Check your available memory under the Program
- Manager|Help|About Program Manager... (outlined above) to make sure your available memory
- has increased. Try launching the HMA with your new adjustments.
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- Updating the HMA CD-ROM
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- As of September 1994, we released version 4.0 of the Home Medical
- Advisor Pro for CD-ROM.
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- This program has many new features:
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- Introducing Home Medical Advisor Pro V4.0, the largest and only CD-ROM-based medical software, which contains
- over 650 megabytes of symptom analysis, medical record keeping, drug interactions, and much more all in one
- package. It's medical database is supported by over 1,000 "real life" super VGA graphics, to produce the largest
- color atlas of medicine ever assembled on disk. Included is a library of more than 70 full motion videos
- demonstrating everything from brain surgery to infant CPR. New "say it" feature pronounces medical terms for you!
- Analyze your symptoms or access information on diseases, injuries, household poisons, medical tests, drugs,
- nutrition, and diets. Over 25,000 hypertext links, embedded in over 3,000 pages of text, connect related topics for
- rapid access. The on-line 3,000 word glossary provides you with instant pop-up definitions.
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- Home Medical Advisor Pro includes Your Medical Records, which allows every family member to record 14 different
- types of medical histories that can be stored, updated, and printed in either a physician-style format or as a wallet-
- sized report for travel. HMA Pro features InteRact a new drug and food interaction analyzer. Enter in a customized
- list of medications, nicotine, caffeine, alcohol, or foods to produce a drug interaction report that can be exported to
- your printer. Reports up to 500,000 interactions. Creates custom Medical-Legal documents like "Living Will" and
- "Durable Power of Attorney."
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- Home Medical Advisor Pro is so realistic, a censor function had to be added to detect and warn users of "overly
- graphic" images.
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