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Differences of 5.0 & 5.1 PTR Program |
The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS
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Solutions: Note: Not all changes are mentioned, nor are the changes explained in full detail because that information can be found in the respective PTR manuals. Major menu changes new in 5.1 In the menu below Printer, the attributes are now grouped together into one menu called Attribute Methods. These attributes include: Bold, Color, Double Underline, Italics, Outline, Redline, Shadow, Strikeout, Subscript, Superscript, Underline. In the 5.1 PTR program, when you press Enter on Fonts, a menu appears. The menu lists the various font libraries (groups) for the printers in that .ALL file. In 5.0, the long list of fonts were listed individually and alphabetically instead of in groups. A new heading called Miscellaneous Questions has been added in the menu below the printers. Refer to the PTR 5.1 manual for a complete explanation of the questions involved. The Optimal Character Width and the Optimal Space Width options have been removed from the Size and Spacing menu. A new option has been added to that same menu called Resource Quantity Used. Font Libraries In 5.0, the fonts within the .ALL file were all listed alphabetically. In 5.1 the fonts are listed according to the resource type used (e.g., built-in, cartridge, soft font). There are two types of font libraries, shareable and non-shareable. The shareable libraries allow printers that use fonts to share font information. This avoids duplication in the same .ALL file. For example, most HP laser printers have support for the AC, AD, AE, AF, AG, and DA soft fonts. These libraries are set up as shareable so that the appropriate printers can use the same information. One rule that the PTR program lives by, is that you can only copy fonts from a shareable library to a non-shareable library or vice-versa. You cannot copy fonts from a shareable to a shareable or a non-shareable to a non-shareable. AFC & Substitute Font Automatic Font Changes (AFCs) should only be customized in the .PRS file. In fact, the option for AFCs has been removed from the PTR program when editing an .ALL file in the 5.1 PTR program. If a customer wants to make all their AFC changes in the .ALL file, this will make it possible to have the font information available when a new printer is selected from the .ALL file. For their customized AFCs to take effect, the following steps would be followed. However, the user should know that from the time one AFC has been made in the .ALL file, WP will no longer make any AFCs on its own. This method should not be shared freely, but only with those customers who need this ability. The method to convert a .PRS file into a .ALL file is as follows: 1. Retrieve the .PRS file into the PTR program. 2. Highlight the printer name and press (4) for Copy. 3. Enter the name of an .ALL file (e.g., HPLASER.ALL). 4. After saving fonts, maps, etc., the .ALL file can be retrieved to verify that it does have Font Libraries, Substitute Fonts, and Automatic Font Change options available. Shareable Printers In 5.0, similar printers were grouped together (e.g., Apple LaserWriter Plus/IINT/IINTX). In 5.1, the printers are listed separately, but the printers can be shareable printers. This concept is similar to the shareable font libraries. This allows several printers to share the same printer information because of close similarity, or because they are basically identical. |
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