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Basic Differences Between WordPerfect 4.2 And
DocumentID: 627643
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 1:42:18 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 4.2 for DOS

Problem

Solutions: 4.2 Facts
1.      Package Includes:
      a.      Disks: WordPerfect Program, Learn, Printers 1-3, Thesaurus, and Speller
      b.      Documentation: template, manual, installation pamphlet, and quick reference guide

2.      Printers
      a.      Maximum of 6 printers defined at one time
      b.      Maximum of 8 fonts defined per printer
      c.      Downloading soft fonts
      d.      Type of forms: continuous, hand-fed, and sheet feeder

3.      Document Formatting
      a.      Page Length vs. Forms (and top and bottom margins)
            i.      6lpi and 8lpi
            ii.      Top margin figured in half lines (12 per inch)
      b.      Pitch and Font (Ctrl-F8)
      c.      Reveal Codes, cannot edit inside

4.      Setup
      a.      Units of Measure, columns vs. inches
      b.      Setup Menu, DOS command WP/S
      c.      Does not support expanded memory
      d.      Format document
            i.      Shift-F8 Line formatting
                  (tab, margins, spaces, hyphenation, align character)
            ii.      Alt-F8 Page Format
                  (Page Number Position, New Page Number,
                  Center Page Top to Bottom, Page Length
                  Top Margin, Headers or Footers,
                  Page Number Column Positions,
                  Suppress for Current page only,
                  Conditional End of Page, Widow/Orphan)


Feature                  4.2                              5.0
Memory                  256K Program                  512K Program
                        Requirement                  Requirement
                        192K Minimum                  384K Minimum

Setup Menu            External, Use DOS            Internal, user Setup
                        command. WP/S                  Key. Shift-F1

Document Prefix      No document prefix            Document prefix contains:
                        Holds all info. in            printer selection, initial
                        .SYS file.                  font, document initial codes, styles, document summary, if Fast Save is on, graphic information, paper size/types used.

Printer Filenames      WPRINT#.ALL                  WPRINT#.ALL
                        WPRINTER.FIL                  (Printer name).PRS
                        WPFONT.FIL
                        WPFEED.FIL

Printer Selections      One printer definition      If a printer is chosen from
                        is universal for            a blank screen it is the
                        whole program. If you      default printer and each
                        want a different            document you create with that
                        definition for one            printer will retain the
                        document you must            printer's information in its
                        changes print options      prefix. If you choose a
                        temporarily.                  different printer while in a
                        (Shift-F7, 3, 1)            document, that printer's information will be retained in that document's prefix.

Reveal Codes            Cannot add information      Can add text and codes while
                        to document while in      in Reveal Codes
                        Reveal Codes

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