CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Page

  Preface

  1      DECwrite Notes

  1.1     Installation Notes
    1.1.1      Running DECwrite
      1.1.1.1      Running DECwrite from the Session Manager
      1.1.1.2      Running DECwrite from FileView on VMS
      1.1.1.3      Running DECwrite by Using a Foreign Command on VMS Systems
      1.1.1.4      Running DECwrite from the ULTRIX User Executive
      1.1.1.5      Running DECwrite from the Command Line on ULTRIX
    1.1.2      Editing Default Style Files
    1.1.3      Installation Notes for VMS Systems
      1.1.3.1      Use of the AWD Option with VMSINSTAL
      1.1.3.2      Connection Aborted Problem Related to VMS DECwindows
      1.1.3.3      Multi-lingual installations
    1.1.4      Installation Notes for ULTRIX Systems
    1.1.5      File name changes
    1.1.6      Paragraph Numbering Commands when converting WPS-PLUS documents
    1.1.7      Keyboard Macro File for Product Variants

  1.2     Sample DECwrite Documents

  1.3     New Features and Enhancements

  1.4     Additional Information on New features
    1.4.1      Double Clicking on a Data Block Invokes an Application
    1.4.2      Applying a Style and Tabs
    1.4.3      PCSA Support

  1.5     Document Compatibility Between DECwrite V1.1 and DECwrite V1.0
    1.5.1      Extra Blank Pages Inserted
    1.5.2      Viewing DECwrite V1.1 Documents Using DECwrite V1.0 Style Files
    1.5.3      CDA Viewer and DECwrite Font Incompatibility
    1.5.4      White Filled Objects Turn Black
    1.5.5      Using DECwrite V1.1 Multicolumn Documents with V1.0
    1.5.6      Fonts change after saving
    1.5.7      Documents Created by DECwrite Language Variants
    1.5.8      Unnecessary Document Window Drawing

  1.6     Restrictions and Workarounds
    1.6.1      Global Replace on Paragraph
    1.6.2      Numeric Keypad Use
    1.6.3      Split into Columns Yields Wrong Ordering
    1.6.4      Incorrect Leading on List Bullet Items
    1.6.5      Paragraph Labels Appear as Numerals Instead of as Text
    1.6.6      Connecting Text Blocks Within Frames
    1.6.7      Recursive Macros Are Not Supported
    1.6.8      Gold :  Key Not Allowed as Macro Trigger Key
    1.6.9      Characters ":" and ">" Cannot Be Used as Macro Triggers
    1.6.10     Correcting Display Artifacts
    1.6.11     German Spelling Changes Due to Hyphenation
    1.6.12     Spell Checking of Index Entries
    1.6.13     Personal Dictionaries and Lexicon Licenses
    1.6.14     Style Files Must Use Private Library Links
    1.6.15     Circular Style File References
    1.6.16     Micropositioning Moves to the Nearest Pixel
    1.6.17     Special Search Symbols in Search Expressions
    1.6.18     Editing Remote Files Using DECnet
    1.6.19     Editing Remote Files Using the VAX/ULTRIX Connection
    1.6.20     Excessive Zooming Corrupts Display
    1.6.21     Undo of a Resize Operation
    1.6.22     Index Entry with An Invalid Page Number
    1.6.23     Table of Contents Multi-line Title Wrapping
    1.6.24     Cannot Paste into a Table of Contents or Index
    1.6.25     Encapsulated PostScript Files Not Displayed using Bookreader
    1.6.26     Bookreader Frame and Textblock Fill Attributes
    1.6.27     Cannot Align Graphics Text Lines Outside a Frame
    1.6.28     Spell Check Dialog Box Disappears After applying Input Focus to another Window
    1.6.29     Encapsulated PostScript Files and Black Window Background
    1.6.30     Style File Selection Not Saved
    1.6.31     Language not in Session Manager's Language Menu
    1.6.32     File Selection Dialog Box Expands Logical Names
    1.6.33     Preserving Case of File Names

  1.7     Problems and Workarounds
    1.7.1      Horizontal Scroll Bar Lost on Full Size Window
    1.7.2      Equation Editor Fonts not found after installation
    1.7.3      Display of DECwrite Icon with Black Background and White Foreground Colors
    1.7.4      Copying Data Blocks Between Documents
    1.7.5      Saving a Document with Links to a Different Directory
    1.7.6      Exploded Pie Charts under DECchart LiveLinks
    1.7.7      Image Scaling Problem when Viewing DECwrite Documents
    1.7.8      Link to Image Causes Crash on ULTRIX/RISC
    1.7.9      Snap-to-Ruler Off by One Pixel
    1.7.10     Underlining White Graphics Text
    1.7.11     Emacs Keyboard Bindings
    1.7.12     Using Documents Created by the SGML Converter
    1.7.13     Regenerating Table of Contents Yields Extra Blank Pages
    1.7.14     Belgian French Not Included in Language Dialog Box
    1.7.15     Preserving Header and Footer Text on Local Page Styles
    1.7.16     Color Printer Button in Print Dialog Box
    1.7.17     Problems Related to DECwindows
      1.7.17.1     VMS DECW$PRINTER_FORMAT_ * logical
      1.7.17.2     Xlib Warnings
      1.7.17.3     Display of Polygons with Fill Patterns on Color Workstations
    1.7.18     Problems on the VAXstation 3100/SPX, 3520 and 3540
      1.7.18.1     Only 100 DPI Fonts Supported
      1.7.18.2     Color Images

  1.8     VMS-Only Problems and Workarounds
    1.8.1      Crash on Startup Due to Filename
    1.8.2      Export to PostScript
    1.8.3      DOTS Unpack Problem with Mailed Text Files
    1.8.4      Problem with Writing to a Remote Node on VMS V5.3-1
    1.8.5      Default Protection ACL Not Inherited for Certain Files
    1.8.6      Moving ULTRIX Bookreader Files to VMS 5.3-1
    1.8.7      DECwrite Cannot Open Files Edited on ULTRIX or OS/2

  1.9     ULTRIX-only Problems and Workarounds
    1.9.1      Printing and Tray Option Handling
    1.9.2      DECwrite Hangs at Startup on VAX UWS 2.2
    1.9.3      Color X Server Problem on VAX UWS 2.2

  1.10    Font Related Notes
    1.10.1     Font Utility
      1.10.1.1     How Weights And Slants Are Handled
      1.10.1.2     Font Families with Condensed and Expanded Variants
      1.10.1.3     Font Utility Does Not Add the Desired Font Weights or Slants
      1.10.1.4     DECwrite Does Not Run After Fonts are Added
      1.10.1.5     Font Utility Does Not Find Added Font Family(s)
      1.10.1.6     Documents Containing Newly Installed Fonts Do Not Print
      1.10.1.7     When Newly Added Font Point Sizes, Weights or Slants Are Not Found by the Font Utility
      1.10.1.8     Font Utility Error Message
    1.10.2     General Font Problems and Workarounds
      1.10.2.1     Fonts Not Found on VMS
      1.10.2.2     Abort If Missing Font Metrics Directory
      1.10.2.3     Changing Family or Size Attributes in Style Files
      1.10.2.4     Alignment of 18 Point New Century Schoolbook Font
      1.10.2.5     Space Character in 18 Point Times Roman Font
      1.10.2.6     Symbol Font Characters Hyphen and Minus are No Longer Swapped
      1.10.2.7     Overwritten text on Adjust Position and Remove Adjustment
      1.10.2.8     Equation Editor Previewer and 100 DPI Fonts

  1.11    VT1200 V2.0 Problems and Workarounds
    1.11.1     Memory Usage
    1.11.2     Smooth on Nonsolid Lines of Point Size > 1
    1.11.3     Display and Performance Irregularities

  1.12    VMS Services for PC DECwindows Server Problems and Workarounds
    1.12.1     Export to Bookreader problem
    1.12.2     Text Blocks Containing Large Point Size Fonts
    1.12.3     Smooth Does Not Work
    1.12.4     Various Dialog Boxes Positioned Too Low
    1.12.5     Some Keys Are Not Mapped Correctly

  2      DECchart Notes

  2.1     New Features
    2.1.1      Values for Decimal and Thousands Separators for Tags
    2.1.2      Double click or Ctrl/MB1 Accesses Chart Attributes
    2.1.3      Changing the Color of Overlay Text in Black-and-White Mode

  2.2     Known Problems and Workarounds
    2.2.1      Highlighting in the DECchart Worksheet
    2.2.2      Data Values Clipped

  2.3     Known Restrictions and Limitations
    2.3.1      DECwindows Ctrl/MB3 Does Not Reposition
    2.3.2      Problems When Out of Memory
    2.3.3      Getting Help from the Color Selection Dialog Box

  2.4     Hardware Restrictions
    2.4.1      Problems with 4-Plane GPX Systems
    2.4.2      PC DECwindows Restrictions
    2.4.3      VT1200 Terminal Manager Restrictions
    2.4.4      Data Access Error Messages on ULTRIX for Risc Processors

  2.5     Known Problems Using DECchart V1.1 with DECdecision V1.0
    2.5.1      DECdecision V1.0 IVP Will Not Run
    2.5.2      DCL Command Qualifiers
    2.5.3      Customizing DECchart from Within DECdecision
    2.5.4      Invalid User-Defined Style File Name
    2.5.5      Exiting DECdecision
    2.5.6      Using the Calc Draw Chart Dialog Box
    2.5.7      Copy and Cut Operations from Access

  3      CDA Converter Library Subset Notes

  3.1     Converter Options Files

  3.2     DX Front End
    3.2.1      DX Feature Updates
      3.2.1.1      New Options
      3.2.1.2      Style Files
        3.2.1.2.1       Monospaced Style File
        3.2.1.2.2       Proportional Style Files
      3.2.1.3      WPS-PLUS Markup Support
      3.2.1.4      Unique Ruler Generation
      3.2.1.5      Proportional Spaced Styles
      3.2.1.6      Update to DX Converter Log Option (Front and Back End)
    3.2.2      DX Front End Known Problems and Workarounds
      3.2.2.1      Moving Documents Between WPS-PLUS and DECwrite
        3.2.2.1.1       WPS-PLUS Titles not Converted by LANGUAGE Option
        3.2.2.1.2       WPS-PLUS Generated Dead Key Sequences
        3.2.2.1.3       Characters Not Supported in DDIF Documents
        3.2.2.1.4       WPS-PLUS Control Blocks Not Translated to Equivalent DDIF Directive
        3.2.2.1.5       Footnotes that Span Page Boundaries are Truncated
        3.2.2.1.6       WPS-PLUS Document Text Inaccurate when Modified by DECwrite
        3.2.2.1.7       Bullet and Trademark Character Support
        3.2.2.1.8       WPS-PLUS Markup Rendition Problem
        3.2.2.1.9       Multiple Control Block Processing
        3.2.2.1.10      Miscellaneous TDE Problems in DECwrite
        3.2.2.1.11      Blank Page at the Beginning of a Document
        3.2.2.1.12      Landscape Text Using the Ruler Styles Option
        3.2.2.1.13      Landscape Flow Problem
        3.2.2.1.14      External References when Copying Files
      3.2.2.2      Compatibility Problem with DECwrite V1.0

  3.3     DX Back End
    3.3.1      Access Violation When Output File Specification Describes an Existing File
    3.3.2      Dead-key Sequences in Converted Documents
    3.3.3      Update to DX Converter Log Option Back End
    3.3.4      Unavailable Characters in the DX Back End
    3.3.5      WPS-PLUS Markup Support
    3.3.6      STYLE_GUIDE Processing Option Problem

  3.4     Table Data Front Ends
    3.4.1      WK1 Front End Cannot Open VMS Input File
    3.4.2      WK1 Front End Storage of @STD and @VAR
    3.4.3      WK1 Front End LOTUS 1-2-3 Problem
    3.4.4      ASCII Tabular Front End Changed Error Message
    3.4.5      ULTRIX Conversions to the ASCII_TABULAR Front End
    3.4.6      DIF Front End Changed Error Messages
    3.4.7      CALCGRD Front End Storage of DECalc LS and PLOT Functions
    3.4.8      CALCGRD Input Files ULTRIX Problem

  3.5     Table Data Back Ends
    3.5.1      WK1 Back End Mapping of STDEV and VAR