CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Page

  Preface

  1      System Manager Notes

  1.1     Do Not Update LiveLink Connections During IVP

  1.2     Installing DECwrite V3.1 using the VMSINSTAL command procedure

  1.3     Assessing the Release Notes for DECwrite V3.1

  1.4     Reporting Problems

  1.5     Installation Notes
    1.5.1      XUI No Longer Supported
    1.5.2      Upgrade to DECwindows Motif Version 1.1 Recommended
    1.5.3      Using DECwrite and DECpresent Clip Art on the Same System
      1.5.3.1      Shared WRITE$CLIPART Directory on OpenVMS Systems
      1.5.3.2      DECpresent Clipart File Extensions
    1.5.4      Sample DECwrite Documents

  1.6     Font and Font Utility Notes
    1.6.1      Size of Font Family Menus
    1.6.2      Font Families with Condensed and Expanded Variants
    1.6.3      Font Names Truncated in the DECwrite Option Menu
    1.6.4      Fonts Not Found
    1.6.5      Missing Font Metrics Directory
    1.6.6      Required Font for DECwrite
    1.6.7      No Right Double Quote in DECtech Font

  2      User Notes

  2.1     New Functionality

  2.2     Problems Fixed Since DECwrite V3.0

  2.3     Documentation and Online Help Notes

  2.4     DECwindows Motif Notes
    2.4.1      Displaying the Help Index
    2.4.2      Window Resize Problems
    2.4.3      Messages Partially Obscured
    2.4.4      Message Reported When Page Deleted

  2.5     Color Notes
    2.5.1      Deleted Colors Reappear If Included in Style File
    2.5.2      Screen Sometimes Does Not Refresh Properly
    2.5.3      Reverse Video Screen Reverses Black/White
    2.5.4      Mail Merge Does Not Correctly Handle Color Content

  2.6     Conditional Content Notes
    2.6.1      Nested Conditional Content In A Table
    2.6.2      Interaction of Tables and Conditional Content
    2.6.3      Conditional Content and Linked Documents
    2.6.4      Conditional Content and Mail Merge
    2.6.5      Lists Sometimes Numbered Incorrectly
    2.6.6      Cross-References To Inactive Content Are Displayed
    2.6.7      Hidden Content Symbol May Be Displayed Erroneously

  2.7     Export to Bookreader Notes
    2.7.1      Encapsulated PostScript Files Not Displayed Using Bookreader
    2.7.2      Bookreader Scrolling Problems with Graphics and Text
    2.7.3      Undefined Symbol Error

  2.8     Image Notes
    2.8.1      Deleting External Image Files
    2.8.2      Warning Messages from Motif Screen Captures

  2.9     File Selection Notes
    2.9.1      Some Remote File Specifications Not Supported
    2.9.2      Incomplete File Specification

  2.10    Table of Contents and Index Notes
    2.10.1     Index Entry with an Invalid Page Number
    2.10.2     Long Lines in Table of Contents
    2.10.3     Problems Regenerating Table of Contents
      2.10.3.1     Custom Page Layout
      2.10.3.2     Change Pages Enabled
      2.10.3.3     Regenerate Table Of Contents When Opening Master Document
      2.10.3.4     Delete Table Of Contents With Manual Style File

  2.11    Style File Notes
    2.11.1     Problems Opening a Document After Modifying the Style File
    2.11.2     Circular Style File References
    2.11.3     Problem Choosing an Alternate Style File
    2.11.4     Style Files Must Use Private Library Links
    2.11.5     Multiple Style Files Must Use the Same Document Size

  2.12    Macro Notes
    2.12.1     Colon and Angle Brackets Not Allowed as Macro Trigger Key
    2.12.2     Macros and the Print Dialog Box
    2.12.3     Function Bar Color Dialog Boxes Used in Macros
    2.12.4     Use of the Do key in a Macro

  2.13    Table Notes
    2.13.1     Nested Tables Are Not Supported
    2.13.2     Split Tables Always Start on New Page
    2.13.3     Table Bottom Rule Sometime Not Visible
    2.13.4     Table Join Only Works On First Two Selected Tables
    2.13.5     Applying Table Styles To Multi-Page Tables
    2.13.6     Table Cells Cannot Flow Across Pages
    2.13.7     Importing Large Text Files Into Table Cells
    2.13.8     Page Styles That Contain Trim Texblocks Containing Tables

  2.14    Search Notes
    2.14.1     Search does not ignore hidden symbols
    2.14.2     Search Does Not Always Return Correct Order
    2.14.3     Special Characters in Search Expressions
    2.14.4     Labels Not Found on Backward Searches

  2.15    Printing Notes
    2.15.1     EPS Files Containing TIFF Headers May Not Print
    2.15.2     Objects Can Be Too Complex to Print
    2.15.3     Printing to Typesetters
    2.15.4     DECwrite crashes printing file containing LiveLinks
    2.15.5     DECwrite Support for Non-PostScript Printers

  2.16    Linking and Data Block Notes
    2.16.1     Data Block Graphic Attributes Cannot Be Changed
    2.16.2     Double Clicking on an Unlinked Data block
    2.16.3     Messages on Link to Document
    2.16.4     Messages on Local Copy From Link
    2.16.5     Copying Data Blocks Between Documents
    2.16.6     Saving a Document with Links to a Different Directory
    2.16.7     Incorrect Update of a LiveLink to a DECdecision/Calc Spreadsheet
    2.16.8     Network Links and Passwords

  2.17    Journaling Notes
    2.17.1     Font Changes and Journal Files
    2.17.2     Journal Recovery When Document Name Is Changed
    2.17.3     Journals from Earlier Versions Used with DECwrite

  2.18    Spell Check Notes
    2.18.1     Spell Check Dialog Box Disappears After Switching Input Focus to Another Window
    2.18.2     Spell Checking Words with "Do Not Hyphenate" Symbols
    2.18.3     Spell Checking Of Index Entries

  2.19    Cross-References and Variables Notes
    2.19.1     Variables that Wrap Across Lines
    2.19.2     Multiline Cross References and Align Line
    2.19.3     Copying Multiline Cross-References
    2.19.4     Multiline Cross-References Do Not Hyphenate

  2.20    Graphics and Frames Notes
    2.20.1     In-Margin Frames Within a Table
    2.20.2     Cannot Align Graphics Text Lines Outside a Frame
    2.20.3     Using Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) Graphics
      2.20.3.1     Encapsulated PostScript Files Using Carriage Returns as Line Separators
      2.20.3.2     Encapsulated PostScript Files and Black Window Background
    2.20.4     Scaling Graphics and Frames
      2.20.4.1     Artifact of ``Scaling Contents'' of Vertical or Horizontal Line
      2.20.4.2     Scaling of Groups That Include a Frame
      2.20.4.3     Undo Mirror Scaling of Frames and Data blocks

  2.21    CDA Interoperability Notes
    2.21.1     CDA Viewer Displaying DECwrite Tables
    2.21.2     Using the CDA Viewer or CDA Converters with Multiplatform Documents
    2.21.3     Named Content Streams
    2.21.4     GObE Files Displayed Incorrectly
    2.21.5     ODA-CDA Gateway Display Errors

  2.22    Miscellaneous Notes
    2.22.1     On WPS-PLUS Keypad, Change Case Does Not Work Correctly
    2.22.2     Selecting a Single Character
    2.22.3     Titles Created After a Page Break Character
    2.22.4     Equation Editor and Italic International characters
    2.22.5     Split into Columns Yields Wrong Ordering
    2.22.6     Paragraph Labels Appear as Numerals Instead of as Text
    2.22.7     Excessive Zooming Corrupts Display
    2.22.8     Labels Copied by Global Select
    2.22.9     Overwritten Text on Adjust Position and Remove Adjustment
    2.22.10    Selecting multiple pages of text
    2.22.11    Starting Sublists Using Popup Menu
    2.22.12    Effect of Applying Styles to Labels of Paragraphs or Titles
    2.22.13    Applying Text Attributes to Tables or Graphic Textblocks

  2.23    VT1200 V2.0 Notes
    2.23.1     Memory Usage
    2.23.2     Using Draw => Smooth on Nonsolid Lines
    2.23.3     Display and Performance Irregularities

  2.24    Additional Problems and Restrictions
    2.24.1     Problem with Numeric Keypad
    2.24.2     Cannot access or add a word to personal dictionary
    2.24.3     XLIB errors
    2.24.4     Underline for White Graphics Problem
    2.24.5     EMACS Keyboard Emulation Problem
    2.24.6     Text Obscured by a pop-up menu
    2.24.7     Aligning Graphics Lines

  3      DECchart Notes

  3.1     DECchart V1.6
    3.1.1      Import Dialog Box Formats List Incomplete
    3.1.2      Print Chart Dialog Box
    3.1.3      File Name in Print Chart Dialog Box
    3.1.4      Moving Overlays Causes Chart Window to Resize
    3.1.5      Color Defaults File Ignored