Instant Calendar/SOFTKEY.iso/disk1/readme.txt

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INSTANT CALENDAR README 1.00
January 28, 1994

This file contains late-breaking information about Instant
Calendar.  This includes new features and troubleshooting
information that our Technical Support staff thinks you
might find useful.

You can read the file on screen or print it by choosing Print
from the File menu.

CONTENTS
    Refreshing the screen display
    Displaying shading
    Saving event lists and workspaces
    Entering events
    Selecting multiple events
    Layouts
    Small pages
    Printing
    Extended characters in Preferences pathnames
    Upgrading to Calendar Creator Plus 2.0
    MoreFonts(TM) users
    Bitstream(R) Facelift(TM) users
    Font aliases
    WinFax PRO 3.0 users


Refreshing the screen display
=============================
Sometimes the Instant Calendar screen does not "refresh"
properly, so the calendar window seems distorted. To correct
the distortion, click the arrow button on the right side
of the page icon on the status bar in the lower left corner
of the calendar window.



Displaying shading
==================
You may experience problems displaying shading with high
resolution video display drivers, such as Orchid Fahrenheit,
although the shading does print correctly. If you wish to
display the shading as it will print, use Windows Setup to
switch to a VGA display.



Saving event lists and workspaces
=================================
If you are creating a large event list or a complex
workspace, you should save your work frequently. To have
Instant Calendar save event list changes automatically,
choose Edit | Preferences. Check the AutoSave Lists option
and specify a time interval. Note that this only saves the
event lists, not the workspace.

To save the workspace, choose File | Workspace and then Save
or Save As.



Entering events
===============
Event names
-----------
You must always enter an event name. Do not use spaces for an
event name. If you want the "event" to be just a picture or
special effect like Shade Day, with no text, use the insert
field &rem as the first characters of the event name.

Event times
-----------
When entering an event, you cannot specify a time period that
spans midnight: for example, 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. the next day.
If necessary, enter two events with the same name: one ending
at 11:59 p.m. and the other starting at 12:00 a.m. on the
second day.




Selecting multiple events
=========================
If you are using the event list window sorted by date, you
may experience problems when attempting to select multiple
events by using the mouse techniques Shift-Click, Click-Drag,
or Control-Click. To select multiple events with the mouse, sort
the event list by name.



Layouts
=======

Number of events per day
------------------------
A calendar can display up to 50 events per day. This mostly
affects the text and year layouts, which can display more
events than the others. If more than 50 events have been
entered for one day, a year or text layout will display only
the first 50.

Circle Dates On Small Calendars
-------------------------------
If you have turned this option on in Layout Options |
Appearance, the dates when events occur should be circled on
the small previous- and next-month reference calendars. When
you change an event date, the circled date on the small
calendar does not automatically show the new date on the
screen. It is correct in the printed calendar.

To correct the screen display, click the arrow button on the
left or right of the page icon on the status bar in the
lower left corner of the screen or temporarily change the
view or the layout.

Events with &rem at the start of the event name will not
appear in the calendar, but the days on which they occur will
be circled in the small calendars.



Small pages
===========
All small calendars require small fonts and special margin
settings to produce usable pages. Selecting a small paper
stock from the list box in the Layout Options | Page Setup
dialog box automatically sets the calendar form size and
margins for you, but it does not change the font size.
To achieve an acceptable result, you may have to choose
Layout Options | Titles & Pictures to set the font size yourself.

Sometimes it is hard to select text in small type in the
calendar window. Instead, choose Layout | Layout Options
| Titles & Pictures.  Select the item you want from the
Item drop-down list, then press the Font button.



Printing
========

HP DeskJet 1200 C
------------------
You may experience difficulty displaying or printing graphics
if you are using the Adobe PostScript driver (ver. 2.00a) with
this printer. Switch to the printer's PCL5 emulation. Refer to
the printer manual for instructions.


Printing small calendars and shaded backgrounds
-----------------------------------------------
If you find that small calendars are printing in solid black,
or that a shaded calendar background does not print properly,
try choosing the Print In Black And White option in the
Print dialog box before you print.


Printing events with light background bitmap pictures
-------------------------------------------------------------
If your calendar layout has large overflow areas or
dateboxes that cover more than a quarter of an 8.5 x 11 inch
page, we do not recommend trying to print light background
bitmap pictures. (Bitmap pictures are graphic files with
the extensions .BMP, .PCX, .EPI, or .TIF.) For these layouts,
modify the display of pictures for individual
untimed events by choosing Don't Display, Small, or
Scalable in the Modify Picture dialog box. You can also
turn off the display of all pictures for the layout in
the Layout Options | Event Display dialog box. See Chapter
7 in the Instant Calendar User's Guide for instructions.


Printing pictures with a Canon BJC-600
--------------------------------------
If you are using the Canon BJC-600 printer, you may have
difficulty printing calendars that contain a large number
of pictures. Reduce the number of pictures by either hiding
selected event or title pictures or by unchecking Show Pictures
With Events in the Layout Options | Event Display dialog box.



Extended characters in Preferences pathnames
============================================
Don't enter extended characters, such as characters with
accents, in the Pictures and Event Lists default path fields
in the Preferences dialog box. If your pathname includes
letters that are normally accented, Instant Calendar
will probably find the path if you enter the letters without
accents.



Upgrading to Calendar Creator Plus 2.0
======================================
If you upgrade from Instant Calendar to Calendar Creator
Plus 2.0, you may find that the Instant Calendar icon
remains in the Power Up group after installation. You should
delete the icon and use the Calendar Creator Plus icon in the
Power Up group.



MoreFonts users
===============
If you are running Windows 3.1, you need the version of
MoreFonts designed for Windows 3.1, or you will experience
various problems, such as Help not working. MoreFonts fonts
may not appear in color on non-PostScript color printers.

If MoreFonts fonts do not appear properly on the screen or
printed calendar, or do not change size properly, try
resetting some of the options in the MoreFonts control panel.
Select Print All Text As Graphics. If this does not help, try
one of these: select Use On The Fly Screen Fonts Taller Than
and decrease the number of pixels, or select Fix Screen Fonts
Taller Than and decrease the number of points.



Bitstream Facelift users
========================
When using Bitstream Facelift, you may notice some problems
with small font sizes on the screen and in your printed
calendars. To correct this, open the Bitstream control panel
and set both threshold values to 2.


PostScript printer
------------------
You may experience some problems using PostScript printers
with Bitstream Facelift. Be sure you have the latest version
of Facelift. If you still have problems, open the Bitstream
control panel and select the Unassigned SHELL Driver option.



Font Aliases
============
The Setup program should create proper font aliases for you
if you have TrueType, Adobe Type Manager(R), MoreFonts, or
BitStream FaceLift. If you do not have one of these font
managers, or if you experience problems with incorrect fonts
when you choose File | Workspace | New, you may have to edit
your POWERUP.INI file. The file is located in your Windows
directory. Use a text editor like Notepad to edit the file.
Locate the [Aliases] section in the file and enter the font
names your font manager uses for sans serif and serif type.
The following is an example:

[Aliases]
Modern=Helvet
Roman=Times

You must exit Instant Calendar and restart it for the changes
to take effect. If you have TrueType installed, the font aliases
in your WIN.INI file will be used. If you have both TrueType and
ATM, the font aliases located in your ATM.INI file will be used.



WinFax PRO 3.0 users
====================
WinFax version 1.0 and 2.0 should work fine with Instant
Calendar.  However, WinFax PRO version 3.0 causes
problems when used with Instant Calendar.  Whichever
program is loaded first will work correctly, but the other
program will fail.  To prevent errors, do not run these
programs at the same time. Contact WinFax PRO technical
support at Delrina Technology for further information or
send them a FAX at [phone] or [phone].
Be sure to include your name, mailing address, and WinFax
PRO registration number.