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1-2-3 for Windows Product Updates (READ.ME)

This file contains the following sections:

1.  Install Issues
2.  Sound Support
3.  Playing the Guided Tour in Autorun Mode
4.  Upgrading from Other Releases of 1-2-3
5.  Network Issues
6.  Windows and Available Memory
7.  Font Usage
      Selecting Printers for ATM Soft Fonts
      True Type and Compatibility with 1-2-3 Release 2.3 and 3.1
      Working with ATM
8.  Printing Performance Information
      Installing Landscape Fonts for HP Printers
      HP LaserJet III Printers
      PostScript Printing
9.  Enhanced Range Selection
10. DDE
      1-2-3 for Windows as a Server Application
      DDE System Topic
11. Command-Line Parameters
12. Corrections to the Printed Documentation
13. External Database Error Messages


**INSTALL ISSUES**

The 1-2-3 for Windows Install program transfers a file named 123W.INI
to your Windows directory. 123W.INI contains the 1-2-3 for Windows default
settings. Comments in 123W.INI explain the settings.

A second file, 123MM.INI, contains default settings for the Multimedia
SmartHelp components of 1-2-3.

Please make sure that your Windows drive has at least one megabyte (1MB) of
space available before installing.


**SOUND SUPPORT**

You can install and use 1-2-3 successfully even if you do not have a sound
board in your system.  You will get text captions instead of sound in the
Guided Tour and in Show Me movies, and you will not be able to turn sound on.
If you later install a sound board (and set up its driver) you will get
sound automatically.

Using the PC Speaker driver with Multimedia SmartHelp is not recommended
because this driver causes the PC to "lock up" while sound is playing.
This prevents movies from operating properly.


**PLAYING THE GUIDED TOUR IN AUTORUN MODE**

You can set up the Guided Tour to automatically run through each section
without the need to press any controls.  When the Tour reaches the end, it
repeats from the beginning.

To play the Tour in autorun mode, select the Tour icon in the Program
Manager, choose File Properties, and add one of the following parameters
to the command line:

     /a      Autorun the entire Tour with sound
     /at     Autorun the entire Tour silently (show text captions)
     /m      Autorun the Multimedia section of the Tour with sound
     /mt     Autorun the Multimedia section of the Tour silently


**UPGRADING FROM OTHER RELEASES OF 1-2-3**

If you are upgrading from 1-2-3 Release 2.3 or 3.1, Lotus recommends that
you let Install create a new program directory for your 1-2-3 for Windows
files. Copy your worksheets, graphics, format files, and any other data
files to a data directory before you erase the old 1-2-3 program files.

If you are upgrading from 1-2-3 for Windows Release 1.0 (not 1.0a), and you
want column-width compatibility with 1-2-3 for Windows Release 1.0a and 1.1,
and 1-2-3 Release 3.1 and 2.3, enter the following as the last two lines of
123W.INI (make sure you type the lines exactly as they appear):

[DEFAULT_PITCH]
pitch=12

These lines set the 1-2-3 for Windows column default width, in inches. 1-2-3
determines the default column width by multiplying the width of the
column, in characters, by the font's character width (specified in pitch=).

The value that follows pitch= can be any number from 6 to 24.

To change the default column width based on the size of the default font,
as in 1-2-3 for Windows Release 1.0, set pitch=0.


**NETWORK ISSUES**

If you run Windows from a network server, you will be able to install
Adobe Type Manager only if you have write access to the WINDOWS\SYSTEM
directory while you are installing. See your network administrator to
get write access to this directory.


**WINDOWS AND AVAILABLE MEMORY**

NOTE  Windows 3.1 requires more memory than Windows 3.0, so you may need to
free additional memory before you use 1-2-3 with Windows 3.1.  If you are
running with 4MB of memory, be sure to set a permanent swap file of at least
2MB.

Before you start 1-2-3, find out how much memory is available by opening
Program Manager and choosing Help About Program Manager.

If less than 1800K of memory is free, you will not be able to start 1-2-3
for Windows. Close open applications and remove memory-resident programs
to make more memory available. Then check the amount of free memory again.

If 1800K to 2300K of memory is free, you can start 1-2-3, but you may
encounter Memory Full messages while you work.

If 1800K to 2300K of memory is free, follow the steps below
to increase the amount of available memory.

1. For maximum memory savings, remove SMARTdrive. (If you do not want to
   remove SMARTdrive, see step 2 to reduce the SMARTdrive cache size.)

   To remove SMARTdrive in Windows 3.0, remove the
   DEVICE=[x]:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.SYS statement from CONFIG.SYS.

   To remove SMARTdrive in Windows 3.1, remove the
   [x]:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.EXE statement from AUTOEXEC.BAT.

   You can either delete these statements or type REM in front of them.
   For example, REM DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.SYS

2. If you do not want to remove SMARTdrive, you can save memory by reducing
   the SMARTdrive cache to 256K.

   In Windows 3.0, edit the SMARTdrive statement in CONFIG.SYS
   so it reads DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.SYS 1024 256.

   In Windows 3.1, edit the SMARTdrive statement in AUTOEXEC.BAT so it reads
   C:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.EXE 1024 256.

3. 386 users only: Increase the Windows swap file size to at least 2MB.
   To learn how to change the swap file size, see the Microsoft Windows
   User's Guide.

4. Windows 3.1 users only: Windows 3.1 comes with a scalable font manager,
   so you can turn off ATM to maximize memory savings. To turn off ATM,
   double-click the ATM Control Panel icon. Under ATM, select Off.
   Select Exit. Restart Windows.

   If you encounter problems after you turn ATM off, turn ATM back on.

   NOTE If you use other applications, such as Freelance Graphics for
   Windows, that depend on ATM, turning off ATM may cause files from these
   applications to look slightly different, both on screen and when printed.
   Lotus recommends that you turn ATM back on before you use other
   applications that depend on it.


**FONT USAGE**

In Windows 3.0, if there are no printers installed in Windows, the Style
Font Replace dialog box does not list any fonts under Available fonts.

SELECTING PRINTERS FOR ATM SOFT FONTS

Before the ATM Installer program can install soft fonts for HP LaserJet
and PostScript printers, you must select these printers in the Windows
Control Panel. Select your printers before you install ATM.

1. Open the Windows Control panel and select Printers.

   Windows displays a list of printers installed on your system.

2. If an HP LaserJet III or PostScript printer is listed, highlight it.

3. Windows 3.0 users only: Select Configure.

   The Printers - Configure dialog box appears.

4. Select Setup.

   The Setup dialog box for your printer appears.

5. Select OK twice.

6. Repeat steps 2 through 5 for each printer you want to select and then
   select OK.

TRUE TYPE AND COMPATIBILITY WITH RELEASE 2.3 AND 3.1

Windows 3.1 users: In worksheet files you will share with 1-2-3 Release 2.3
and 3.1 users, do not replace the font names Arial MT and NewTimesRomanPS
with their corresponding True Type font names, Arial and New Times Roman;
1-2-3 Release 2.3 and 3.1 will not recognize the True Type font names.

NOTE In Windows 3.1, 1-2-3 for Windows automatically uses the True Type
fonts Arial and NewTimesRoman when you select the ATM fonts Arial MT and
NewTimesRomanPS, but does not change the font names.

WORKING WITH ATM

The ATM Installer program transfers a file named ATM.INI to your Windows
directory. Settings in ATM.INI control how ATM works.

After you install ATM, other Windows applications may look slightly
different on screen, because ATM substitutes its scalable fonts for certain
Windows bitmap fonts. The point size at which ATM makes this substitution
is controlled by the SynonymPSBegin= statement in ATM.INI. SynonymPSBegin=
is initially set to 9; this means ATM substitutes its fonts for Windows
fonts which are larger than 9 points. If you change this statement to
SynonymPSBegin=13, ATM substitutes its fonts for Windows fonts which
are larger than 13 points. Other Windows applications that use 10 and 12
point fonts will continue to look the same as they did before you
installed ATM.

If you experience difficulties with ATM soft fonts, you can remove ATM
from your hard disk and re-install it.

Before you remove ATM from your hard disk, do the following:

1. If you installed additional fonts, copy those fonts to a temporary
   directory.

2. Remove all Windows soft fonts from your WIN.INI file. Soft fonts are
   listed with the installed printers. In the example below, an * (asterisk)
   marks each line to remove.

   [PostScript,LPT2]
   device=14
   color=2
   feed1=1
   *softfonts=11
   *softfont1=c:\psfonts\pfm\_a______.pfm,c:\psfonts\_a______.pfb
   *softfont2=c:\psfonts\pfm\bdbc____.pfm,c:\psfonts\bdbc____.pfb

To remove ATM from your system, do the following:

1. End Microsoft Windows.

2. Change the following lines of your SYSTEM.INI file, which is located in
   your Windows directory:

   * Change system.drv=atmsys.drv to system.drv=system.drv

   * Delete the line atm.system.drv=system.drv

   Note: these lines may be different on some systems (for example, the
   Hewlett-Packard Vectra); however, the result should be a single line
   that reads system.drv=system.drv.

3. Delete the following files:

   * Delete ATM.DLL and ATMSYS.DRV from the \SYSTEM subdirectory of your
     Windows directory.

   * Delete ATM.INI and ATMCNTRL.EXE from your Windows directory.

   * Delete any .PFM, .PFB, .SFP, and .SFL files from the directories in
     which you installed fonts.

4. To re-install ATM, start Windows and insert the 1-2-3 disc in your CD-ROM
   drive. Open the Windows Program Manager. Choose File Run. Type
   d:\ATM\INSTALL in the Command Line text box (where d: is the drive letter
   of your CD-ROM drive) and then select OK.


**PRINTING PERFORMANCE INFORMATION**

INSTALLING LANDSCAPE FONTS FOR HP PRINTERS

If you are using Windows 3.0 and have an HP LaserJet Plus, HP Classic, or
HP Series II printer, follow these steps to install landscape fonts.

NOTE You must install 1-2-3 before installing the landscape fonts.

NOTE If you install an HP LaserJet II driver as Unlisted Printer, Windows
does not copy the file FINSTALL.DLL to the Windows \SYSTEM directory and you
cannot install fonts for your printer. Look for the file FINSTALL.DLL on the
disk the printer driver came on. If the file is there, copy it to the
Windows \SYSTEM directory. If the file is not there, contact the driver
manufacturer to learn how to receive a copy of FINSTALL.DLL.

To locate the Add fonts dialog box

1. Open the Windows Control panel and select Printers.

   Windows displays a list of printers installed on your system.

2. If an HP LaserJet Plus, HP Classic, or HP Series II printer is listed,
   highlight it and then select Configure.

   The Printers Configure dialog box appears.

3. Select Setup.

   The Setup dialog box for your printer appears.

4. Select Fonts.

   The Printer Font Installer dialog box appears.

5. Select Add fonts.

   The Add fonts dialog box appears and asks you to insert the disk
   with the fonts in drive A.

To add the fonts

1. Type c:\123mm\HPFONTS in the text box (where c:\123mm is the drive and
   directory where you installed 1-2-3) and select OK.  (Do not specify the
   HPFONTS directory on your CD-ROM.)

2. Highlight the first two fonts in the right-hand list box and select Add.

   The Add fonts dialog box appears and displays C:\PCLFONTS as the
   directory to copy the fonts to.

3. Enter the path for your fonts directory if it is not C:\PCLFONTS and
   select OK.

   The Edit dialog box appears.

4. Type Arial MT in the Name text box.

   Make sure you type the font name exactly as it appears in step 4;
   otherwise, ATM will not recognize the font.

5. Under Family select Swiss and select OK.

   Windows adds the first font (Arial MT 12 point) and redisplays the Edit
   dialog box, which contains the correct information for the second font
   (Arial MT 14 point).

6. Select OK.

   The Printer Font Installer dialog box appears.

7. Highlight the two remaining fonts in the right-hand list box and then
   select Add.

   The Add fonts dialog box appears and displays C:\PCLFONTS as the
   directory to copy the fonts to.

8. Enter the path for your fonts directory if it is not C:\PCLFONTS and
   select OK.

9. Close the Print Font Installer, Setup, Printers Configure, Printers, and
   Control Panel dialog boxes.

10. Delete any files with the .PCL extension from your Windows directory.

11. Delete the c:\123mm\HPFONTS subdirectory (where c:\123mm is the drive and
    directory where you installed 1-2-3).

To verify that you properly installed the new landscape fonts, use a text
editor to read the file WIN.INI, which is in your Windows directory. You
should see the following lines under the heading [HPPCL]:

SoftFontx=C:\PCLFONTS\_ALR0120.PFM,C:\PCLFONTS\_A___12$.SFL
SoftFontx=C:\PCLFONTS\_ALR0140.PFM,C:\PCLFONTS\_A___14$.SFL
SoftFontx=C:\PCLFONTS\MTLR0100.PFM,C:\PCLFONTS\MTR__10$.SFL
SoftFontx=C:\PCLFONTS\MTLR0120.PFM,C:\PCLFONTS\MTR__12$.SFL

HP LASERJET III PRINTERS

If you are using 1-2-3 with Windows 3.0, and if your printer is an HP
LaserJet III (including IIIP, IIID, and IIISI), Lotus recommends that you
update your Windows driver for this printer to version 30.3.86. The Windows
driver for the HP LaserJet III version 30.3.86 is located on the 1-2-3
disc.

If you are using Windows 3.1, do not install printer driver version 30.3.86.
A later version of the HP LaserJet III driver comes with Windows 3.1.

To find out the version number of your driver, do the following:

1. Open the Windows Control Panel and select Printers.

   Windows displays a list of printers installed on your system.

2. If an HP LaserJet III printer is listed, highlight it.

3. Windows 3.0 users only: Select Configure.

   The Printers - Configure dialog box appears.

4. Select Setup.

   The Setup dialog box for your printer appears.

5. Select About to see information about your printer, including the
   version number of the driver.

If your driver version is earlier than 30.3.86, or if an HP LaserJet III
driver is not installed, read the instructions in HPREADME.TXT on the
Printer Drivers Disk to learn how to install the new driver.

When you print to an HP LaserJet III, the Arial, Helv, and Helvetica fonts
are mapped to the Univers font and the TimesNewRomanPS and TmsRmn fonts
are mapped to the CG Times font.

POSTSCRIPT PRINTING

In order to print quickly on PostScript devices, 1-2-3 for Windows
bypasses portions of the Windows PostScript driver and uses its own
drivers. This provides complete compatibility with PostScript output
from 1-2-3 Release 3.1 and, in most cases, much faster PostScript
printer performance.

If you want to use only the Windows PostScript driver for printing
from 1-2-3 for Windows, you must edit your 123W.INI file. Add the
word "system" to the line postscript= so it reads postscript=system.
(You must type the word system in all lowercase letters.)

In order to print to PostScript printers as quickly and efficiently as
possible, 1-2-3 for Windows limits the number of downloaded fonts you
can use in a single print job. The number of fonts you can download
depends on the size of the fonts and the amount of memory installed in
your PostScript printer.

The maximum number of downloaded fonts is controlled by the
numpostfonts= statement in 123W.INI. The initial default value is 5,
but you can change it to a higher number if your printer has more memory.

If the number of downloaded fonts you use in your print job is greater
than the value specified by numpostfonts=, 1-2-3 automatically tells the
Windows PostScript printer driver to generate the PostScript code for the
print job.

Different PostScript printers contain different internal fonts.
1-2-3 for Windows supports the Standard 35 font set. If your PostScript
printer contains a different internal font set, you may see some
inconsistencies between your displayed and printed work. If you want to
use a font that is included in your PostScript printer but is not
supported by 1-2-3 for Windows, use the Windows PostScript driver to print
from 1-2-3 for Windows; add the word "system" to the statement
postscript= so it reads postscript=system. (You must type the word system
in all lowercase letters.)

NOTE If you specify multiple copies in the Setup dialog box for your
printer, change the statement postscript= to postscript=system.

If you want to set a scaling percentage for print jobs sent to a PostScript
printer, use the option Manually size in File Page Setup instead of the
Scaling option in Windows.


**ENHANCED RANGE SELECTION**

You can now highlight a range and use F3 (NAMES) from within a dialog box
when 1-2-3 is in EDIT mode as well as POINT mode.


**DDE**

1-2-3 FOR WINDOWS AS A SERVER APPLICATION

The format for execute strings sent to 1-2-3 for Windows is

[run("command_string")]

where command_string is any 1-2-3 for Windows command, including macros.

DDE SYSTEM TOPIC

1-2-3 for Windows supports a special topic called System, which provides
a context for items of information that may be of general interest to
other applications. The System items that 1-2-3 for Windows supports are
listed below. 1-2-3 responds to a request for any of these items in
tab-delimited, CF_TEXT format. Each string is terminated with a carriage-
return and linefeed characters, for example, \r\n (CRLF).

SysItems
Returns a list of all System-topic items supported by 1-2-3 for Windows.
Example: SysItems\tTopics\tFormats...\r\n

Topics
Returns a list of all 1-2-3 for Windows DDE topics, including all files
in memory plus the special System topic.
Example: System\tC:\123W\SALES.WK3\tC:\123W\EMPLOYEE.WK3...\r\n

Formats
Returns a list of all Clipboard formats that 1-2-3 for Windows supports.
This list does not distinguish between formats that can be only copied
or only pasted and formats that can be both copied and pasted.
Example: Lotus123Private\tWk3\tWk1\tTEXT\tBITMAP...\r\n

Selection
Returns the address of the currently selected range, preceded by
the current file name. If no range is selected, returns the current
cellpointer location, preceded by the current file name.
Example: C:\123W\SALES.WK3\tA:B2..A:B4\r\n

RangeNames
Returns a list of all files in memory and their named ranges. Tab
characters separate each range and CRLF characters precede each new
file name.
Example: C:\123W\FILE1.WK3\tRANGE1\tB:A1..B:B9\tRANGE2\tC:B28..C:D45\r\n
C:\123W\FILE2.WK3\t\RANGE1\tD:Z1..E:Z100\r\n


**COMMAND-LINE PARAMETERS**

To specify command-line parameters for 1-2-3 for Windows

1. Highlight the 1-2-3 for Windows icon.

2. Choose File Properties from the Windows Program Manager.

3. In the Command Line text box, append a command-line parameter to
   123W.EXE. (For example, C:\123W\123W.EXE -s)

You can specify the following command-line parameters:

-s
Makes 1-2-3 for Windows use the software floating point driver instead
of a math coprocessor. Use this parameter if you have a defective math
coprocessor in your computer or if your computer tells 1-2-3 you have a
math coprocessor when you do not. Under these circumstances, all your
formulas may evaluate to 0, ERR, or *** (asterisks).

-i [filename.ini]
Lets you specify an initialization file other than 123W.INI. For example,
C:\123W\123W.EXE -iC:\123W\MYINI.INI specifies the initialization file
C:\123W\MYINI.INI.

NOTE If you use 1-2-3 for Windows with Lotus Notes Document Inset
Protocol (DIP), you must have 123W.INI in your Windows directory.

filename
Lets you specify a file to load whenever you start 1-2-3.


**CORRECTIONS TO THE PRINTED DOCUMENTATION**
(Note: The corrections below have already been made in the Online Books.
The Online Books, however, do not describe the multimedia changes to the
Help menu.  For this information, see Using SmartHelp under 1-2-3 Help
Contents.)

The definition of F9 (CALC) on page 28 of the User's Guide should say:
F9 (CALC) calculates all formulas in all active files, except for formulas
that refer to worksheet files on disk.

Step 1. of the procedure on page 176 of the User's Guide should include the
following note: If you are working in the Untitled worksheet, save it with
File Save before creating a DDE link.

Disregard references to named icon palettes in the following parts of
the documentation:

* Page 16 of Quick Start for 1-2-3 Upgraders

* Page 12 and 13 of the User's Guide.

The command Tools Icon Palette should be Tools SmartIcons in the following
parts of the documentation:

* Chapter 1 of the User's Guide

* Chapters 1 through 3 of Quick Start for 1-2-3 Upgraders

* The SmartIcons Quick Reference

In the User's Guide and Quick Start for 1-2-3 Upgraders, the definition of
the DEL key and the Edit Clear command should be "Deletes the cell contents
of selected cells without using the Clipboard." DEL and Edit Clear do not
delete formatting.

The Tips on pages 36 and 54 of DataLens Drivers for 1-2-3 will not work
for drivers and databases that require passwords. If you are unable to
complete Data Connect to External or Data External Options commands, use
/Data External from 1-2-3 Classic.

The macro command {DDE-CLOSE} includes a new optional argument:
conversation-number. The first three sections of the Help topic
{DDE-CLOSE} should read:

{DDE-CLOSE [conversation-number]} terminates a conversation with a Windows
application.

Arguments
conversation-number is an optional argument that specifies the unique
identification number Windows assigns to the conversation. If you use the
optional location argument in {DDE-OPEN}, 1-2-3 enters the identification
number in the worksheet.

Notes
If you do not include conversation-number, {DDE-CLOSE} closes the current
conversation. If you make conversation-number -1, {DDE-CLOSE} closes all
open conversations. If no conversation is open, {DDE-CLOSE} does nothing.


**EXTERNAL DATABASE ERROR MESSAGES**

Error conditions that previously resulted in the error message "External
database processing error" now produce a database-specific message.