home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- ======================================================================
- Microsoft(R) Product Support Services Application Note (Text File)
- GC0651: MS(R) LineDraw (TrueType[TM]) Font
- ======================================================================
- Revision Date: 1/93
- Disk Included
-
- The following information applies to Microsoft Word for Windows(TM)
- version 2.0.
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- | INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS DOCUMENT AND ANY SOFTWARE THAT MAY |
- | ACCOMPANY THIS DOCUMENT (collectively referred to as an |
- | Application Note) IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY |
- | KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO |
- | THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A |
- | PARTICULAR PURPOSE. The user assumes the entire risk as to the |
- | accuracy and the use of this Application Note. This Application |
- | Note may be copied and distributed subject to the following |
- | conditions: 1) All text must be copied without modification and |
- | all pages must be included; 2) If software is included, all files |
- | on the disk(s) must be copied without modification [the MS-DOS(R) |
- | utility DISKCOPY is appropriate for this purpose]; 3) All |
- | components of this Application Note must be distributed together; |
- | and 4) This Application Note may not be distributed for profit. |
- | |
- | Copyright 1993 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. |
- | Microsoft, MS, and MS-DOS are registered trademarks and Windows |
- | is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. |
- | TrueType is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. DisplayWrite is a |
- | registered trademark of International Business Machines |
- | Corporation. WordPerfect is a registered trademark of WordPerfect |
- | Corporation. |
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- INTRODUCTION
- ============
-
- This package contains the latest update of the MS LineDraw font for
- Microsoft Word for Windows. This is the first update of the MS
- LineDraw font since Word for Windows version 2.0 was released in
- October 1991. The update consists of a TrueType version of the MS
- LineDraw (TrueType) font and a complete extended ASCII (code page 437)
- symbol set.
-
- If this shipment has arrived in unsatisfactory condition or you have
- questions about installing or using the MS LineDraw (TrueType) font,
- please call Microsoft Product Support Services (PSS). In the United
- States, call (206) 462-WORD between 6:00 A.M. and 6:00 P.M. Pacific
- time. Outside the United States, contact the Microsoft subsidiary for
- your area. To locate your subsidiary, call Microsoft International
- Customer Service at (206) 936-8661.
-
- NOTE: To use the MS LineDraw (TrueType) font, you must be running
- Microsoft Windows version 3.1 or later and Word version 1.0 or later
- for Windows.
-
- Once you install the MS LineDraw (TrueType) font, Word versions 2.0
- and later for Windows will convert line-draw fonts in Word for MS-DOS,
- WordPerfect(R), and RFT-DCA documents to the new MS LineDraw
- (TrueType) font. Using the new MS LineDraw (TrueType) font may help
- decrease printing time for documents that are converted to Word for
- Windows from the Word for MS-DOS, WordPerfect, and RFT-DCA formats if
- the documents contain a significant number of line-drawing characters.
-
- TO UPDATE THE MS LINEDRAW (TRUETYPE) FONT
- =========================================
-
- 1. Insert the enclosed GC0651 disk in your floppy disk drive.
-
- 2. At the MS-DOS command prompt, type the following and press ENTER
-
- copy <drive>:\linedraw.ttf <destination>
-
- where <drive> is the floppy disk drive containing the GC0651 disk
- and <destination> is the drive and directory where your Windows
- SYSTEM subdirectory is located. For example, if your Windows
- directory is named WINDOWS and is on drive C and the GC0651 disk is
- in drive A, type the following command:
-
- copy a:\linedraw.ttf c:\windows\system
-
- 3. From the Main group in Windows Program Manager, choose the Control
- Panel icon.
-
- 4. In the Control Panel window, choose the Fonts icon.
-
- The Fonts dialog box appears.
-
- 5. Choose the Add button.
-
- The Add Fonts dialog box appears.
-
- 6. From the Directories list, select the Windows SYSTEM subdirectory.
-
- All fonts in the SYSTEM subdirectory appear in the List Of Fonts
- box.
-
- 7. From the List Of Fonts box, select the font named MS LineDraw
- (TrueType).
-
- 8. Choose the OK button to add the MS LineDraw (TrueType) font.
-
- 9. Choose the Close button to exit the Fonts dialog box.
-
- Once the new font is installed, you can remove the MS LineDraw (All
- res) font. Whether or not you remove this font, it will no longer
- appear as an option in the Word for Windows Format Character or Import
- Symbol dialog box. Instead, the new MS LineDraw (TrueType) font will
- appear in both dialog boxes. For more information on removing the MS
- LineDraw (All res) font, see the section "Removing a Font" in Chapter
- 5 of the "Microsoft Windows User's Guide" for version 3.1.
-
- TROUBLESHOOTING
- ===============
-
- This section describes situations you may encounter when importing
- line-drawing characters created in other applications into Word for
- Windows.
-
- Line-Drawing Characters in Text File
- Opened As Text Only Map to Different ANSI Characters
- ----------------------------------------------------
-
- Line-drawing or other extended ASCII characters map to different ANSI
- characters when a text file (originating from the Word for MS-DOS
- CAPTURE.COM utility or any other source) is opened as Text Only.
-
- Resolution
- ----------
-
- You can address this problem by doing one of the following:
-
- - After you have converted a document, choose Select All from the
- Edit menu and change the font to MS LineDraw (TrueType).
-
- - If you are using Word version 2.0b or later for Windows, create a
- special-purpose template in which MS LineDraw (TrueType) is the
- default font. Using this option, to open a text file, do the
- following:
-
- 1. From the File menu, choose New, and use the template you just
- created.
-
- 2. From the Insert menu, choose File, and then select the text file
- from the list of files.
-
- 3. If you are prompted to open the file as Text Only, choose the OK
- button.
-
- Do not choose to open the file as DOS Text. Doing so uses an
- ASCII-to-ANSI mapping process that is less complete than the
- solution provided by the MS LineDraw (TrueType) font.
-
- You can automate either of these options by creating a macro. To fully
- automate the process, you can assign the macro to the File menu as an
- Open Text command.
-
- For more information on changing the default font in either your
- global template or a custom template, see "Changing Default
- Formatting" in Chapter 6 of the "Microsoft Word for Windows User's
- Guide" for version 2.0.
-
- For more information on assigning a macro to a Word menu or the
- toolbar, see Chapters 38 and 42 of the user's guide.
-
- Line-Drawing Characters from
- CAPTURE.COM Map to Different ANSI Characters
- --------------------------------------------
-
- Line-drawing characters captured using the CAPTURE.COM ASCII-text
- screen-capture utility and then embedded in Word for MS-DOS documents
- map to different ANSI characters when a Word for MS-DOS document is
- opened in Word for Windows.
-
- Resolution
- ----------
-
- Word for Windows cannot automatically detect line-drawing characters
- in ASCII CAPTURE.COM screen captures that are embedded in Word for
- MS-DOS documents. To work around this problem, you can create a font-
- mapping file that maps the Courier font (used to represent line-
- drawing characters in Word for MS-DOS) to the MS LineDraw (TrueType)
- font in Word for Windows.
-
- To create the font-mapping file:
-
- 1. Open a new file in a text editor, such as Windows Notepad, and type
- the following:
-
- 1;MS LineDraw
- 5;MS LineDraw
-
- NOTE: If you already have a font-mapping file, you can add these
- two lines to it.
-
- 2. Save this file as PCW_RTF.DAT in your Word for Windows directory.
-
- For more information on creating a custom font-mapping file for
- documents created in Word for MS-DOS, see the sample mapping file
- PCW_RTF.TXT in your Word for Windows directory.
-
- Line-Drawing Characters in WordPerfect Documents Misalign Horizontally
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Line-drawing characters in WordPerfect documents (either inside or
- outside user or text boxes) misalign horizontally when a WordPerfect
- document is opened in Word for Windows.
-
- Resolution
- ----------
-
- Word for Windows does detect and correctly map line-drawing characters
- originally entered either by the CTRL+F3 WordPerfect line-drawing
- command or by the CTRL+2 WordPerfect Compose command to their MS
- LineDraw (TrueType) font equivalents in Word. However, you may see
- some horizontal misalignment in your document on screen or when it is
- printed.
-
- To ensure that no horizontal misalignment of vertical line-drawing
- characters appears either on screen or when printing a converted
- WordPerfect document, you can create a font-mapping file that maps all
- variations of the Courier font in WordPerfect to the Courier New
- TrueType font in Word.
-
- To create the font-mapping file:
-
- 1. Open a new file in a text editor, such as Windows Notepad, and type
- the following:
-
- Courier;Courier New
-
- NOTE: If you already have a font-mapping file, you can add this
- line to it.
-
- 2. Save this file as WP5_RTF.DAT in your Word for Windows directory.
-
- For more information about creating a custom font-mapping file for
- documents created in WordPerfect, see the sample mapping file
- WP5_RTF.TXT in your Word for Windows directory.
-
- Line-Drawing Characters in RFT-DCA Documents Misalign Horizontally
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Line-drawing characters in DisplayWrite(R)/RFT-DCA (or other Extended
- Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code [EBCDIC]-based) documents,
- created either manually or by the DisplayWrite Cursor Draw command,
- misalign horizontally when the document is opened in Word for Windows.
-
- Resolution
- ----------
-
- Word for Windows does detect and correctly map line-drawing characters
- originally entered in DisplayWrite to their MS LineDraw (TrueType)
- font equivalents in Word. However, you may see some horizontal
- misalignment in your document on screen or when it is printed.
-
- To ensure that no horizontal misalignment of vertical line-drawing
- characters appears either on screen or when printing a converted RFT-
- DCA document, you can create a font-mapping file that maps the
- DisplayWrite/RFT-DCA Courier font to the Courier New TrueType font in
- Word for Windows.
-
- To create the font-mapping file:
-
- 1. Open a new file in a text editor, such as Windows Notepad, and type
- the following:
-
- 26;Courier New,,24
-
- NOTE: If you already have a font-mapping file, you can add this
- line to it.
-
- 2. Save this file as DCA_RTF.DAT in your Word for Windows directory.
-
- For more information about creating a custom font-mapping file for
- documents created in DisplayWrite, see the sample mapping file
- DCA_RTF.TXT in your Word for Windows directory.
-
- OEM Text from Clipboard Appears Incorrectly
- -------------------------------------------
-
- ASCII (OEM) text pasted from the Windows Clipboard and then converted
- to the MS LineDraw (TrueType) font does not regain the appearance of
- extended ASCII characters.
-
- Resolution
- ----------
-
- Currently, Word for Windows does not support pasting ASCII text
- (called "OEM Text" on the Display menu) from the Windows Clipboard.
- Instead of pasting the text from the Clipboard, export the text to an
- ASCII text file and then open the file as Text Only in Word, using the
- steps described in the first troubleshooting scenario.
-
- Vertical Lines of Line-Drawing Region Contain Gaps
- --------------------------------------------------
-
- Slight gaps appear in the vertical lines of a line-drawing region in
- Word for Windows.
-
- Resolution
- ----------
-
- 1. Highlight the line-drawing region in Word.
-
- 2. From the Format menu, choose Paragraph.
-
- 3. If the font size for the line-drawing region is 10 point, change
- the line spacing from Auto to Exactly .7 li. If the font size for
- the line-drawing region is 12 point, change the line spacing from
- Auto to Exactly .9 li. (For other font sizes, you may need to
- experiment to obtain the desired result.)
-
- Line-Drawing Characters Display Incorrectly in Print Preview
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
- MS LineDraw (TrueType) line-drawing characters do not display as
- expected in Word for Windows print preview.
-
- Resolution
- ----------
-
- MS LineDraw (TrueType) line-drawing characters are not currently
- supported in print preview. What you see instead are the ANSI
- characters with their equivalent numeric values. This only affects
- print preview, not your printed output.
-
- Bold Text in Line-Drawing Region
- Appears Normal; Vertical Characters Shift Right
- -----------------------------------------------
-
- Bold text appears normal inside a line-drawing region, and vertical
- line-drawing characters shift to the right.
-
- Resolution
- ----------
-
- The MS LineDraw (TrueType) font does not currently support bold text
- within a line-drawing region. If you use one of the font-mapping files
- as described previously, this problem does not occur. This problem
- occurs only if you open a file as Text Only and later apply bold
- formatting. To restore the horizontal alignment of the line-drawing
- characters in this situation, either remove the bold formatting or do
- the following:
-
- 1. Select the bold text in the line-drawing region.
-
- 2. From the Format menu, choose Character, and select Courier New from
- the Font box.
-
- 3. Choose the OK button.
-
-