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- EVY7US.TXT
- Envoy 7 Release Notes
- Rev. Aug.21, 1996
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-
- These release notes contain the latest product information for
- Envoy (TM) 7 for Windows 95. See online Help and the user's guide
- (EVY7US.EVY) for important information about using Envoy.
-
- =================================================================
-
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
-
- This file is organized into the following sections:
- 1. System Requirements
- 2. Compatibility Between Envoy 1.X and Envoy 7
- 3. Installation
- 4. Installation Troubleshooting
- 5. General Troubleshooting
- 6. Bitstream TrueDoc Font Embedding
- 7. Technical Support
-
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-
- 1. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
-
- To run the applications in Corel Office Professional 7, you need
- the following:
-
- - Personal computer with 386DX processor (486 recommended)
- - Microsoft(R) Windows 95
- - 8 MB RAM (16 MB recommended)
- - Hard disk space*:
- - Envoy only: 7 MB for a complete install
- - VGA Graphics Adapter and monitor
- - Mouse
-
- * Disk space requirements vary according to the sector size of
- the hard disk. The Setup program indicates the correct figure
- for your destination disk.
-
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-
- 2. COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN ENVOY 1.X AND ENVOY 7
-
- Although you can run both Envoy 1.x and Envoy 7 under Windows 95
- and on the same machine, we recommend that you don't. For best
- results, make sure everyone in your workgroup (all those who will
- share Envoy files) install and use the same version of Envoy. For
- example, everyone should install and use EITHER Envoy 1.0a OR
- Envoy 7, but not both.
-
- Envoy 7 .EVY files created under Windows 95 will open only on
- another system where Envoy 7 is installed. Envoy Runtime (.EXE)
- files also require Windows 95. Earlier versions of Envoy files
- (1.0 and 1.0a for Windows and for Macintosh) will open in the
- Envoy 7 Viewer, but the reverse is not true.
-
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-
- 3. INSTALLATION
-
- To install Envoy on your computer's hard drive,
-
- 1. Select Envoy during the suite installation.
-
- 2. Follow the on-screen prompts.
-
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-
- 4. INSTALLATION TROUBLESHOOTING
-
- 4.1 If Envoy does not function properly after installing on your
- computer's hard drive, check that the following files have been
- installed to the locations listed below. (Note: If you have
- chosen Compact installation, some of the files below will not
- appear. If you have chosen Network installation, the files will
- appear in the network folder you have selected.)
-
- Installed in the WINDOWS folder:
- WIN.INI: Driver information
-
- Created in the WINDOWS folder the first time you exit Envoy:
- EVYPATHS.BIN: A file Envoy creates and uses for hypertext links
- between documents
-
- Installed in the WINDOWS\SYSTEM folder:
- *ENVOYD7.DRV: The Envoy printer driver. If the Envoy 7 Driver
- does not appear in your list of available printer drivers after
- you install, restart your computer.
- *EVYD7XX.DLL: The language resource file for ENVOYD7.DRV. (XX
- stands for a language code. Several languages may be installed.)
- EVYSH7.DLL: Windows 95 shell extension
- EVYSH7XX.DLL: The language resource file for EVYSH7.DLL. (XX
- stands for a language code. Several languages may be installed.)
- *EVYXPI7.DLL: An extended printer interface
- *EVYRN7XX.EXE: Lets the Envoy 7 Driver create files with long
- filenames. (XX stands for a language code. Several languages may
- be installed.)
-
- *These files are not installed if you have not purchased the
- Envoy 7 Driver. The Envoy Viewer can function without these driver
- files.
-
- Installed in the WIN95\START MENU under Corel Office 7:
- ENVOY 7: The Envoy Viewer icon found on the Start menu
-
- Installed in the OFFICE7\ENVOY7 folder:
- DVSETUP7.EXE: The file used to copy the Distributable Viewer
- ENVOY7.EXE: The Envoy Viewer
- EVY7XX.TXT: This release notes file, in ASCII text format (XX
- stands for a language code. Several languages may be installed.)
- EVYDSTXX.TXT: Release notes file for the Distributable Viewer.
- (XX stands for a language code. Several languages may be
- installed.)
- EVYLCDXX.TXT: The licensing agreement for the Distributable
- Viewer. (XX stands for a language code. Several languages may be
- installed.)
- ENVOY7\SYSTEM: A folder that contains system files for Envoy 7
- ENVOY7\SPOOL: An empty folder used as a destination for spooling
- multiple .EVY documents from the Envoy Driver
-
- Installed in the ENVOY7\SYSTEM folder:
- DVRES7XX.DLL: The Envoy Printer Driver resources. (XX stands
- for a language code. Several languages may be installed.)
- ENVOY7.EX_: ENVOY.EXE before decompression, which is used to
- build Runtime Viewers
- EVY7XX.DL_: EVY7XX.DLL before decompression. (XX stands for a
- language code. Several languages may be installed.)
- EVY7XX.DLL: The Envoy Viewer language resources. (XX stands for
- a language code. Several languages may be installed.)
- EVYGW7.EXE: A file that makes it possible to send Envoy files
- using GroupWise e-mail
- EVYPKG7: The Envoy packager stub, which is used to build Runtime
- Viewers
- EVYPRINT.INF: A file that makes it possible to install ENVOY7.DRV
- using the Windows 95 Add Printer Wizard. See "Envoy 7 Driver"
- under Section 5, "General Troubleshooting."
- EVYR7XX.HL_: The Envoy Runtime Viewer online Help file before
- decompression. (XX stands for a language code. Several languages
- may be installed.)
- EVYXH7.DLL: A file necessary to create Web links and to use
- Help Online
- EVYXH7XX.DLL: Language resource file for EVYXH7.DLL. (XX stands
- for a language code. Several languages may be installed.)
-
- Installed in the ENVOY\SAMPLES folder:
- EVY7US.EVY: A user's guide for Envoy that takes you step-by-step
- through several common Envoy tasks
- *.EVY: Sample files you need in order to complete the lessons in
- the user's guide
-
- C:\MYFILES: A folder where you can save .EVY and .EXE files that
- you create. You will need this folder to complete the lessons in
- the user's guide.
-
- If you have performed a custom or typical install, the following
- browse web files are installed in the OFFICE7\SHARED\PFIT7 folder:
- BRSWEBXX.DLL: A file needed to browse the World Wide Web and use
- Help Online. (XX stands for a language code. Several languages
- may be installed.)
- BRWSWBXX.DLL: Lanuage resources for BRSWEBXX.DLL. (XX stands for
- a language code. Several languages may be installed.)
-
- If you have performed a custom or typical suite install, the
- following Help files are installed in the OFFICE7\SHARED\HELP7
- folder:
- EVY7XX.CNT: The Contents page for the Help file. (XX stands for
- a language code. Several languages may be installed.)
- EVY7XX.HLP: The Envoy online Help file. (XX stands for a
- language code. Several languages may be installed.)
-
- EVY7US.NLI: A file necessary to find Envoy information using
- Ask the Perfect Expert in other Corel Office Professional 7
- applications.
-
- ----------------------------------------
-
- 4.2 RUNTIME VIEWER FILES
- When you open an Envoy runtime file on a machine where Envoy has
- not been installed, the following files are created in the
- Windows folder (for example, C:\WINDOWS):
- EVYRTE7.EXE
- EVYRTD7.DLL
- EVYR7XX.HLP
-
- The first time the help file is opened, two more files are
- created:
- EVYRTH7.FTS
- EVYRTH7.GID
-
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-
- 5. GENERAL TROUBLESHOOTING
-
- For detailed information about using Envoy, see online Help and
- the user's guide (EVY7US.EVY). If you have installed Netscape
- Navigator(TM), you can also find current information on Envoy
- (such as Tips and Tricks) by clicking Help Online on the Envoy
- Help menu. The following are suggestions for troubleshooting
- possible situations you may encounter in the course of using
- Envoy 7 on Windows 95.
-
- ---------------------------------------
-
- 5.1 Compact Install:
-
- If you have chosen the Compact install option for Envoy, you will
- not have access to the following Envoy features:
-
- 1. Explorer preview of .evy
- 2. Import File (see the paragraph below)
- 3. Web Links
- 4. Help Online
- 5. Send
- 6. Distributable Viewer Setup
- 7. Save As Runtime (see the paragraph below)
-
- COMPACT INSTALLATION UNABLE TO IMPORT FILES OR SAVE AS RUNTIME
- If you have performed a Compact install, you may receive the
- following error message when you try to import a file: "The
- Envoy Driver cannot be loaded. The Envoy document has not been
- created."
-
- To solve this problem, you can try one of the two following
- solutions:
-
- Solution 1. Open the document in the source application and
- print it to the Envoy Driver.
-
- Solution 2. Install Typical or Custom; or run Envoy either from
- a network or from the Applications Disc.
-
- Also, if you try to use the Save as Runtime Viewer option with a
- Compact installation, you may receive this error message: "An
- error occurred while saving the file *.exe. Unknown error." To
- solve this problem, use Solution 2 above.
-
- ---------------------------------------------
-
- 5.2 Envoy Viewer:
-
- SWITCHING LANGUAGES FOR THE ENVOY 7 VIEWER
- If you have installed more than one language for Envoy and you
- want to switch often between languages, you can use the /L=?
- startup option. This option brings up the language dialog box
- every time you start the Envoy 7 Viewer. To use this option,
-
- 1. Right-click the Start button on the Windows 95 taskbar, then
- click Open.
-
- 2. Double-click Corel Office 7.
-
- 3. Right-click Envoy 7, then click Properties.
-
- 4. Click the Shortcut tab.
-
- 5. In the Target text box, type the path where you have
- installed Envoy 7, then add a space and /L=? to the end. For
- example:
- C:\Corel\Office7\Envoy7\Envoy7.exe /L=?
-
- PAGES OR THUMBNAILS ARE SLOW TO REDRAW AND DISPLAY IN THE VIEWER
- Most often, Envoy displays document pages quickly. The speed
- with which Envoy displays pages might be decreased by the
- following:
-
- 1) The document file is being read from slow media, such as a
- floppy disk or a CD-ROM drive. Display time can be improved by
- moving the documents to a local hard drive.
- 2) The document includes a large color bitmap image. Display
- time can be
- improved by choosing a lower Custom Bitmap Resolution and/or
- reducing the color depth of the bitmap to 256 or 16 colors, then
- printing again to the Envoy Printer Driver.
- 3) The document includes an intricate graphic image. Display
- time can be improved either by removing some of the more complex
- graphic elements or by replacing with a simpler graphic before
- printing to the Envoy Printer Driver.
-
- RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LARGE DOCUMENTS
- If you are going to create an Envoy document in Windows 95 with
- a large number of bitmaps, increase your system's RAM as much as
- possible. This will greatly decrease save time and the
- possibility of errors.
-
- You may also want to divide a large file into several smaller
- Envoy files, then link them with cross-document hypertext links.
- See online Help for details.
-
- IMPORTING FILES INTO VIEWER/DRAG-AND-DROP FILES ONTO VIEWER
- Many 16-bit applications (designed to run under earlier versions
- of Windows) and some 32-bit applications (designed to run under
- Windows 95) do not support converting their files to the .EVY
- format by importing files into the Envoy Viewer or by drag-and-
- drop. In order for these features to work with a file from a
- particular application, that application must have registered
- itself into the Windows Registration Database and must support
- printing through Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE).
-
- To test whether an application supports these Envoy features,
- drag a file onto the Windows Printers folder; if the file does
- not print, then the application does not support these features.
- In such a case, launch the application and print the files to
- the Envoy 7 Driver.
-
- NOTE: You cannot create Envoy 7 files unless you have the
- Envoy 7 Driver. If you have the Envoy 7 Viewer but not the
- Driver, the Import File feature does not work.
-
- VIEWER EITHER DOES NOT LAUNCH OR LAUNCHES EMPTY AFTER PRINTING
- DOCUMENT TO DRIVER
- This situation is usually caused by lack of memory resources to
- support running both the printing application and the Envoy 7
- Viewer simultaneously.
-
- The solution to this problem is one of the following:
- 1) increase the Virtual Memory swap file size in the Windows
- Control Panel;
- 2) select the "Save as Envoy File" option in the Envoy 7 Driver
- dialog box, print the document to file, quit the printing
- application, then launch the Envoy Viewer and open the file;
- 3) reduce the file size of the file you are printing to the
- Envoy 7 Driver. See Envoy online Help for instructions on
- making files smaller.
-
- LAUNCH VIEWER, SEE ERROR MESSAGE "CANNOT FIND LANGUAGE
- RESOURCES..."
- The language resources DLL either was not installed properly or
- was removed from the ENVOY7\SYSTEM folder. Either copy a new
- language DLL (such as EVY7US.DLL) into the folder or reinstall
- Envoy.
-
-
- OPEN PRINT DIALOG BOX, SEE ERROR MESSAGE "CANNOT FIND LANGUAGE
- RESOURCES..."
- The language resources DLL either was not installed properly or
- was removed from the WIN95\SYSTEM folder. Either copy a new
- language DLL (such as EVYD7US.DLL) into the folder or
- reinstall Envoy.
-
- TOOLBAR COLORS IN WINDOWS
- The colors of the Toolbar icons on the Envoy 7 Viewer for Windows
- can be affected by changing the color settings in the Windows
- Control Panel. If the Toolbar colors look strange, change the
- color settings.
-
- -------------------------------------
-
- 5.3 Envoy Runtime Viewer:
-
- RECIPIENT OF Runtime Viewer IS UNABLE TO LAUNCH VIEWER
- A runtime file created with Envoy 7 will open only on another
- system running Windows 95. All Envoy runtime files are
- platform-dependent. If a runtime file does not open, check to
- make sure that the recipient is using the same operating system
- that was used to create the Runtime Viewer.
-
- SENDING A RUNTIME FILE BY E-MAIL
- If you send a runtime file through e-mail using the File>Send
- feature in the Envoy Viewer, the file is sent as an .EVY file.
- In order to send a runtime file as an .EXE file, start from
- e-mail and attach the runtime .EXE file.
-
- ROTATED TEXT
- Some Windows applications print rotated text as a bitmap image.
- The result is that (1) the text cannot be selected using the
- text selection cursor and (2) the bitmap image may be jagged.
- Increase the bitmap resolution in the Envoy Driver Custom
- Settings dialog box to improve the visual quality of the
- rotated text. See online Help for details on changing bitmap
- resolution.
-
- GRADIENTS
- Most gradients will appear as a series of solid colors in Envoy.
- For best results, produce documents with solid colors rather than
- gradients.
-
- ---------------------------------
-
- 5.4 Envoy 7 Driver
-
- RUNNING ENVOY UNDER NT 3.51/4
- The Envoy 7 Driver does not function on an NT client. The
- Envoy 7 Viewer functions normally under NT.
-
- ADDING THE ENVOY 7 DRIVER TO YOUR LIST OF PRINTER DRIVERS
- If the Envoy 7 Driver does not appear on your list of available
- printer drivers, first restart your computer. If it still does
- not appear, try reinstalling Envoy.
-
- If you prefer not to reinstall, you (or your system administrator)
- can restore the Envoy 7 Driver using the EVYPRINT.INF file.
- To do this,
-
- 1. Copy all the Envoy files from the Windows\System folder into the
- Envoy7\System folder.
-
- 2. Read the comments in the EVYPRINT.INF file and make changes to
- the file to match the configuration of your individual system.
-
- 3. Run the Add Printer Wizard, then select Local Printer.
-
- 4. Select Have Disk, then browse to find your EVYPRINT.INF file.
-
- 5. Select the EVY port.
-
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-
- 6. BITSTREAM TRUEDOC FONT EMBEDDING
-
- Envoy 7 uses Bitstream(R) TrueDoc(TM) portable font technology,
- copyright 1994-95 Bitstream, Inc.
-
- Because the Envoy 7 font embedding technology is different from
- that used in Envoy 1.0a, fonts embedded with Envoy 1.0a will not
- view as embedded fonts in the Envoy 7 Viewer. They will be
- handled with the Envoy "intelligent font mapping" instead.
- See online Help for details.
-
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-
- 7. TECHNICAL SUPPORT
-
- For information on Corel technical support services, please see
- online Help.