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⌐ Copyright Aldus Corporation 1992. All rights reserved.


            ALDUS PERSUASION 2.1 FOR WINDOWS
           A GUIDE TO THE PERSUASION ONLINE TEXT FILES

This file contains two sections:

o A guide to online text files that document
Persuasion
o Late-breaking news about Persuasion that's not in the
printed documentation


GUIDE TO ONLINE FILES

The PR2US\TUTORIAL directory contains several files for use
with the lessons in Aldus Persuasion Getting Started.

The PR2US\PRES directory contains the presentation file
PREVIEW.PR2. PREVIEW.PR2 is a sample
presentation. You can load the file, run it as a slide show,
and look at all the views to see how a typical Persuasion
presentation can be put together.

The PR2US directory contains the following text-only (.TXT)
files.  You can use any text editor or word-processing
program to display or print them.  Other disks included in
the Persuasion package may also contain .TXT files.

35MMDVRS.TXT -- Information about drivers for use with film
recorders and slide service bureaus

AUTOTEMP.TXT -- Tips on creating and using Persuasion
AutoTemplates

COLORTBL.TXT -- Color formulas for all colors in the
standard color grid in the colors palette

FONTS.TXT -- Details about working with fonts and type
managers; printing to PCL and PostScript printers

INI.TXT -- Details about the Persuasion settings stored in
the ALDUS.INI and WIN.INI files

PRNTDVRS.TXT -- Information about new printer drivers
included with Persuasion


LATE-BREAKING PERSUASION NEWS

This section discusses the following topics:

o  Disk space considerations
o  Font translation
o  A change to the documentation
o  Layering slides
o  Working with charts, tables, and data sheets
o  Working with slide masters
o  Working with graphics
o  Importing and exporting files
o  Saving or exporting in a networked environment
o  Printing
o  Running a slide show
o  Sharing data with other applications


Disk space considerations

Persuasion requires approximately 15K of free space on the disk
on which a file is saved in order to commit changes to the file.
In order to make sure that this space is available, it is a
good idea to work on files that have been saved to a hard disk,
rather than to a floppy disk.  If the disk is filled during a
work session, your most recent changes may be lost.  Should this
happen, switch to the Windows File Manager and remove some files
from the disk or exit Persuasion and copy the file to a disk with
more room.  Then restart Persuasion and reopen the file.


Font translation

Aldus Setup adds a font translation section to your
ALDUS.INI file.  Refer to this section to find out how
your fonts will translate when you transfer a presentation
file from the Windows environment to the Macintosh. You
can add entries to the font translation table to include fonts
you may have that are not already listed. You may also delete
entries if you wish to prevent font translation during
file transfer between the two environments.


A change to the documentation

The "Slide setup" and "Notes setup" dialog boxes differ from
their representation in the printed documentation. The options
for standard sizes have been replaced with a drop-down list
box labeled "Slide" or "Page." To specify a non-standard
--or custom--size, select "custom" for "Slide" or "Page,"
and then enter the dimensions you want in the text boxes
for "Slide dimensions" or "Page dimensions."


Layering slides

The drawing layer must always be an active layer. If you
forget to include the drawing layer when you specify active
layers (in the "Set layers" dialog box), Persuasion will
automatically change the dialog box to add the drawing layer
to the active layers you've specified.

When assigning automatic layering (choose the "Build layers..."
command from the Master menu) to a pie chart, select the
"Series" option, rather than "Categories."


Working with charts, tables, and data sheets

Even though the maximum dimensions of the data sheet are 256
by 256, you can enter 8192 values.

When selecting a chart that has a transparent background
with the pointer or chart tool, click on a visible chart
element. Also, the upper-left corner of the chart tool icon
is the "hot spot" for selection.

You cannot import a chart that is part of an Excel 3.0 .XLS
file; only charts created as .XLC files can be imported.

When copying placeholder charts from one slide to another,
the new chart on the target slide is a static chart and will
show a custom format of "None" in the "Chart info" dialog box.
This preserves any format changes you
may have added to the chart. To copy placeholder charts
from one slide to another, use the outline.


Working with slide masters

When you copy slide masters from an AutoTemplate that
uses a different page size or orientation, Persuasion displays
a warning message: "Page size or orientation of imported
masters does not match target presentation.  Text and
graphics could require significant adjustment. Continue?"
If you click "OK," the masters will be copied, but you will
need to check each slide in the presentation and make
adjustments as necessary.

To ensure that the AutoTemplate is not dependent upon
an externally-linked image file, select the image from the
source application, and then copy and paste it onto your
master. Thus, the AutoTemplate will be easier to move from
one work environment to another.


Working with graphics

TIFF images displayed on an 8514 display device which has
minimum memory (256K) may cause Persuasion to exit
unexpectedly. If you must display TIFF images, add more
memory to the 8514 display card.

There is a known problem with 24 bit color images imported
into Persuasion on monitors using 32K color cards when
drawing the slide off screen.  Off screen drawing occurs
during slide show, exporting to a Persuasion Player file,
or scrolling in Slide sorter view. Note that there are no
problems printing the image or viewing the image on
the slide. However, we recommended that you set your
monitor to 256 color mode if you work with 24 bit images
on 32K color cards.


Importing and exporting files

When exporting text files that have "soft returns" (Shift +
Enter), Persuasion converts the soft returns into spaces.

The PageMaker Time/Date-Stamp import filter does not work
with Persuasion. Use the special character codes for time and
date provided in the Aldus Persuasion User Manual.

Word for Windows files (.DOC) containing tables or in-line
graphics do not import into Persuasion correctly.

To copy and paste .TIFF files from PageMaker to Persuasion,
both PageMaker and Persuasion must have a high resolution
option set. In PageMaker, choose "Preferences..." from the
Edit menu and select "High resolution." For Persuasion, set
"HiResTiff = 1" in ALDUS.INI, and then restart Persuasion.

If portions of an imported graphic disappear when you
ungroup it, the ungrouped elements have exceeded the
available memory. Delete the file and import it again.

For imported EPS files, you must have the appropriate fonts
available on your computer before you attempt to print your
slides. You must also download the font to the printer by
adding a space character from that font to the slide that
contains the imported EPS file. Otherwise, the EPS file will
not print.

There are at least two limits on the size of Pict Persuasion
can import. If the Pict contains bitmaps, no bitmap can be
bigger than 1 megabyte when you are running Windows
in Standard mode or 64 megabytes in 386 Enhanced mode.
Note that a Pict file can be smaller than the bitmap it
contains due to compression.  If you get an "insufficient
memory" or similar error when you try to import a Pict
containing a bitmap while running in Standard mode,
try running in 386 Enhanced mode.

The other limit has to do with the complexity of the Pict
image. There is a hard limit on the number of figures an
image can contain. That means that some Picts will not
import successfully. If you get an "insufficient memory"
or similar error when importing a Pict, try simplifying
the image in the host application and importing it again.

Exported slides containing graduated-fill backgrounds may
appear banded when imported to other applications. The
Windows Metafile format (.WMF) used for exporting slides
does not provide a method for accurately representing
graduated fills. As a result, Persuasion exports a close
approximation of the graduated fill that is a series of
small rectangles, each with a slightly different color.

To move a slide from one presentation to another, use the
"Cut" or "Copy" and "Paste" commands. If you use "Export"
and "Place...," the slide will be imported in Windows
Metafile format which, if ungrouped, will cause any text to
be converted to a very small point size. (This problem can
also be solved by selecting the text and adjusting its
point size.)

You can receive the message "Filter currently in use by
another application" under the following conditions: you
have clicked "Cancel" in the "Place" dialog box, chosen
"Place...," and then selected the same file type as before.
To solve this problem, close Persuasion and re-open it.


Saving or exporting in a networked environment

When saving a presentation as an interchange file, or when
exporting a slide show, save or export the file directly to
your hard disk. Saving or exporting a file to a networked
server is not recommended because data may be lost. Transfer
interchange files and slide show files to a server after you
save them to your hard drive.


Printing

Twenty-four-bit color TIFF images may print unpredictably
when using the Hewlett-Packard Paintjet Series 1.0 printer
driver. If the printing fails, try again. Printing a second
time may be successful. Alternatively, try the HP Paintjet
Series printer driver that came with Microsoft Windows.

If a pie chart contains a wedge with an angle greater than
180 degrees, it can print with missing lines in the depth
portion of the chart on a HP Laserjet printer under the
following conditions: you are printing at a resolution of
300 dpi, and you have chosen the option "Proof print."

Objects pasted into a presentation from Adobe Typealign,
which have then been stretched or moved, may not be printed
in the correct locations on PostScript printers. To correct
this problem, edit the "CustomPlayMetafile" entry in
ALDUS.INI to be equal to "0." If you have similar
difficulties with other applications, remove this entry from
ALDUS.INI.


Running a slide show

When you want to run a slide show in Persuasion on a
different PC than the one on which it was created, be sure
that the target machine has the fonts you used in your pre-
sentation. Otherwise, you may encounter font substitutions
that alter the look of your slides.  (Font substitution is
not a problem with Persuasion Player files, since the Player
displays only a bitmapped representation of the fonts.)


Sharing data with other applications

Make sure to save an Excel file before you copy it to the
clipboard for "Paste-link" into Persuasion.

Problems have been encountered while changing links
to Excel files while Excel is running.  We recommend that
you save and close the Excel application before changing
links. Using "Copy linked files" in the "Save as..." dialog
box results in the same problem when Excel is running
with an open file that is linked. Therefore, we recommend
that you close Excel before saving a presentation that
contains links to Excel files.

There are also some problems involved with changing OLE links
to open files and to files stored on networked drives. We do
not recommend changing links on files that are saved on net-
worked drives.  If the network file is open, we recommend you
choose "Save as..." in Excel to save the file to your local disk
before you change links in Persuasion.