Questions and Answers
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Q. I want to save a file from First Word Plus into another wordprocessor. 
How do I do it?
A. Turn WP mode off by going into the Edit menu, and click Adjust 
over "WP Mode". The tick by it should disappear. You can then save your file as 
plain ASCII text, which can then be loaded into your alternative package. 
You will, however, then have to re-format your headings, fonts etc.

Q. When I try to print a file, I get a "Filesystem or Path Printer: not 
found" error; what should I do?
A. The Parallel Device Driver module, which drives your printer port, has 
somehow become unplugged. Save all your work, exit from the Desktop to the 
command line (F12) and type

*Unplug

to give a list of unplugged modules; this device driver should be among them. 
Issue 

*RMReInit ParallelDeviceDriver

to re-initialise it, follow this with a Ctrl-Break, and re-load your printer 
drivers.

Hints and Tips
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Faster Text Printing
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If you regularly use a colour printer, you may notice that printing in black 
takes longer than it would with a monochrome printer; this is most 
noticable when printing text. This is because, by default, the Printer 
Definition File for a colour printer is set to use the maximum number of hues 
available with that printer.
Monochrome printing on colour printers can be speeded up by configuring 
another "virtual printer" to print in monochrome only; drag a second copy of 
the relevant Printer Definition File into the control window, so that you 
appear to have two identical printers. Use the "Configure" dialogue box to 
change the name of one or both of the printers, and de-select the "Colour" 
option in the "Configure" dialogue box for one of the virtual printers. You can 
then switch between colour and monochrome printing simply by clicking Select 
over the relevant "virtual printer" on your icon bar; the selected printer is 
shown in bright colour, while any other printers are greyed out. Alternatively, 
you can turn the colour option on and off within a single installed printer driver.

Ethernet III Configuration Tips
-------------------------------
The configuration of the Ethernet card is stored in CMOS RAM, and hence may be 
changed using the *Configure command. This takes the form

*Configure   []

where:

 represents the driver type in use (Ether3 or EtherB)
 is the option to set, chosen from the list below
n is an optional numeric parameter, for use with drivers 
supporting multiple network podule cards, to choose by slot number which card 
to configure. If this option is omitted, all cards will be affected.

Configuration Options:

Disable|Enable: "Enable" enables the card to be used. "Disable" prevents the 
card undergoing self-test, and prevents receiving and transmitting of packets.

OldInet|NewInet: Configure as "NewInet" unless you are using versions of the 
"Internet" or "InternetA" modules prior to 2.00. NewInet supports faster data 
transfer.

Strict|Ignore: If "Strict" is configured, then should the interface fail 
self-test, it will return an error and not activate itself for network access. 
If "Ignore" is configured, the card will start up whether self-test is passed or 
not. Normally, the card should always be configured "Strict".

NoLiveWireTest|LiveWireTest: These determine whether the network cabling is 
tested during the card's self-test sequence. If "LiveWireTest" is configured, 
both valid and erroneous packets are passed to the network, and tests verify 
whether these packets are correctly received. Configuring "NoLiveWireTest" 
prevents this test being performed.

Terse|Verbose: When configured "Terse" the driver will only report information 
when needed; the self-test occurs "silently," and the card interrogation commands 
*Ether3Info and *EtherBInfo will only report individual statistics if the count 
for that statistic is nonzero. If the card is configured "Verbose" then all 
self-test stages will have an associated message displayed, and all network 
statistics will be displayed on interrogation.

Default: This sets the previous five options to their default settings, which are:

Enable OldInet Strict NoLiveWireTest Terse


Upgrades
~~~~~~~~
In order to use the A-Link on the Risc PC, you must be running a copy of 
PocketFS Release 2. Upgrades from Release 1 may be obtained from 

Vector Services
13 Denington Road
Wellingborough
Northamptonshire
NN8 2RL

by returning your original PocketFS disc, and a cheque for £9.95 inc VAT and P&P. 
Cheques should be made payable to "Acorn Direct."

http://www.acorn.co.uk/ftp/documents/acornusr/1994/oct94

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~04/1995