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Different Screen Colors Running WP Under DOS
DocumentID: 603856
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 1:30:26 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: A customer receives the wrong screen colors in WP 5.1 DOS when running it under Windows 3.1. The problem does not occur when the customer runs WP from DOS. Solutions: WP for DOS uses the color palette and text mode that the graphics card is in when WP starts up; unless the customer selects a specific text driver in Setup (Shift-F1, 2, 3). To have WP reset the graphics card when it starts, the customer selected the IBM VGA 80x25 16 color text driver in Setup. The customer is no longer experiencing this problem. This is really just a workaround because WP is working as designed. Since the problem only occurs when running under Windows, Windows must not be setting the graphics card with the right color palette when opening a DOS application.

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