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Missing Or Incorrect Information In The WP 5.1 Manual |
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WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS
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Symptoms: Manual date: 11/89 Page number: INDEX Under the heading "Password," the two index references are for p. 376 and 377. They should be p. 396 and 397. Solutions: This has been corrected in the 03/90 reprinting of the WP 5.1 DOS reference manual. Problem: Manual date: 11/89 Page number: 121 Under heading "Deletion Keystrokes," the description of "Home, Delete" does not mention that WP will delete the space after the word as well. Answer: This has been corrected in the 06/92 reprinting of the WP 5.1 DOS reference manual, p. 116. "Home, Delete" now states that this keystroke will "delete from cursor to beginning of next word." Problem: Manual date: 11/89 Page numbers: 782-784 The code for "Table of Authorities, Full Form" is listed as [Full Form] and the code for "Table of Authorities Entry" is listed as [Mark:ToA]. All Table of Authorities markings (Short and Full) should be [ToA]. So, three changes will be made to this section: 1) Delete line on p. 782 "[Full Form] Table of Authorities, Full Form"; 2) Delete line on p. 783 "[Mark:ToA] Table of Authorities Entry"; and 3) Add line on p. 784 "[ToA:] Table of Authorities Entry". Answer: These changes were made in the 03/90 release of the WP 5.1 DOS reference manual. Problem: Manual date: 11/89 Page number: 783 The code "[Outline Lvl]" is actually "[Outline Lvl Open Style]" and the description should be "Outline Open Style". The only way to search for this code is to search for an Open Style (F2, Alt-F8, 3). Answer: This change was made in the 03/90 release of the WP 5.1 DOS reference manual. Problem: Manual date: 11/89 Page number: 783 The code "[Open Style]" is missing from this list. Answer: This was added in the 03/90 release of the WP 5.1 DOS reference manual. Problem: Manual date: 11/89 Page number: 782 Two codes, "[Just On]" and "[Just Off]", are missing from this list. These 5.0 codes are preserved in 5.1 and "may appear in the Reveal Codes screen" (p. 781). Answer: These codes were added in the 06/91 reprinting of the WP 5.1 DOS reference manual. Problem: Manual date: 11/89 Page number: 784 The [Unknown] code is missing from this list. Answer: This code was added in the 03/90 reprinting of the WP 5.1 DOS reference manual. Problem: Manual date: 11/89 Page number: 965 On the line after "wp/filename", the phrase "wp/" should read "wp/f2". Answer: This was corrected in the 3/90 reprinting of the WP 5.1 DOS reference manual. Problem: Manual date: 11/89 Page number: 450 The Math Formulas section shows a formula "-2*3^c-1/2." When typing the same formula, there is an error message and the ^C is not accepted. This is an error in the documentation. Answer: This has been corrected to say "-2*3-1/2" in the 06/91 reprinting of the WP 5.1 DOS reference manual, p. 404. Problem: Manual date: 11/89 Page number: 456 The customer has 672K free of expanded memory and uses /R with no problems. He looks at his memory and 80K is unused which he understands. He then exits WP and uses 80K leaving him about 590K and, when he tries to use /R, he gets an "Insufficient Memory" error. The manual states WP only needs 550K. Why does the customer get the error message and why doesn't WP use 100% of available Expanded memory? Answer: Page 456 is misleading; actually the user must specify /w=*,* to allocate all of the expanded memory, otherwise he will get 87.5% if running under DOS. He must also have enough expanded memory in 16K increments to include the size of WP.FIL plus an additional 16K for virtual files. For example a WP.FIL size of 580960 requires at least 592K of expanded memory available. (16K for virtuals, 576K for the WP.FIL file). Note: The information in this answer has been added to the 10/91 WP 5.1 DOS reference manual, p. 409. Problem: Manual date: 11/89 Page number: 456 The method WordPerfect uses to map expanded memory has an inherent limit of 16M. Answer: This information has been added to the 10/91 reprinting of the WP 5.1 DOS reference manual, p. 409. Problem: Manual date: 11/89 Page number: 903 On p. 903, the statement by the second bullet in the third paragraph under the heading {ON ERROR} says that in Merge "errors returned by a nested macro" can be trapped with the {ON ERROR} command. This is not true. Errors from within macros cannot be handled from merge. These must be handled from within the macros themselves. Answer: This statement by the second bullet has been removed in the 03/92 reprinting of the WP 5.1 DOS reference manual. Problem: Manual date: 11/89 Page number: 999 In Appendix R under "Startup Option Placement", and under the first bulleted paragraph it reads: "WP /nt=1/ps=f:..." This is incorrect. It should read "WP/nt=1..." There should be no space between the WP and /. Answer: In the 06/92 reprinting of the WP 5.1 DOS reference manual, Appendix R no longer has a section entitled "Startup Option Placement." Because of this, the example listed above is no longer given as an example. The space between the WP and the / still exists in all manual dates before 06/92. Problem: Manual date: 11/89 Page number: 975 The fourth paragraph, the second sentence reads, "If the document prints correctly, you should check..." It should read "incorrectly" instead of "correctly." Answer: This was corrected in the 03/90 reprinting of the WP 5.1 DOS reference manual. Problem: Manual date: 11/89 Page number: 133 A Document Comment can contain only 1024 bytes of information. Answer: This information was added to the 06/92 reprinting of the WP 5.1 DOS reference manual, p. 127 under the section Entering and Editing Text. Problem: Manual date: 11/89 Page number: 396 The last paragraph says "the password can contain up to 24 characters." The password can only handle 23 characters. Answer: This has been corrected in the 03/90 reprinting of the WP 5.1 DOS reference manual. Problem: Manual date: 11/89 Page number: 699 Under Deleting Text, the manual says that in a table "Delete to End of Page (Ctrl-PgDn)" will not cross cell boundaries. Ctrl-PgDn does cross cell boundaries and will delete any text from the cursor position to the end of a page inside of or outside of a table. Answer: This has been corrected in the 06/91 reprinting of the WP 5.1 DOS reference manual, p. 632. Problem: Manual date: 11/89 Page number: 216 The following clarifications should be made to the second paragraph of the Search Patterns section: 1. The 39 characters cannot consist of more than five words. 2. No word can contain more than 20 characters. Answer: This information has been added to the 06/91 reprinting of the WP 5.1 DOS reference manual, p. 195. Problem: Manual date: 11/89 Page number: 759 Under the Bold Displayed With Color section, the manual states: "By selecting Yes for this option ["Bold Displayed with Color" in Setup:View Document Options], bolded text will appear on your screen according to the color defined in Colors/Fonts/Attributes." The bold referred to in the menu option is menu text bold. In other words, the mnemonics in the figure edit, equation edit, and preview screens. It does not refer to document text. Answer: In the 06/91 reprinting of the WP 5.1 DOS reference manual, page 689, this section has been corrected to say, "By selecting Yes for this option, bolded text on the menu line will appear. . .". Problem: Manual date: 11/89 Page number: 260 In the third paragraph under the Caption section, (beginning with "The text for the caption...") the phrase "256 characters" should read "256 bytes." Answer: This has been corrected in the 06/91 reprinting of the WP 5.1 DOS reference manual, p. 233. Problem: Manual date: 11/89 Page number: 650 Under the figure for adding words, the phrase "options 1 (Change/Create Dictionary) and 2 (Add Words)" should read "options 1 (Add to Common Word List (from keyboard))" and "option 2, (Add to Common Word List (from a file))." Answer: This has been corrected in the 06/91 reprinting of the WP 5.1 DOS reference manual, p. 588. Problem: Manual date: 11/89 Page number: 66 Under the Dot Leader section, the last line on this page says "(see Home Keystrokes below)." The reference should be "(see Hard Center Tab below)." Answer: This has been corrected in the 03/90 reprinting of the WP 5.1 DOS reference manual. Problem: Manual date: 11/89 Page Number: 676 Under the heading "Existing Text," the phrase "Create (1)" in the first and third paragraphs should read "Create (3)." Answer: This has been corrected in the 03/90 reprinting of the WP 5.1 DOS reference manual. Problem: Manual date: 11/89 Page Number: 999 Under the heading "Startup Option Placement," the path name in the second bulleted paragraph contains an error. In the second example, part of the path name should read "F:\WP50\SETUP" instead of "F:\WP50/SETUP". Also, both examples should use "WP51" in the path names instead of "WP50" since this manual deals with WordPerfect version 5.1, not 5.0. Answer: Both of these corrections appear in the 03/90 reprinting of the WP 5.1 DOS reference manual. Problem: Manual date: 11/89 Page Number: 967 Under the heading "/R," the description says: "Loads about 300K...". This should read "Loads about 580K". Answer: This has been corrected in the 03/90 reprinting of the WP 5.1 DOS reference manual. Problem: Manual date: 11/89 Page Number: 456 Under the heading "/R Startup Option," the description says "If you have at least 550K...". The actual value is closer to 592K. Answer: This has been corrected in the 03/92 reprinting of the WP 5.1 DOS reference manual. Problem: Manual date: 11/89 Page Number: 123 Under the heading "Directory Aliases," it fails to mention that you can enter up to 68 characters for a directory alias. It does correctly mention that only the first 30 of those characters will display in List Files. Answer: This information has been added to the 06/91 reprinting of the WP 5.1 DOS reference manual, p. 114. Problem: Manual date: 06/91 Page Number: 583 Under the Supplementary Dictionary section, the second paragraph states that "The naming convention for this supplemental dictionary on a network is WP{WPxxx.SUP...". The actual naming convention is WPxxx}US.SUP. Answer: This will be corrected in a future reprinting of the WP 5.1 DOS reference manual after the 06/92 date. Problem: Manual date: 06/91 Page Number: 920 Under the WordPerfect Dictionaries section, the fourth paragraph states that the "naming convention for this supplemental dictionary is WP{WPxxx.SUP. The actual naming convention is WPxxx}US.SUP. Answer: This has been corrected in the 06/92 reprinting of the WP 5.1 DOS reference manual, p. 934. Problem: Manual date: Page Number: 930 Explanation of the {SYSTEM} command for Equation refers to endnote. The second paragraph should read "For example, if the current equation is..." instead of "current endnote." Answer: This has been corrected in the 03/90 reprinting of the WP 5.1 DOS reference manual. Problem: Manual date: 11/89 Page Number: 649 The illustration of the Speller Utility menu is not correct. It does not include options "B" and "C". Answer: "B" and "C" options have been added to the illustration of the Speller Utility in the 03/90 reprinting of the WP 5.1 DOS reference manual. "B" now says "Compress/Expand Supplemental Dictionary" and "C" now says "Extract Added Words from Word-List Based Dictionary." Problem: Manual date: 11/89 Page Number: 877-78 For the Macro and Merge examples, the phrases in the last comments "repeat the loop unless Counter=20~ should read "repeat the loop unless Counter>20~." Answer: This is pending correction in a reprinting of the WP 5.1 DOS manual. Problem: Manual date: 06/92 Pages: 579-580 Under the "Words" section of the WP 5.1 DOS reference manual, it states that a hard hyphen is considered a word separator and is created by typing home hyphen (Home, -). This is correct. However, on page 580 under the "Word Delimiter" section, the examples show that a hard hyphen is created by typing a hyphen [-]. This is confusing because a hard hyphen appears as a hyphen "-" in Reveal Codes while a regular hyphen appears as "[-]" in Reveal Codes. If customers take the sample literally then it appears WP is not working correctly. Answer: The hard hyphen needs to be changed to appear the way it displays in Reveal Codes (- rather than [-]). Having the brackets that surround the hyphen on page 580 would make the documentation clearer. This change is pending in a future reprinting of the WP 5.1 DOS manual after the 06/92 date. Problem: Manual date: 06/92 Page: 966 Under the {SYSTEM}Right~ and {SYSTEM}Left~ section, the first sentence (beginning with "The following table...") is correct for the {SYSTEM}Left~ command, but the {SYSTEM}Right~ command returns the value that the cursor is on. It has been requested that this sentence read as follows: "The following table shows the values of the code the cursor is on when you use {SYSTEM}Right~ and the code to the left of the cursor when you use {SYSTEM}Left~." ANSWER: This is pending correction in a future reprinting of the WP 5.1 DOS reference manual after the 06/92 date. Problem: Manual date: 06/92 Page: 859 Under the {STATE} command section, the information next to #4 and #8 is misleading. The manual gives the impression that the macro command {STATE} & 4 is only returned at the Normal Editing Screen, but a response of Normal Editing Screen is returned even in an editing screen for footers, headers, etc. This is contradictory to the documentation which indicates that a {STATE} & 8 must be used to get this response. In a header or footer, mask 4 and 8 will be true, because you are in an editing screen and you are in an editing structure other than a main editing screen. Therefore, to correct any confusion, it has been requested that #4 read "Editing Structure" and that #8 read "Sub-Editing Structure. Answer: This is pending possible change in a future reprinting of the WP 5.1 DOS reference manual after the 06/92 date. Problem: Manual date: 06/92 Page: 625 Under the Type section, the customer would like the first paragraph to tell users the following: When you change a style from paired to open, the Style Off code will remain visible in Reveal Codes but will no longer be active, and the style will function as an open style from that point on in the document. Status: Sent to Development ***|sent to dev|*** Press Enter on link token. Problem: Page 716 In the 03/30/90 Software Change Notice, Development #: 9026 was reported as being an enhancement. The message should appear "Cells will be deleted. Continue?" When you try to delete a column or row from a table. The enhancement does not work as explained. Answer: This prompt appears any time you use Size in Table Edit to change the size of the table and that change will delete cells (i.e., changing from a table with 10 rows to a table that only has 5 rows). The SCN is a bit misleading and will be changed. |
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