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What exactly is the "courtesy feature" built into the installation system and how does it work? ajfo...
A J Franco de Oliveira
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Nov 18, 2008
11:53 pm
1210
The aspect of EXP 6.0 to which you refer is a certain amount of leniency in the installation control mechanism employed by EXP. The specifics are not disclosed...
Simon Smith
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Nov 19, 2008
11:00 pm
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Hi Simon, I have been an EXP user since the beginning, when we typed up the MS for our first book using your beautiful DOS (at that time) 1.0 program, from...
Lothar Redline
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Nov 22, 2008
10:22 pm
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In Options-Document, you will find a "zoom" option. Try 200% for a first go and see how the page looks then. Jon Wilkin ... E-mail message checked by Spyware...
Jon Wilkin
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Nov 22, 2008
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DAMN! Two minutes after I post my query I get a definitive reply! (I feel just a bit stupid, but hey!! Why should today be any different?) Thank you very much,...
Lothar Redline
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Nov 22, 2008
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You can also hold down the ctrl key and move the wheel on the mouse if you have one. That is a lot faster than going to the document menu. From the help menu...
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Nov 22, 2008
11:16 pm
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Hello All, While we are on the subject of Macs, does anyone know how to mimic the insert key on the Mac keyboard? I, too, have begun using EXP on a Mac under ...
Peter Vanderschraaf
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Nov 22, 2008
11:41 pm
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I'm not a Mac user, but this might help: http://forum.parallels.com/showthread.php?t=10592 Jon ... E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.0.0.386) ...
Jon Wilkin
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Nov 23, 2008
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Peter, You are not the first Mac user to encounter this problem. Here is what a user reported to me last year about this problem with the Insert key: "It has...
Simon Smith
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Nov 23, 2008
12:28 pm
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All, As others have already pointed out, there are two ways to control the zoom level of the screen: using the Document Options dialog box, and using the Ctrl...
Simon Smith
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Nov 23, 2008
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Has anyone tried and succeded doing the following?: install the EXP 5.0 upgrade CD, which requests disk 1 to be inserted in the disquete drive A, in a portable...
A J Franco de Oliveira
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Nov 23, 2008
12:30 pm
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You copy the update to 5.0 to a subdirectory on your hard drive. Then run it from this subdirectory. In the middle of the installation it will require from you...
Eugene Dshalalow
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Nov 23, 2008
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Hi, I don't think what suggested by Eugene would work. I had the similar problem a few years ago. I tried to copy the old version to the hard disk, tried to...
Chungwu
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Nov 23, 2008
4:56 pm
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You can copy the EXP files to a usb memory stick and reconfigure the usb port to be drive "A". Can't remember the details of how to do that, but it can be done...
Dale McMorrow
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Nov 23, 2008
5:33 pm
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It works! Searching "change drive letter! gave the solution. Thanks a million. Now I shall reconsider buying EXP 6.0. ajfo...
A J Franco de Oliveira
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Nov 23, 2008
11:15 pm
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Hello Peter and everyone, Mapping of keys seems to be a slight problem when using Windows emulators on the iMac. While some users (including those on other...
Lothar Redline
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Dec 1, 2008
2:49 am
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Lothar, May I suggest you study the keyboard macro facility in EXP. You should be able to use that to remap keys that are awkward to keys that are more ...
Simon Smith
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Dec 1, 2008
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Simon, I have EXP 6 now. After downloading Adobe Reader Version 9, I cannot open EXP help PDF files. How can I read help files now? Also, do I have to use AMS...
Ravindra Kalia
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Dec 22, 2008
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Ravi, In the future, please send private technical support requests to the e-mail address shown on the Symbol Dynamics technical support web page: ...
Simon Smith
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Dec 22, 2008
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Hi - I have some very old documents that were created in EXP for DOS (2.0 I think) that I would like to re-print as *.ps or *.pdf and was hoping that some one...
farasat.bokhari
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May 12, 2009
2:07 am
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As I recall, you could only print to a regular printer with version 2.0. PS and PDF were not options. If you had a newer version, you should be able to import...
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May 12, 2009
2:50 am
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unfortunately its my thesis (actually two of them about 100 pages each) with lots of equations etc. so re-formatting is not so easy. it seems that there are...
farasat.bokhari
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May 12, 2009
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If you have any EXP for Window version, you can first import your DOS EXP file into EXP for Window and then print it as a PDF file using PDF 995 (I guess) free...
Eugene Dshalalow
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May 12, 2009
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Hi, good to see we DOS era dinosaurs are not done yet! From your question it is not clear which version of DOS are you using, but assuming it's DOS5 or later,...
Erik Margan
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May 12, 2009
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By reformating, I meant footers and headers. There are a few things that do not update correctly. The rest update just fine. As I recall, most of the equations...
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May 12, 2009
10:55 am
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Thanks for the info. Based on your (and others) comments it seems that I will have to go the route of using a newer version of EXP and then print from it. ...
farasat.bokhari
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May 13, 2009
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Farasat, Sorry, I forgot: "EXPROFILE" is the environment variable used in "AUTOEXEC.BAT" to define the required path to the "PROFILE.EXP". If your working...
Erik Margan
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May 13, 2009
7:19 am
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Erik - Thanks. This is very helpful. I changed the line in the PROFILE file so that it now reads as printer=hpl. prn |> c:\expouts\myfile.ps However, if I now...
Farasat Bokhari
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May 13, 2009
4:54 pm
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I've a copy of the EXP v1 & the EXP v2 user handbooks. I'll scan some pages that might be appropriate and post them on my web site in the next couple days. ...
Wilkin, Jonathan L.
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May 13, 2009
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You mean there might be a reason that some of us packrats still have those manuals! Bill...
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