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Hi Doreen, what you describe could be due to only one thing: the line CDPath=C:\CDIMAGE missing in PMW.INI. Maybe when you opened PMW.INI and changed the font, somehow you did something to that line? Please check it out. It tells the program NOT to look in the CD-drive but in C:\CDIMAGE for the program. (of course, if CDIMAGE is installed on another drive, subsitute that letter) Maurice.
Hi, Everyone. I hope someone can help me with this....I am creating business cards but would like to number them in the corner. I have worked on this for a long time and can't figure out how to get any numbers on the cards. If you create one of them, the whole sheet comes out with the same number on it. Anyone have any suggestions?????????
Hi Sundae, I found this in my archives and I think it applies to your case: It is possible to print multiple labels at one time, each one with different information by using the Address book feature. First you will need to put all of your information into the Address book. Then what you will do is create a "dummy" label using only fill in fields. To do this, start as you would normally to create a new label. Choose the label type and add the designs you wish. When you are ready to add the text, choose "add a text box," and then "type and edit text." Now choose "add fill in fields." Select the fill in fields you wish to use, for example "First Name" "Last Name," "Number" etc. Eventually your text box will look something like this: "First Name?" "Last Name?" "Address 1 ?" "City ?" "State ?" "Zip ?" "Number" with each fill in field in the proper position on your label. When you have arranged your text box as you wish it to look when it prints, choose the "fill in fields" button. This will allow you to choose "receiver group" under "Address." You will now see your address book. Select the entries you wish to print, then click "close" and "okay." you will now see the information from the first entry on your label. When you choose "print label," you will now be able to print one label per address book entry you have chosen. Maurice.
Hi, Maurice. Thanks for the response but, unfortunately, I still can't get it to work. When I do what you suggested, I still get one page of business cards per address page in my address book. So when I number them one to ten, I get ten cards with #1 on them, and ten cards with #2 on them, etc. Any other suggestions???
Do everything as Maurice said, but when you go to print and it says Number of Labels enter the number 1 (one). I have been trying this out. I have 10 lovely pages with little numbers on them, but when I chose Number of Labels 1 I got one page with 10 numbered labels on it. Well, I have plenty of scrap paper for awhile.
Just came across this site of Fun Things to do With Your Scanner. It also has a bunch of links to other scanner info, from How to Buy a Scanner to Tips and Tricks. Enjoy. http://www.netguide.com:322/Snapshot/Archive?guide=Computing&id=827
Hi, everyone. I recently found an interesting site for scanner & scanning info. Theer seems to be a lot of interest in this field out there, so I thought
I´d share it with you. Go to www.anchordesk.com and at the left side bar click for earlier issues of Anchordesk. You can in the window you come to
select for a certain date, do that and choose
April 9. This will take to that day´s "Scanner Special Edition" with links to various articles: "How To
Buy The Perfect Scanner Right Now", "Boost Your Scanning Savvy", "YOU Can´t Go Wrong With A Flatbed Scanner", "WHy Everybody Wants A
Scanner Now" and "Get Organized With OCR Software". Hope that you´ll find something of interest. Peter :>)
Yes, there is an atomic clock in Boulder, Colorado. If anyone is interested you can download Free software for it at - www.hotfiles.com - Just enter "atomic clock" in the search area.
To add to Peter's suggestion about AnchorDesk, I downloaded the Wocar OCR software (free) and it is great for text scanning. Have found a lot of info there as well as some good downloads. Bookmarked it and get their e-mail subscription that gives you daily updates.
Hi everybody, besides the PrintMaster Direct # at 1-800-888-9072 there is a PM Support # at 1-888-287-3800. Maurice.
For those of you who enjoyed the Mars site Jill posted, you might be interested in this site about the US space shuttle. When the shuttle is flying (as it is now) you can find out exactly where it is in orbit, and what is planned for the days activities. See this site http://shuttle.nasa.gov/index.html/ and go to the "realtime data"-"tracking displays". It's an interesting site. Jon
Many folks have asked about the documentation shipped with the above products. The manual in all cases is titled "PrintMaster Gold". However, some purchasers of PrintMaster Platinum (most notable, those that did *not* purchase directly from MindScape) also received an 865 page book entitled "PrintMaster Platimum Image Index". If you purchased Platinum from MindScape and did not receive this book, I would call them up and complaing. Michael
These versions all use the same basic engine and differ mainly in the number of graphics shipped with the product. Platinum has over 92,000 graphics, 20,000 + photos and 4,000 + templates. Premier has less than Platinum. Gold has 30,000+ graphics, 5,400+ photos, 4,000+ templates. All versions receive the PrintMaster Gold user manual. Michael
Is there any way to get into PMG without sitting thru the opening screen - music? ...RAY
If you click on the screen, it will skip the intro. For a more permanent answer, see below...Michael
Daisy (*)
May 05, 1998 (2:29 PM PDT)
Through Windows Explorer click the + next to PMW. Click on User001 (or 000). Double click on User. [Editor's note - file name may appear as user.ini]. In the line ShowMovie=1 Change the 1 to a zero. Close the window, say YES to save changes. Daisy
You may notice that the version of Photo Enhancer that ships with PrintMaster does not have all the tools that are described in the help. This version of Photo Enhancer is a stripped down version, even though they ship the same help as the fully featured product. Michael
...1/4 fold cards and 1/2 fold cards can be interchanged without too much difficulty. Did you know that you can have three documents open at the same time. ... Anyway, open the project you like, and open a brand new card of the type you wish to create. In the existing card click on Edit and Select All. (Be sure you're not within a text box when you do this, or you'll just get all the text.) Then click on the same page of the brand new blank card and click Edit and Paste. Go through copying all items from the inside left of the existing card to the inside left of the new card etc. When you're finished, save your new card with a title of your choice. Lynn
...You can export pictures from PM4 one-by-one, not in batch mode like it was possible in PM3. Click on a thumbnail, then on FILE and EXPORT. Select a diretory to export to and click on OK. Maurice.
...After creating and even saving pages of a newsletter,I leave Printmaster and return later only to find some pages have completely changed. The line spacing, fonts, even text size have changed. The only way I have found to correct them is to change the size of the text box slightly. Shouldn't have to do that all the time though. Any suggestion will be greatly appreciated.
Lynn Campbell Behnke (Alambil@aol.com)
May 06, 1998 (8:36 PM PDT)
The scrambled text phenomenon is a function of low resources. It is especially bad for me in long documents, but can happen even in one pagers if I have a bunch of other stuff open or it's been a while since I rebooted. The easiest (but not permanent) way to fix it is just to grab the text box and move it over a bit. You can then click on Undo so it goes right back. Lynn (That was the tech's suggestion.)
OK, boys and girls. Today I mailed out several PM Online cards to see how it
would work out. Most of the people were non-PM users. So far, the people who
replied all got their cards and had no problems viewing them. Here is what I
did...... Sender, do the following:..
1)Create your card.(If you want to use it at another time, save the card.
Retrieve it from "Your Projects"). If you make your card, make sure that your
project type is "card."
2) Have your card in the work space when getting ready to mail out.
3) Click on "File."....
4) Click on "Send Online Greeting."
5) Fill out the "Internet Card" which will appear on top of your card (enter
your email address and the email address of your recipient)
6) Launch your Internet Browser to establish an Internet connection
7) After filling out the "Internet Card" and being connected to your Internet
Browser, click "OK" on the "Internet Card."
8)Congratulations, your card is on its way to the recipient.
9)Within a few minutes after mailing your card, you will get an email
notification from PM that the card has been sent.
To read the card, the Recipient should:..
1) Highlight the web address givenby PM
2)Copy the web address
3)Paste the web address into your browser input line
4)Press "Enter."
5) Follow instructions given by PM
6)Enjoy your card
Helga=^..^= "
To change the color click on the paint can. Select a color from the palette. Then click on MORE. You will get a rainbow palette with the color you selected as the starting point. You can move the cross hairs to any color you like. Move the slider on the right side to lighten the color. This is to make it more usable as a background. Experiment to get just the color you want. When satisfied click on OK. The color possibilities are virtually limitless.Glenn
SYMPTOM When attempting to access Art CD #1, #3 & Photo CD #4 the system is unable to read the CD.
SOLUTION You will need to edit two .ini files (PMPL.INI & PM4X.INI) in the C:\PMW\CONTENT folder to correct this
Open the PMPL.INI edit the following sections:
[PMPLART1 Paths]
The numbers listed for Art CD 3 and Photos CD 4 will need to be corrected:
Change PL4030C to PL4043C for Art CD 3 Change PL4030D to PL4040D for Photos CD 4
[Friendly Names]
The numbers listed for Art CD 3 and Photos CD 4 will need to be corrected:
Change PL4030C to PL4043C for Art CD 3 Change PL4030D to PL4040D for Photos CD 4
Then save the file.
Open the PM4X.INI file and edit the following sections:
[PM4XART Paths]
The numbers listed for Art CD 1 will need to be corrected:
Change PL4030A to PL4040A for Art CD 1
[Friendly Names]
Change PL4030A to PL4040A for Art CD 1
Then save the file and open PrintMaster and verify that the CD's now can be read
EXPLANATION:
The CD Name Labels listed in the PMPL.INI & PM4X.INI files differ from the actual label by correcting the Label listings in the .ini files the program should be able to recognize the CD's
Please feel free to contact us if you have any other questions about our program. IMPORTANT: Please attach a copy of this message when sending us a reply.
Thank you,
Paul
Mindscape Technical Support
To saveguard all your project files, before you un-install PMP, do as follows:
Click on MY COMPUTER. Click on C: drive. Click on the yellow PMW folder. Click on the yellow USER000 folder. Click on the yellow PROJECTS folder.
You will now see all your project files. They end in SIG,(poster) NWS,(newsletter) CAR,(1/4 fold card) HCR,(half fold card) BAN, (Banner) and so on.
Now we are going to open C:\TEMP as the directory (folder) to put all those files in. Click on C:\ drive. Note that there is a yellow folder TEMP.
Now hold down the CNTRL key while you click on the first project file. The file name will become highlighted. Hold the CNTRL key and hold the mouse button. Drag the file name to the TEMP folder and release the mouse button there. That copies the first file to C:\TEMP.
Do the same will all the other files. When finished, double click on the yellow TEMP folder and see if all the files are there. If not all, copy the missing ones.
Now un-install PMP. Re-install PMP, preferrably in a different directory, like C:\PMW4P.
When done, do the same manoeuver as above, but copy the files from C:\TEMP to C:\PMW4P\USER000\PROJECTS.
When you open the newly installed PMP it should pick up all your projects. If not, click on OPEN FROM DISK and browse for C:\PMW4P\USER000\PROJECTS\ and import each project separately; then, when you see it is still intact, FILE and SAVE AS. Make sure to click each time on ADD PICTURES TO PROJECT.
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An alternate method is to use DOS to copy all the files back and forth.
Click on START and DOS PROMPT.
When you see the C:>WINDOWS prompt, type COPY C:\PMW\USER000\PROJECTS\*.*(leave a space here) C:\TEMP and press the ENTER key. That copies all the files to C:\TEMP. Type EXIT to bring you back to Windows.
Now, after un-installing and re-installing in C:\PMW4P, click again on START and the DOS PROMPT.
This time type COPY C:\TEMP\*.* (leave a space here) C:\PMW4P\USER000\PROJECTS and press the ENTER key.
Now all the files are in place in the newly installed PMP. Do the same as explained above.
Hi Michael,
When I had IE3 using PMW7 Platinum, I had no trouble accessig
the PMW help. I had to switch to IE4 and service packs to avoid the Y2K
bug, and I lost the help. By following Greg's suggestion I now have the
help back. Please post Greg's article for all to see.
:0) Elizabeth
Author: Greg
Subject: Restore Help PM7 on Win98
Date: 11/12/99 7:39:46 PM PST
Message:
Okay, Here it is at last. If you have PM 7.0 on a Win 98 or IE 5.0
machine and your help file is missing you can try this. It worked for
me. Extract the file hhctrl.ocx from your INSTALL CD - INSTALL ME and ME
ONLY. (Mine is yellow.) It is located in this directory. [Ie3240e\Ie4
s4.cab\IE4 4.cab\hhctrl.ocx]. Copy this file to your Printmaster
directory. Mine is like this - C:\Program Files\Mindscape\Printmaster.
(This also works for American Greetings Spiritual Expression v 1.0) The
file version of hhctrl.ocx that works is 4.72.7290. Now when PM7 opens
it will use this file instead of your WIN98 file. Now you have help for
all!!