Bookshelf 1994: README.TXT Contents
  
PSS ID Number: Q114635
Article last modified on 07-09-1998
 
1994
 
WINDOWS
 

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1994
WINDOWS
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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Bookshelf for Windows, 1994 edition
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SUMMARY
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This article contains a copy of the information in the README.TXT file
included with Microsoft Bookshelf for Windows, 1994 edition.
 
MORE INFORMATION
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                                README.TXT
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This file contains information about Microsoft Bookshelf that was
unavailable when the User's Guide was printed. To read this file on
screen, use the Page Down and Page Up keys, or the scroll bar.
To print the file, choose the Print command from the File menu.
 
Multimedia technology, with its array of new hardware and
software, can present a variety of potential performance and
configuration issues. Some of these issues are addressed here.
This README file contains information on the following topics:
 
* Correcting Sound Problems
* Improving the Speed of Your Computer
* General Usage Notes
* Hardware-Specific Notes
* Bookshelf and Word for Windows Integration
* Bookshelf and Windows NT
* QuickShelf Notes
 
_________________________________________________________________
 
NOTE: For additional information on Bookshelf technical issues,
be sure to read the Frequently Asked Questions topic
in Bookshelf Help.
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CORRECTING SOUND PROBLEMS
=========================
 
If you don't hear anything when you play animations or
pronunciations, be sure that
 
*  A sound card is installed.
 
*  A speaker is connected to the jack on your sound
   card (not to the CD-ROM drive).
 
*  The volume is set to an audible level.
 
You can test sounds with the Sound option in the Windows
Control Panel.  If you hear no sound during the tests,
open the Drivers option to check the sound driver files.
These drivers must be compatible with your sound board.
Be sure that drivers for both WAVE audio and MIDI-synthesized
music appear in the Drivers dialog box.  If necessary, set
up your sound board again.  If you still can't hear sounds,
contact the sound board manufacturer to verify that you are
using the correct drivers and that no hardware
conflicts exist.
 
If you have installed the Windows 3.1 operating system
and can play pronunciations but not musical examples,
you might need to change your MIDI map.  When Windows 3.1
is installed, Setup renames the MIDIMAP.CFG file to
MIDIMAP.OLD and installs a new MIDIMAP.CFG file.  If your
original MIDIMAP.CFG file contains custom setups that use
sound drivers not provided by Windows, you can change the
port settings using the MIDI Mapper option in the Control
Panel, or you can use your original file by performing the
following steps:
 
  1.  Rename MIDIMAP.CFG to MIDIMAP.WIN.
  2.  Rename MIDIMAP.OLD to MIDIMAP.CFG.
 
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IMPROVING THE SPEED OF YOUR COMPUTER
====================================
 
Bookshelf 1994 uses a lot of your system memory to display
graphics, animations, and video clips.  If Bookshelf seems
to run slowly, try taking the following steps to improve
your computer's performance:
 
*  Close all unnecessary applications.
 
*  If your computer is a 386, set up a permanent Windows
swap file on your hard drive.  (See your Windows User's Guide
for more information.)  Windows usually creates a temporary
swap file, but if your hard disk is full or fragmented, this
temporary file can become unavailable.  Make the size of the
permanent swap file at least 2048K (kilobytes).
 
*  If your computer runs at 20 MHz or slower and you have
only 2 MB (megabytes) of RAM, use a 16-color driver for your
display, even if your video card is capable of displaying 256
colors. To change the display driver, run the Microsoft Windows
Setup program from MS-DOS or Windows and select the standard
VGA driver.
 
*  Run Bookshelf without the SmartDrive device driver.  To
disable SmartDrive, open the CONFIG.SYS file in Notepad,
change the DEVICE=SMARTDRV.SYS line to REM
DEVICE=SMARTDRV.SYS, and then save the edited CONFIG.SYS
file.
 
*  Defragment ("clean up") your hard disk by running a disk
defragmentation program.
 
*  Ensure that your CD-ROM drive is MPC-compatible (that is,
that the drive can transfer data from the CD at
150 KB per second while using less than 40% of the CPU
bandwidth, AND that the drive has an average seek time of
less than one second). Check the documentation that came
with your CD-ROM drive.
 
*  Add more extended memory to your computer.  You can
determine how much extended memory is available by typing
MEM and pressing Enter at the MS-DOS prompt.  You need a
minimum of 4 MB of memory to play sounds and run
animations.
 
For comprehensive documentation on improving performance,
consult your Windows manual.
 
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GENERAL USAGE NOTES
===================
 
* Bookmarks and annotations are not updated from older versions
of Bookshelf. If you install a new version, you must create new
notes.
 
* If a screensaver takes over the screen during the Bookshelf
demo, the demo will be reset to the first frame. (You might want
to disable screensavers while viewing the demo.)
 
* When copying 256-color images, be aware that unless you copy
to a program that can handle 256 colors, such images will appear
in 16 colors.
 
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HARDWARE-SPECIFIC NOTES
=======================
 
The following are known hardware-specific issues that can affect
Bookshelf. Where possible, solutions or workarounds are provided.
 
Dell 16-color drivers (512K memory)
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* A white outline surrounds animations.
 
Tiga 16-bit driver (640x480)
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* Bold phrases and hot text sometimes shift down by about half
a line, partially obscuring the text beneath them. Try moving
to a different article and then returning; this typically
solves the problem.
 
Tiga 24-bit driver (640x480)
----------------------------
* A white outline surrounds animations, partially obscuring other
animation elements and labels.
 
* Some graphics might appear slightly fuzzy and grainy.
 
DeskJet 500C Color Printer
--------------------------
* If you try to print in color while using the
unidrv.dll driver, you might experience problems. To solve
the problem, choose Print from the File menu, and then click
the Setup button. In the Setup dialog box the Color box
should be unchecked.
Try printing again.
 
Dell Video Driver P32K600
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* A bitmapped image appears along with extraneous lines
across the screen, followed by system failure.
 
* Contact Dell and obtain the proper drivers.
 
Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16/16ASP
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Compressed audio clips may fail to play if you are using a
Sound Blaster 16 or Sound Blaster 16 ASP sound card. For
example, you may not be able to play any sounds in the
dictionary, but animations in the encyclopedia may play correctly.
This problem occurs because some computers are unable to use
the 16-bit DMA (direct memory access) channel on the Sound
Blaster cards.
 
To correct this problem, switch the HDMA channel to use DMA
or 8-bit DMA. You must change this setting in the following
two places:
 
 - The Drivers dialog box in the Windows Control Panel
 
   -and-
 
 - The SBCONFIG.EXE configuration program included with the
   Sound Blaster cards
 
To change the settings, follow these steps:
 
1. Choose the Drivers icon in the Windows Control Panel.
 
2. Select the Sound Blaster 16 Wave/Midi driver and choose Setup.
 
3. Under the HDMA setting, set the selection to DMA.
 
4. Choose OK. Choose Do Not Restart Now.
 
5. Exit Windows.
 
6. At the MS-DOS prompt, switch to the SB16 directory and run
   SBCONFIG.EXE.
 
7. Follow the instructions provided by this configuration program.
   It assists you in selecting and testing the following
   variables:
 
     Variable          Select
     ------------------------------
 
     Base I/O port            Autoscan
     MidiPort address       Autoscan
     DMA interrupt            Current
     8-bit DMA            Current
     16-bit DMA            Use 8-bit DMA
 
After you have finished making these selections, the SBCONFIG
program will restart your computer.
 
8. Restart Windows.
 
All compressed audio should now play correctly.
 
For more information about Sound Blaster cards and about
this problem, contact Creative Labs technical support at
(405) 742-6622.
 
Sound Blaster is manufactured by Creative Technology Ltd., a
vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or
otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability.
 
Media Vision  Pro Audio Spectrum 16
-----------------------------------
A small number of Media Vision sound card drivers (Pro Audio
Spectrum cards) may cause problems.  If you have a Media Vision
card and don't hear sounds, try upgrading your driver.
 
* The wave driver fails while playing pronunciations in the
dictionary, encyclopedia, and atlas.
 
* Contact Media Vision. (For information on contacting Media
Vision, see below.)
 
Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum
-------------------------------
Audio clips may sound "scratchy" (that is, distorted) when played
from the Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum. To correct this problem,
change the Media Vision driver DMA setting to 7.
 
To change the driver settings:
 
1. Choose the Drivers icon in the Windows Control Panel.
 
2. Select the Media Vision Wave/MIDI/Aux driver and choose Setup.
 
3. Under the DMA setting, set the selection to 7.
 
4. Choose OK. Choose Restart Now.
 
Audio clips should now play correctly.
 
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BOOKSHELF AND WORD FOR WINDOWS INTEGRATION
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Setup Issues
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During Setup, you will be given the option of installing the feature
that integrates Bookshelf and Word for Windows if your system meets the
following conditions:
 
* A non-network version of Word for Windows, version 2.0 or 6.0, is
  installed.
 
  - For Word for Windows 2.0
    * Your WIN.INI file contains a [Microsoft Word 2.0] section that
      includes a programdir={path} line and specifies a valid WINWORD.EXE
      file.
 
  - For Word for Windows 6.0
    * Your WIN.INI file contains a [MS Setup (ACME) Table Files] section
      that includes a WINWORD.EXE@v6...={path}\SETUP\SETUP.EXE line and
      specifies a valid WINWORD.EXE file.
 
* Your hard drive has enough space to support this feature.
 
If you install the integration feature, the Setup program modifies
NORMAL.DOT, the global document template for Word 2.0, to customize the
Word Toolbar and menus.  Changes you have made to the Toolbar, to the
default menus, and so on, are preserved.
 
The integration feature adds these features to Bookshelf and Word:
 
The Quote of the Day dialog box, on the Word View menu and
the Copy to Word command on the Bookshelf Edit menu.
 
To send a topic from Bookshelf to Word, simply choose the
Copy to Word command from the Edit menu. Detailed information
on copying to Word is available from Bookshelf Help.
 
Manual Integration of Bookshelf with Word for Windows 6.0
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The following directions assume your hard disk drive is drive C,
that Bookshelf is installed in C:\BOOKS94, Windows is installed
in C:\WINDOWS, Word for Windows 6.0 is installed in C:\WINWORD
and that your CD-ROM drive is drive X.
 
To manually integrate Bookshelf with Word for Windows 6.0:
 
1. Copy X:\WORD\BSHELF94.DOT to C:\WINWORD\STARTUP
 
2. Copy X:\WORD\BOOKSHLF.DLL to C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM
 
3. Copy X:\WORD\BSWORD.HLP to C:\BOOKS94
 
4. After copying these files to the hard drive you need to
   remove the Read Only attribute.
   To remove the Read Only attribute:
 
    a. In the Main Window of Windows Program Manager, open
       File Manager.
 
    b. In the C:\WINWORD\STARTUP directory, select the
       BSHELF94.DOT file.
 
    c. From the File menu, choose Properties.
 
    d. In the Attributes section, clear the Read Only check box.
 
    e. Choose OK.
 
    f. Repeat steps a through e for BOOKSHLF.DLL and BSWORD.HLP.
 
5. Use Notepad or any other text editor to add the following
   entries to the [Bookshelf] section of the WIN.INI file:
 
   [Bookshelf]
   integration=2
   LastQuote=1
   BSWordHelp=C:\BOOKS94\BSWORD.HLP
 
Integration of Bookshelf 1994 and Word for Windows 6.0 is
now complete.
 
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BOOKSHELF AND WINDOWS NT
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The following are known issues related to using Bookshelf with
Windows NT. Where possible, solutions or workarounds are provided.
 
Audio and NT
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* When Bookshelf is installed on a machine running
Windows NT 3.1, you may not hear audio clips, such as
pronunciations, in Bookshelf. Windows NT 3.1 cannot play
audio in the format that Bookshelf uses.
 
QuickShelf Find and NT
----------------------
* When your machine is running Windows NT, you can
experience problems when you select a word in another
application and use QuickShelf to perform a full-text
search on the word in Bookshelf. Bookshelf will appear
but the search will not be performed because QuickShelf
cannot move the text out of the application running in NT.
 
Keep Bookshelf open on your desktop as an icon, so you
have easy access to it from other applications when you
want to do a full-text search on a word.
 
QuickShelf Keys and NT
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* When your machine is running Windows NT, you may
not be able to use QuickShelf key combinations from 32-bit
applications because QuickShelf cannot move text out
of these NT applications.
 
In this case, keep Bookshelf open on your desktop as an icon;
this way you will have quick access to it.
 
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QUICKSHELF NOTES
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For QuickShelf and Windows NT issues, see the "Bookshelf and
Windows NT" section, above.
 
QuickShelf Keys and MS-DOS Use
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* QuickShelf keys allow you to look up selected text in Bookshelf
from any Windows application. However, you cannot
bring up Bookshelf using QuickShelf keys from an MS-DOS
application or from the MS-DOS prompt.  Additionally, selected
text in an MS-DOS application will not be used to perform a
QuickShelf lookup when using the QuickShelf buttons.
Other windows applications that do not copy text in the
standard way also may not work with QuickShelf.
 
QuickShelf and Quote of the Day
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* Whenever you use the Quote of the Day dialog box, the
QuickShelf keys are disabled.
 
QuickShelf and the Clipboard
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* Clicking a QuickShelf button or using a QuickShelf key
combination replaces the contents of the Clipboard.
 
Moving the QuickShelf Toolbar
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* Open the QuickShelf Customize menu by either right-clicking
on the Toolbar or by left-clicking the down arrow button
at the right end of the Toolbar, and then clicking Customize.
Click the Customize View Tab, and then select either Regular
buttons or Large buttons, and click OK. QuickShelf now
has a title bar you can click in and then drag to a new
location.
 
The Pro Audio Spectrum driver products included here are manufactured
by Media Vision, Inc.,
 
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Version           : 1994
Platform          : WINDOWS
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