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`Contents at a Glance
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`Chapter 1: Read This First ............................................................................. 1
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`Section A: Windows -It Just Keeps Getting Better .................... 13
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`: The Secrets of Windows 3.1 ...................................................... 15
`Chapter 2
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`Chapter 3: The Secrets of True Type ........................................................... 39
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`Section B: Optimizing Your Windows Start-Up ............................. 67
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`Chapter 4: Customizing Your Windows Start-Up ....................................... 69
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`Chapter 5: Secrets of the Windows Appiets ............................................. 119
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`Chapter 6: Secrets of Windows Applications ............................................ 157
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`: Secrets of DOS Under Windows .............................................. 205
`Chapter 7
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`Chapter 8: Programming in WordBasic .................................................... 311
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`Section C: Exploiting Your Hardware .......................................... 369
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`Chapter 9: Computers ................................................................................ 371
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`: Disk Drives ............................................................................. .421
`Chapter 10
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`Chapter 11: Keyboards ............................................................................... 459
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`Chapter 12: Mice & POinting Devices ........................................................ 487
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`: Modems and Communications .............................................. 509
`Chapter 13
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`: Networks ................................................................................. 531
`Chapter 14
`: Printers ................................................................................... 575
`Chapter 15
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`Chapter 16: Video Boards & Monitors ...................................................... 619
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`Section D: Configuring Your System ............................................ 651
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`Chapter 17: Installing and Configuring Windows ..................................... 653
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`Chapter 18: Using Memory Managers ....................................................... 685
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`Chapter 19: Configuring DOS 5 for Windows ............................................ 711
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`Chapter 20: The Windows *.INI Files ......................................................... 725
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`Chapter 21: Converting Your Company to Windows ............................... 745
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`Section E: Excellence in Windows Shareware ............................ 777
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`The Best in Windows Shareware ............................................................... 779
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`Appendix A: Windows Technical Support
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`and CompuServe ...................................................... 929
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`Appendix B: Windows Information Resources ........................... 933
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`Index ................................................................................................... 937
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`Complete Installation for the Windows 3.1 Secrets Disks ....... 989
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`Table of Contents
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`
`: Read This First .............................................................. 1
`Chapter 1
`
`How to Use This Book .................................................................................... 1
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`Who This Book Is For ................................................................................. 2
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`Differences Between Windows 3.1 and 3.0 ............................................... 3
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`How Commands are Explained ................................................................. 3
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`Windows Terms .........................................................................................4
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`How to Find the Good Parts ........................................................................... 5
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`The Icons .................................................................................................... 5
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`The Book's Overall Structure .................................................................... 6
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`Giving You the Best Explanation Possible .................................................... 9
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`As Windows Evolves ...................................................................................... 9
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`Why I'm Telling You All This ....................................................................... 10
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`Where Are the Acknowledgments? ............................................................. 11
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`Section A: Windows -
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`It Just Keeps Getting Better .................... 13
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`
`: The Secrets of Windows 3.1 ...................................... 15
`Chapter 2
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`The Arrival of Windows 3.1 .......................................................................... 15
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`What's New in Windows 3.1 .................................................................... 16
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`New Features for Windows Applications .................................................... 17
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`TrueType .................................................................................................. 17
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`Object Linking and Embedding ............................................................... 17
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`How OLE Works ................................................................................... 18
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`OLE: DDE That Works .......................................................................... 18
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`Better Dynamic Data Exchanges ............................................................. 19
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`Drag-and-Drop .......................................................................................... 20
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`The End of the UAE Message Box ........................................................... 21
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`New Capabilities for Windows Applications ............................................... 22
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`Self-loading Executables .......................................................................... 22
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`TOOLHELP.DLL Improves Access to Windows 3.1 ................................ 22
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`New Features of Windows Applets .............................................................. 23
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`New Control Panel Configuration Choices ............................................. 24
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`The New Windows 3.1 File Manager ....................................................... 25
`
`A SmartDrive That's a Little Smarter ...................................................... 27
`
`Help That's Really Helpful ....................................................................... 28
`
`Multimedia and Pen Windows ..................................................................... 28
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`Better DOS than DOS .................................................................................... 29
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`Networking .................................................................................................... 31
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`System Administration ................................................................................. 32
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`Windows 3.1 Anomalies ............................................................................... 34
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`Disk Compression TSRs ........................................................................... 34
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`Virus Checkers ......................................................................................... 35
`
`Stupid DOS Tricks .................................................................................... 36
`
`Multiple Boot Configurations .................................................................. 36
`
`N/ A in Windows 3.1 ...................................................................................... 36
`
`Real Mode Becomes an Unreal Mode at Last ......................................... 37
`
`Missing in Action: The Windows Executive ........................................... 37
`
`Summary ....................................................................................................... 38
`
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`Chapter 3: The Secrets of TrueType ........................................... 39
`
`The Arrival of TrueType for Windows ........................................................ 39
`
`True Type is Always There ..................................................................... .40
`
`Freedom From Screen Fonts and Printer Fonts .................................... .40
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`The Emergence of the Metafile Format ................................................. .41
`
`Finally, a Way to Send Your Favorite Typeface ..................................... .41
`
`Giving TrueType Faces "Multiple Master" Capabilities ............................ .44
`
`Automatic Type Fitting ............................................................................ 44
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`Embedding Your New Typeface .............................................................. 45
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`Windows 3.1 Brings You a New Cast of Characters .................................. .46
`
`How TrueType Works on Your Screen and Printer .................................. .48
`
`Displaying TrueType on Monitors ......................................................... .49
`
`Printing TrueType on Dot-Matrix Printers ............................................ .49
`
`Printing TrueType on Laser Jet Printers ................................................. 50
`
`Printing TrueType on PostScript Printers .............................................. 51
`
`Differences Between PostScript and TrueType Faces ............................... 52
`
`TrueType Is Included in Windows; PostScript Isn't ............................... 53
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`Postscript Is Built into Typesetters; TrueType Isn't .............................. 53
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`TrueType Hints Are in the Font; PostScript's (Mostly) Aren't .............. 54
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`TrueType and Type 1 Differ on Device Independence .........:'................ 55
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`How Hinting Affects the Look of Your Type ............................................... 56
`
`Secrets of Arial and Times New Roman ...................................................... 59
`
`Beyond TrueType: Other Scaling Technologies ......................................... 62
`
`Making Your Own Faces .............................................................................. 65
`
`Summary ....................................................................................................... 66
`
`
`Section B: Optimizing Your Windows Start-Up ............................. 67
`
`
`Chapter 4: Customizing Your Windows Start-Up ....... ............... 69
`
`WIN.COM ....................................................................................................... 70
`
`Undocumented Ways to Start Windows ................................................. 70
`
`The Ingredients Inside WIN.COM ............................................................ 75
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`Making Windows Display Your Own Logo ............................................. 77
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`Windows 3.1 Secrets__________________
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`The Windows 3.1 File Manager .................................................................... 81
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`Configuring Your File Manager ................................................................ 82
`
`A Batch File for Starting Windows .......................................................... 84
`
`Program Manager ......................................................................................... 85
`
`Working with Program Manager as the Windows Shell ........................ 85
`
`Organizing the Program Manager Group Windows ............................... 89
`
`Using the Program Manager to Tune Your Memory .............................. 94
`
`More Program Manager Secrets ............................................................. 98
`
`Recorder ..................................................................................................... 100
`
`Undocumented Features for Making an Autoexec for Windows ........ 100
`
`Seeing the Events You've Recorded ..................................................... III
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`Macros Won't Run Automatically from WIN.INI ................................... 112
`
`Making an Icon Run a Macro ................................................................. 112
`
`Working Around Macro Recording Limitations ................................... 114
`
`Recording Actions with the Keyboard Instead of a Mouse ................. 116
`
`Alternatives to the Recorder ................................................................. 117
`
`Summary ..................................................................................................... 118
`
`
`Chapter 5: Secrets of the Windows Applets ............................ 119
`
`File Manager ................................................................................................ 120
`
`Adding Your Own Pull-Down Menus to File Manager .......................... 120
`
`Using the File Manager's New, Smaller Fonts ....................................... 122
`
`Printing Directories from File Manager ................................................ 123
`
`AssOCiating Files with Any Number of Extensions ............................... 125
`
`Avoiding Problems That Make Directory Windows Unstable ............. 126
`
`Using File Manager's Folder Icons ......................................................... 128
`
`The Undocumented Way to Show All Directories ............................... 130
`
`A Quick Reference for File Manager ...................................................... 131
`
`The Windows Executive ............................................................................. 131
`
`Using the MS-DOS Executive as a Second Shell .................................... 131
`
`SysEdit ......................................................................................................... 136
`
`WinHelp ....................................................................................................... 138
`
`Your Free Hypertext Applet .................................................................. 138
`
`Other Applets ............................................................................................. 141
`
`Calculator .................................................................................................... 143
`
`The Case of the Missing 'Advanced' Features ...................................... 143
`
`Control Panel .............................................................................................. 145
`
`Shrinking Your Wallpaper ..................................................................... 145
`
`Colors and Patterns May be "Stuck" if Control File is Lost ................. 148
`
`Timeslicing May Allow Incorrect Values .............................................. 148
`
`Notepad ....................................................................................................... 149
`
`Determining Notepad's Maximum File Size .......................................... 149
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`Paintbrush ................................................................................................... 150
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`16-Color vs. 256-Color Bitmaps ............................................................. 150
`
`Replacing the PrintScreen Function ..................................................... 150
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`Windows - Upgrade Information ............................................................. 153
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`Version 3.0a Upgrade ............................................................................. 154
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`Version 3.1 Upgrade ............................................................................... 155
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`How to Upgrade ..................................................................................... 155
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`Summary ..................................................................................................... 156
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`Chapter 6: Secrets of Windows Applications .......................... 157
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`Installing Windows Applications ............................................................... 158
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`Don't Install Windows Apps into the Windows Directory ................... 158
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`How to Separate an App from the Windows Directory ....................... 159
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`Upgrading a Windows Application ....................................................... 161
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`Upgrading to New Versions of Windows .............................................. 163
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`Running Windows Applications ................................................................ 165
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`How Shall I Start Thee? Let Me Count the Ways .................................. 165
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`The Fastest Ways to Start Windows Applications ............................... 165
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`Launching without Program Manager or File Manager ....................... 169
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`Running Windows 2.x Apps Under Windows 3.x ................................. 170
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`Running Windows 3.x and 2.x on the Same Computer ........................ 171
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`Protecting Windows Applications ............................................................. 171
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`The Best Add-Ins .................................................................................... 172
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`Optimizing Windows Applications ............................................................ 174
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