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Elixir Desktop
and Converters
for AFP™
User Guide
June 1999
Version 4.00
Elixir Technologies Corporation
P.O. Box 1559
Ojai, CA 93024
Copyright ©1999 by Elixir Technologies Corporation.
All rights reserved.
June 1999
Version 4.00
Printed in the United States of America
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Changes, technical inaccuracies, and typographic errors will be corrected in subsequent editions.
Drivers
Notes and cautions
The following notes and cautions apply to the Elixir
Desktop and Converters for AFP.
Elixir software supports printing using Windows
3.11 printer drivers under Windows 3.11. Windows 95 users must use a printer driver that supports API calls rather than Escape calls. If you
have problems printing with a non-Elixir supplied
driver, check with the vendor to ensure that the
driver is appropriate for the operating system you
use.
Help files include graphics created using screen
drivers with large fonts. If you use a screen driver
with small fonts, Help file graphics may not display clearly. For optimum graphics display, use a
screen driver with large fonts.
Video drivers must be fully compatible with the
Microsoft Windows VGA/SVGA standard to ensure graphical integrity. If you encounter problems
when printing shading or graphics, the cause may
be an incompatibility between a third-party video
driver and the Microsoft standard. To determine
if the problem is the third-party driver, switch to
the Microsoft VGA/SVGA driver (for the screen
resolution currently in use). If this resolves the
problem, contact the video card distributor to see
if there is an updated version of their driver. If
this still does not resolve the problem, contact
Elixir Customer Support.
Current versions of Elixir software for an AFP environment are applications which use Device Dependent Bitmaps (DDB). This allows fast graphic
manipulation, but the size of graphic that can be
manipulated and displayed is dependent on the
Windows screen driver installed.
If you have problems with graphics not displaying
correctly, or experience unpredictable video effects (graphic or drawing elements not appearing
as they should), Elixir recommends that you install and use the Windows screen driver supplied
with Windows with either 256-colors or 16-colors.
BWCC.DLL file version
Installing a BWCC.DLL file in a directory other than
drive:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM may cause errors when
you perform operations such as copying files from the
User Files icon to Elixir folders. Elixir installs a
BWCC.DLL file dated 1995 or later in your
drive:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory during installation. Other programs may also install BWCC.DLL
files in different directories. Remove these other versions of the BWCC.DLL file from your system to prevent errors.
Using the Desktop under Windows NT
All current versions of Elixir software run in a Windows NT (version 3.51 and 4.0) environment.
Printing to HP printers
Windows NT uses a different HP soft font handling architecture than other operating systems. To ensure
true WYSIWYG printing capabilities, new printing
functions using raster fonts are implemented.
Due to the new printing functions, you must regenerate all HP soft fonts (from Elixir generic fonts or production printer fonts) before printing under Windows
NT.
Elixir has successfully tested a number of HP and HPcompatible printers and printer drivers. However, due
to the number of printer drivers and environmental
configurations, Elixir cannot guarantee that all drivers
and printers labeled "HP-compatible" will produce correct results.
Table of contents
Notes and cautions
1. Introduction 1-1
Customer support 1-2
Elixir training 1-2
Who should use this guide 1-2
Conventions 1-3
Display conventions 1-3
Typographical conventions 1-3
Mouse operations 1-4
On-line Help 1-6
Organization of this guide 1-7
Installation 1-9
Starting the Elixir Desktop 1-9
Exiting the Elixir Desktop 1-10
2. Desktop basics 2-1
Common Windows operating system 2-1
Desktop layout 2-1
Icons 2-2
Elixir folder icons 2-3
Forms folder 2-3
Fonts folder 2-3
Images folder 2-3
Documents folder 2-3
Jobs folder 2-4
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Clipboard icon 2-4
User Files icon 2-4
ElixirForm/AppBuilder for AFP appli-
cation icon 2-4
Other Elixir application icons 2-4
User Tools icon 2-5
Diskette icon 2-5
Printers icon 2-5
Scanners icon 2-5
Dispatcher icon 2-6
Converter icon 2-6
Trashbin icon 2-6
Viewer icon 2-6
Transformer icon 2-6
Sub-window menus 2-7
Backup button 2-7
Filter menu 2-7
Selection menu 2-9
View menu 2-10
Accessing DOS 2-12
3. Elixir folders 3-1
Folders and DOS directories 3-1
Elixir folder structure 3-2
Changing folder display 3-4
Forms folder 3-6
Elixir Forms folder 3-6
Input Forms folder 3-7
Output Forms folder 3-8
Fonts folder 3-9
Elixir Fonts folder 3-9
Input Fonts folder 3-10
Output Fonts folder 3-11
Images folder 3-13
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Elixir Images folder 3-13
Input Images folder 3-13
Output Images folder 3-14
Documents folder 3-15
Elixir Documents folder 3-16
Input Documents folder 3-16
Output Documents folder 3-17
Jobs folder 3-18
Elixir Docs Jobs 3-18
Elixir Data Jobs 3-19
Input Jobs 3-19
Output Jobs 3-19
User Files folder 3-21
4. Desktop configuration 4-1
System configuration 4-2
Desktop usage switches 4-4
User privileges 4-7
Diagnostics 4-9
Creating a directory 4-10
Converter properties 4-11
Transformer properties 4-14
Resetting System menu options 4-15
Refreshing the screen 4-15
Selecting toolsets 4-16
5. Additional Desktop features 5-1
Opening icons 5-1
Opening a folder icon 5-2
Opening Elixir files 5-2
Opening the ElixirForm icon 5-3
Opening device icons 5-3
Diskette icon 5-3
Printers icon 5-3
Scanners icon 5-3
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Displaying Icon properties 5-5
Displaying Elixir file formats 5-6
Printing Desktop folder contents 5-7
Displaying a logo 5-9
Copying files 5-11
Using the Elixir Scheduler Desktop 5-21
Opening other icons 5-4
User Tools icon 5-4
User Files icon 5-4
Dispatcher icon 5-4
Converter icon 5-4
Viewer icon 5-4
Files 5-5
Copying files to Elixir folders 5-11
Copying files to a DOS directory 5-11
Copying files from a DOS directory 5-13
Copying files to a DOS-format
diskette 5-13
Copying files from a DOS-format
diskette 5-14
Copying files to a DOS-Elixir format
diskette 5-15
Copying files from a DOS Elixir-
format diskette 5-16
Copying files from Output to Input
folders 5-17
Copying Elixir form files 5-17
Creating a .PUB file 5-17
Copying a .PUB file to a diskette 5-19
Restoring a .PUB file from a diskette
5-20
Scheduler setup 5-22
Scheduler Desktop examples 5-26
Scheduler example 1 5-26
Scheduler example 2 5-27
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Viewing files 5-29
Viewing Elixir image files 5-29
Setting the default ElixirForm font 5-31
6. Peripheral devices 6-1
Diskette drive 6-1
Scanner device 6-3
Configuration 6-3
Using scanners 6-5
Proof printing 6-6
Printing Elixir forms 6-6
Printing Elixir forms with highlight color 6-8
Printing non-Elixir forms 6-10
Using the Elixir HP print driver 6-12
Printing PostScript 6-15
Printing PostScript using the Elixir
converter 6-15
Printing PostScript using a Windows
driver 6-15
7. File conversions 7-1
General procedures 7-1
Elixir folders 7-2
Forms folder 7-2
Fonts folder 7-3
Images folder 7-3
Documents folder 7-4
Initial converter setup 7-4
File conversion procedures 7-8
Converting forms 7-9
Converting forms to and from AFP
format 7-9
AFP Page Converter Options dialog box 7-11
Generating source .OGL and .LOG
files 7-22
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Converting fonts 7-37
Changing the target environment
from MVS to VM 7-23
Converting Elixir forms to HP PCL 7-25
Converting using the Elixir
HP print driver 7-25
Converting forms to PostScript
format 7-28
Converting using Elixir's
PostScript driver 7-28
Converting using the Windows printer driver 7-30
Converting Elixir forms to PDF
format 7-32
Converting forms to Elixir images 7-36
Using FGIDs in a form 7-36
Font requirements for an HP or
compatible printer 7-38
AFP Font Converter Options dialog
box 7-38
Converting AFP fonts to Elixir format
7-42
Converting double-byte AFP fonts to
Elixir format 7-44
Converting double-byte Elixir fonts to
AFP format 7-45
Converting fonts to HP PCL format 7-46
Converting Elixir fonts to HP
PCL soft fonts 7-47
Adding HP PCL fonts to
Windows applications 7-47
Converting AFP and Elixir-AFP fonts
to HP PCL format 7-48
Converting Elixir and contour fonts
to HP PCL format 7-49
Converting TrueType fonts 7-50
Converting HP PCL fonts to Elixir
and AFP formats 7-53
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Converting Elixir fonts to AFP format
7-53
Creating a full AFP font
from an Elixir coded font 7-53
Creating full AFP fonts from
Elixir character sets 7-55
Creating individual font
components 7-56
Changing the code page 7-59
Editing the Elixir Code Page
7-60
Reconverting fonts created with
Elixir Desktop version 1.00 7-60
Generating fonts from outlines 7-61
Font naming conventions 7-65
Generating Elixir fonts 7-68
Generating non-Elixir fonts 7-68
Generating screen fonts 7-69
Adding HP PCL fonts to Windows
applications 7-69
Windows character mapping 7-69
Converting images 7-71
Converting Elixir image files to Tiles
in a Font format 7-72
Converting to and from AFP page
segments 7-72
Converting .TIF and .PCX files to
Elixir 7-75
Adding color to images during
conversion 7-76
Converting documents 7-77
Converting Elixir .DAT files to HP
PCL documents 7-78
Converting Elixir .DAT files to PostScript documents 7-78
Converting Elixir .DAT files to AFP
documents 7-79
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AFP Page Converter Options dialog box 7-80
Converting AFPDS to multiple Elixir
forms 7-90
Converting Pagedef/Formdef resources 7-92
Converting files using DOSVSE 7-93
Running DOSVSE as a DOS com-
mand line utility 7-93
Running DOSVSE from the Elixir
Dispatcher icon 7-93
Converting files using ELX2VSE 7-94
Using ELX2VSE 7-94
Running ELX2VSE as a
DOS command line utility 7-95
Running ELX2VSE from the
Elixir Dispatcher icon 7-95
Deleting converted input files 7-95
Confirming file conversion 7-95
ElixirDoc 7-96
8. Accessing DOS files and applications 8-1
Desktop tools 8-1
User Tools icon 8-1
User Files icon 8-1
Dispatcher icon 8-2
Creating an application icon 8-2
Creating an icon 8-2
Starting the application 8-5
Displaying icon properties 8-6
User Tools example 8-6
Creating an icon for Ventura
Publisher 8-6
Checking the properties of
the Ventura Publisher icon 8-8
Starting and exiting Ventura
Publisher 8-8
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Creating and icon for Elixir's
Web site 8-8
Accessing DOS directories 8-9
Changing directories 8-11
Copying files between subdirectories
8-12
Linking files to applications 8-12
Linking files to an existing User Tool 8-13
Linking files to a new application 8-13
Checking tool properties 8-14
Opening linked files 8-14
Starting DOS executables 8-14
Starting batch files 8-14
Using the Dispatcher icon 8-15
Setting up Dispatcher commands 8-16
Executing Dispatcher commands 8-20
Copying files to the
Dispatcher 8-20
Executing commands from
the Dispatcher icon 8-20
Dispatcher example 8-21
Using the Dispatcher to run Elixir
utilities 8-23
DOS menu 8-24
9. File transfer 9-1
PC-to-MVS host file transfer 9-1
Installation 9-2
Pre-transfer considerations 9-2
Downloading files 9-2
Downloading with IBM 3270
or IRMA FT/3270 9-2
Downloading with IRMA
FT/TSO 9-3
Converting OVE and
AFPDS files 9-3
Converting Fonts 9-3
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Using IBM 3270 or IRMA FT/3270 9-6
Using IRMA FT/TSO 9-9
Converting FB to VBM format 9-14
PC-to-IBM AS/400 file transfer 9-14
Input directory information 9-4
Uploading files 9-5
Uploading with IBM 3270 or
IRMA FT/3270 9-5
Uploading with IRMA
FT/TSO 9-5
Fonts 9-5
Output directory information
9-5
Downloading object-format AFP files
9-7
Uploading object-format AFP files 9-7
Downloading text files 9-7
Uploading text files 9-8
Downloading object-format AFP files
9-9
Converting the file to VB
format 9-9
Parameters for downloading
object-format AFP files 9-9
Parameters for
downloading/uploading text
files 9-10
Downloading files 9-10
Uploading files with FT/TSO 9-11
Parameters for uploading
object-format AFP files 9-12
Uploading the file with
FT/TSO 9-12
Converting the host file to
VBM format 9-13
Creating a temporary holding library
and file on the AS/400 9-15
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Copying to the Shared Folder 9-16
Installing the resources in the AFP
libraries 9-16
Overlays - CRTOVL (Create
Overlay) 9-17
Fonts - CRTFNTRSC (Create Font Resource) 9-17
Page Segments CRTPAGSEG (Create Page
Segment) 9-17
Printing fully composed AFPDS
documents 9-18
Extracting object files from the AS/400 to a PC 9-18
Using the Loader 9-20
10. Transformations 10-1
Transformer setup 10-1
Transforming Elixir forms 10-3
Form Transformer options 10-4
Remap 10-4
Rotate 10-5
Shift 10-6
FontChange 10-6
Transforming Elixir images 10-7
A. Keyboard shortcuts A-1
Desktop A-1
Windows A-2
By option name A-3
B. Additional files anddirectories B-1
Elixir mapping table directories B-1
PostScript mapping table directory B-1
Contour fonts mapping table
directory B-2
Bitstream Facelift fonts mapping
directory B-2
C. Desktop menu bar C-1
File menu C-1
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System menu C-6
Special menu C-8
Open (<F2>) C-2
Copy (<Ctrl> + <C>) C-2
New C-3
Duplicate C-3
Delete (<Del>) C-4
Properties (<F2>) C-4
Print (<Ctrl>+<P>) C-4
Print Directory Listing C-5
View C-5
Formats C-5
Convert (<Ctrl> + <V>) C-5
Transform C-5
Dispatch (<Ctrl> + <I>) C-6
Close (<F3>) C-6
Exit Elixir (<Alt> + <F4>) C-6
System Config (<Alt> + <F6>) C-7
Usage Switches C-7
User Privileges C-7
Diagnostics (<Alt> + <F5>) C-7
Make Directory (<Ctrl> + <M>) C-7
Converter Props C-7
Transformer Props C-8
Reset to Defaults C-8
Refresh C-8
Toolset C-8
Close All (<F4>) C-8
Efont Factory C-9
Install Fonts C-9
Scheduler Setup (<Alt> + <F2>) C-9
Scheduler Actions (<Alt> + <F3>) C-9
Global View (<Ctrl> + <G>) C-9
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DOS menu C-10
DOS Command (<Ctrl> + <D>) C-10
Window menu C-10
Cascade C-11
Tile C-11
Arrange Icons C-11
Message C-11
Help menu C-11
D. AFP font conversion considerations D-1
Bounded box and unbounded box fonts D-1
Additional filter options D-1
AFP font components D-3
Character Set D-3
Code Page D-3
Coded Font D-4
Country Keyboard Map and PC mapped font
files D-5
Usage notes D-7
Files generated for AFP font
to Elixir conversions D-7
Default Code Pages D-9
Editing an Elixir Code Page D-10
Font conversion strategies D-12
AFP bounded box font customers D-14
AFP unbounded box font customers D-14
Hybrid customers D-14
Glossary GLOSSARY-1
Index INDEX-1
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1. Introduction
This guide describes the Elixir Desktop for AFP, the
Windows-based operating environment for launching
and using Elixir applications such as ElixirForm for
AFP, ElixirImage for AFP and ElixirFont for AFP.
Additionally, the Desktop has numerous productivityenhancing features, including those which enable you
to:
convert files using icons
link files to applications, thereby allowing you to
start an application and load a file in one step
define icons for DOS or Windows-based applica-
tions you want to launch from the Desktop, such
as word processors, desktop publishers and
spreadsheets.
Because this guide describes all functions and features of the Desktop, certain options described herein
may not apply to your specific configuration. In such
cases, unavailable options display in gray (not black)
on menus and dialog boxes, and some screens and
icons may not display at all.
See the Elixir for AFP Getting Started Guide for detailed installation information.
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Customer support
Elixir customer support centers provide telephone
technical assistance for Elixir users during business
hours.
If you have purchased your Elixir product directly from
Elixir Technologies then contact one of the support
center hotlines.
See the Elixir for AFP Getting Started Guide for information about contacting your support center.
Elixir training
Elixir Technologies Corporation offers training for the
full range of our Windows-based family of products.
For more information, contact:
Elixir Learning
(805) 641-5900 ext. 6
Who should use this guide
This guide serves users needing first-time or ongoing
reference information about the Elixir Desktop for
AFP.
Users should already be familiar with Microsoft Windows operations, printer and font management operations and PC peripherals, and have access to reference manuals for related PC software and hardware.
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Conventions
Most of the following conventions are the same or
similar to Windows conventions.
display conventions
typographical conventions
mouse operations
Display conventions
The Elixir Desktop, ElixirForm, ElixirFont and ElixirImage all adhere to Microsoft Windows conventions
for using menus, menu commands, dialog boxes,
command buttons, icons and mouse. See your Windows manual for more information.
Typographical conventions
The following typographical conventions are used
throughout this guide and other Elixir product guides.
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Keystrokes are shown enclosed in < > (angle
brackets). For example:
<Enter>
Key combinations are denoted by a plus sign be-
tween keys. For example:
<Shift> + <F1> indicates to simultaneously press
the <Shift> and the <F1> keys.
Menu titles are shown in bold. Menu options are
enclosed in [ ] (square brackets). For example:
Select [New] from the File menu.
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Commands, options, actions, and parameters
that require description are shown in bold followed on the next line by the description. For example:
Delete
Deletes the selected files.
Steps in a procedure are shown in numbered bold
paragraphs. For example:
1. At the prompt, enter the file name and
extension.
Comments relating to a step (such as this paragraph) are shown in regular text following the bold
paragraph.
Commands you enter at the DOS prompt are
shown in larger text. Within DOS commands,
variable names and keys you press are shown in
italics. For example:
CD \ELIXIR <Enter>
Mouse operations
You can perform most operations in Elixir applications
by using the mouse. The terminology is similar to
other Windows based applications.
Mouse operations are performed using the left or right
mouse buttons, depending on the specific task.
The following mouse related terms are used in this
guide:
click
to momentarily press and release the left mouse button once. A right mouse button click is specified
where necessary. For example,
Click on the right mouse button to finish entering text.
double-click
to click the left mouse button twice in rapid
succession.
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drag
to click and hold the mouse on an item and move the
item with the mouse.
drag and drop
to drag an item as above, then release the mouse button, once the item is positioned over a the area. If the
selected object is a file and the destination is a directory, the file copies to the directory.
object
a selectable item on the screen.
open
to point and double-click on an icon -- the effect of this
operation depends on the icon.
point
to move the mouse to position the screen pointer on
an area of the screen.
select
to point to an object and click the mouse -- this usually
highlights the object.
<Alt>click
to hold down the <Alt> key while pressing the left
mouse button -- this allows you to select a range of
files in a window.
<Ctrl>click
to hold down the <Ctrl> key while pressing the left
mouse button -- this allows you to select individual
files from a group in a window.
<Shift>click
to hold down the <Shift> key while clicking the mouse
-- this allows you to select more than one object at a
time.
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On-line Help
Elixir software uses the Microsoft Windows Help program to provide on-line Help for all functions.
For more information about Windows Help, select the
[How to Use Help] option in the Help menu, or see
your Microsoft Windows documentation.
The Help files included with your Elixir software include graphics created using screen drivers with large
fonts. If you use a screen driver with small fonts, the
Help file graphics may not display clearly. For optimum graphics display, use a screen driver with large
fonts.
You can display on-line Help in the following ways:
Bubble Help
Click on an icon with the right mouse button to view its
properties (if applicable) or to display "bubble help."
Bubble help is a short description of the icon function
that displays in a bubble extending from the icon.
Quick Help
Enable the quick function by selecting the quick help
option in the Usage Switches (or Preferences -- for
ElixirImage) dialog box. When you move the screen
pointer over an icon on the screen, a short description
of the icon function displays in the message area of
the screen. During certain operations a message
about the function you are performing also displays in
the message area. To see these operational messages, disable quick help.
Context sensitive Help
To use this function, click on an icon and press <F1>.
If available, the appropriate Help topic displays. If no
specific topic is available, the Help table of contents
displays.
Help menu
Select [Help] from the top pull-down menu and choose
one of the displayed topics.
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Dialog box Help
Click on the [Help] button in a dialog box to view an
associated Help topic. Under Windows 95 and Windows NT, right-click on a dialog box option to display
an associated Help topic.
Help pop-ups and jumps
Within Help topic text, words or phrases underlined in
green are pop-ups or jumps. When you click on a
pop-up topic, a box displays within the current Help
topic with additional information. When you click on a
jump, a different, associated Help topic displays.
Help hypergraphics
Hypergraphics are special graphics within Help files
that contain "hot spots". Hot spots are either pop-up
topics or jumps. Hypergraphics in Elixir Help are most
commonly dialog boxes with option hot spots (pop-up
definitions), toolboxes with tool hot spots (topic
jumps), and menus with option hot spots (topic jumps
or pop-up definitions).
Move the cursor over a hypergraphic until a hand displays, then click on this hot spot to display a pop-up
topic, or a "jump". To close a pop-up topic, click the
mouse button. To return to the original Help topic
from a jump, click on <Back> in the Help file menu.
Organization of this guide
This guide contains the following chapters and
appendices:
Chapter 1, “Introduction,” presents an overview of
Desktop functions, features and documentation.
Chapter 2, “Desktop basics,” describes the layout and
basic operation of the Desktop.
Chapter 3, “Elixir folders,” describes the Elixir directory structure and how to use the Desktop to organize
and manage forms, fonts, images, documents and
jobs.
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Chapter 4, “Desktop configuration,” describes how to
customize the Desktop.
Chapter 5, “Additional Desktop features,” describes
further capabilities built into the Desktop.
Chapter 6, “Peripheral devices,” describes how to
configure and use PC diskette drives, scanners and
printers.
Chapter 7, “File conversions,” describes how to perform various file conversions.
Chapter 8, “Accessing DOS files and applications,”
describes tools that allow you to access DOS and link
DOS files to applications.
Chapter 9, “File Transfer,” describes how to transfer
files between your PC and host computer, and how to
download and upload files for subsequent processing.
Chapter 10, “Transformations,” describes how to apply Elixir utilities to modify Elixir-format form and image files.
Appendix A, “Keyboard shortcuts,” describes all Desktop keyboard shortcuts (fast keys).
Appendix B, “Additional files and directories,” explains
the functions and use of related files not described
elsewhere in this guide.
Appendix C, “Desktop menu bar,” describes operations accessed from Desktop pull-down menus.
Appendix D, "AFP font conversion considerations,"
describes issues and strategies relating to AFP font
conversions.
Glossary.
Index.
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Installation
See the Elixir for AFP Getting Started Guide for installation information.
Starting the Elixir Desktop
To start the Desktop, double-click on the Elixir Suite
for AFP icon in the Program Manager Elixir Applications window.
The Elixir Desktop displays.
Exit button
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Figure 1-1. Elixir Desktop
If you are using a monochrome monitor and have difficulty reading Title bar text, select [Usage Switches]
from the System menu. Then, in the Usage Switches
dialog box, select [Monochrome Monitor].
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An Elixir logo may also display at the center of your
screen. The logo disappears when you press a key on
the keyboard or a mouse button.
Note that you cannot move icons on the Desktop.
Exiting the Elixir Desktop
To exit the Elixir Desktop or any of its associated
applications:
Double-click on the Close button at the top left of
any Elixir application.
Press <Alt> + <F4>.
Press <Alt> + <X>.
From the File menu and select [Exit]
Click on the [X] at the top right corner of the appli-
cation window.
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2. Desktop basics
This chapter describes the Elixir Desktop layout and
basic operation. Later chapters describe more advanced Desktop operations.
Common Windows operating system
The Elixir Desktop uses the standard Windows interface for display and use of operational elements such
as icons, command buttons, tools, menus, dialog
boxes and mouse.
See your Windows manual for complete information.
Desktop layout
The Elixir Desktop comprises two main display areas:
The top of the Desktop displays the menu bar and
message area.
The remaining Desktop area displays icons.
Both menu bar and icons provide access to pull-down
menus. See the "Sub-window menus" section in this
chapter, and the "Desktop configuration" and "Additional Desktop features" chapters for more information.
The message area displays information about the operation in process, including relevant warning and error messages.
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Message area
Menu bar
Figure 2-1. Desktop layout
Icons
Each Desktop icon represents an application, folder,
utility or PC device configured for your system. Generally, the name, shape and appearance of an icon indicate its purpose or the type of action you can perform.
The following sections briefly describe each icon and,
where applicable, refer you to chapters where you can
find more information.
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