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PageStream 5.0.4.17a, good and bad 2
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2008-05-20 16:32:47

ASSEMBLED E-MAILS PART 2:

DERON I AM ACTUALLY TRY WORKING WITH 17A.
I HAVE A DOCUMENT OPEN AND WANT TO LOOK AT ANOTHER ONE I HAD OPENED. SO
I CLICK TO LINE (MINIMIZE WINDOW: THEO) SO THE DOCUMENT GOES TO THE
BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN: IT DISAPPEARS COMPLETELY SO IT SEEMS.
I MOVE THE EDIT PALETTE (LOWER RIGHT ON THE SCREEN) TO ANOTHER PLACE ON
SCREEN. NO SIGN OF THE DOCUMENT(S), BUT THE SLIDER AT THE BOTTOM TELLS
ME THAT THERE IS MORE.
I MOVE THE SLIDER TO THE RIGHT, AND YES THERE THEY ARE! (THE SLIDER
DISAPPEARS IMMEDIATELY.)

TO DO THIS ALL OVER AGAIN, I CLOSE PGS (THE DOCUMENTS ARE STILL AS A
SMALL BLUE SQUARE WITH ONLY THE NAME) AND REOPEN PGS. I OPEN ONE OF
THOSE DOCUMENT AND IT OPENS AS A SMALL WINDOW (LETTERBOX). OUCH.
I CAN GET A FULL WINDOW AGAIN. CLOSING AND OPENING PGS AND RELOAD THAT
DOCUMENT OPENS ON A FULL SCREEN (NORMAL). CLICKING ON THE LINE (MINIMIZE
WINDOW: THEO) DOES IT GO AWAY OUT OF SIGHT AGAIN (CAN ONLY BE FOUND
CLICKING THE EDIT PALETTE AWAY AND THE SLIDER TO THE RIGHT.

WHEN I OPEN INSERT CHARACTER (ARIAL) THE FIRST WHAT I SEE IS ALL ÿ'S
BEFORE SPACE !
FIRST IT A SMALL WHITE SQUARE WITH CHARACTERS IN IT (ÿ TILL *), BUT
CLICKING INSIDE THAT WHITE SQUARE IT BECOMES SUDDENLY A RECTANGLE (ÿ
TILL 6).

I HAVE TWO DOCUMENTS OPEN, I CLICK ON ONE (WAS SMALL AT THE BOTTOM OF
THE SCREEN) TO CLOSING IT, IT GOES BUT THE ONE (FULL SCREEN DOCUMENT) IS
NOT REACHABLE ANYMORE. THE TOOLBOX IS GRAYED OUT. I CAN MAKE IT SMALL
AND MAKE A FULL SIZE DOCUMENT AGAIN, BUT THE TOOLBOX STAYS GRAY. I DID
SOME WORK THERE AND IT SEEMS TO BE LOST. I WANT TO CLICK THE DOCUMENT
AWAY (CLOSING IT), BUT I CAN'T. I CAN MAKE IT SMALL AND FULL SIZE AGAIN,
BUT THAT'S ALL.
CLOSING PGS GIVES ME A CHANCE TO SAVE IT. AH! OPENING PGS AGAIN, THE
DOCUMENT OPENS AS A LETTERBOX AT THE OUTMOST BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN AT
FULL WIDTH. I MUST REMOVE ONE OF THE PALETTES TO RESIZE THE DOCUMENT, BY
HAND! ALL MY WORK IS SAVED, THAT WORKS! NOW I HAVE TO PLACE MY PALETTES
AT THEIR OWN PLACE AGAIN. SIGH.

I ALIGN( TO MY PICTURE(S) I START MIDDLE AND AT THE TOP. WORKS! THE
NEXT ONES I WANT TO BE ONLY IN THE MIDDLE, BUT PGS REMEMBERS THE LAST
ACTION, SO I HAVE TO RESET THE TOP ARROW.

AH, I FOUND SOMETHING ELSE.
IN REPORTS ALL THE ILLUSTRATION IS SHOWED WITH THEIR NAMES.
THE DOCUMENT I LOOK INTO HAS, AND I KNOW THIS FOR SURE, ALL (!) EXTERNAL
ILLUSTRATIONS (DRAWINGS: ILUS), AND AS I SEE A LOT OF INTERNAL
ILLUSTRATIONS.

WHAT DOES PGS DO? WELL, ALL THOSE EXTERNAL ILLUSTRATIONS HAVE ALREADY
MADE VECTORIZED PARTS (HANDY FOR RETURNING OBJECTS) WHICH ARE PLACED IN
THAT EXTERNAL ILLUSTRATION.
NOW ALL THOSE VECTORIZED PARTS IN THE EXTERNAL ILLUSTRATION IS MENTIONED
IN REPORTS AS INTERNAL GRAPHICS (GRAPHICS USED INTERNAL).
IS THIS CORRECT IS A MATTER OF SEMANTIC, BUT I THINK NOT. THEY ARE A
PART OF AN EXTERNAL ILLUSTRATION AND SHOULD BE CATEGORIZED AS EXTERNAL.
BUT SHOULD THEY BE MENTIONED? WELL... LOOK AT THE NEXT FIRST:

IT NOW HAPPENS THAT SOME OF THE VECTORIZED PARTS COME SOMETIMES MORE
THAN ONCE IN ONE ILLUSTRATION. THEN IT'S MENTIONED THAT MANY TIMES IN
THE REPORTS.
NOW IT HAPPENS THAT SOME OTHER EXTERNAL ILLUSTRATIONS HAVE ALSO THAT
SAME VECTORIZED PART. AND YES I'VE GOT LOTS (45 IN A DOCUMENT) OF THE SO
CALLED SAME INTERNAL ILLUSTRATIONS ALL MENTIONED APART.

SHOULD THOSE SO CALLED INTERNAL GRAPHICS BE MENTIONED. MMMM, YES, THEY CAN.
BUT CAN THAT BE CROPPED TO: NAME OF THAT VECTORIZED ILLUSTRATION WITH A
NUMBER (IN THIS CASE: 45, THE SUM OF THE OCCURRINGS IN THE DOCUMENT)?

LIKE:
D:DOCUMENTS OF THEOPAGESTREAMGRAPHICSNAME OF THE FOLDER(S)NAME OF
THE ILLUSTRATION.ILUS (45)

DERON QUOTE:
OK, THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
DERON UNQUOTE.

SO CAN THE ILLUSTRATIONS WITH NO NAME, BECAUSE THEY ARE REALLY INTERNAL,
BE MENTIONED AS: <UNKNOWN FILE> (34)
THEY NOW 5.0.4.17 ARE BLANC IN THE REPORTS.

ANOTHER THING STRIKES ME (A BIT). CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG.
WHEN I FIND A NICE BITMAP ON A SITE WITH MY BROWSER, I CAN COPY IT.
BUT I CANNOT PLACE THAT BITMAP IN PGS. I HAVE TO PLACE IT IN MY ANCIENT
PAINTSHOP (PRO 6). THEN I SELECT ALL IN PAINTSHOP, AND THAT I CAN COPY
AND PLACE IT IN A PGS DOCUMENT.
DERON QUOTE:
WHAT BROWSER ARE YOU COPYING FROM? THEO: FIREFOX 3 (BETA 5).
DERON UNQUOTE.

OK THIS IS NOT A PGS 5.0.4.17 MATTER, THIS HAPPENS ALSO IN PGS 5.0.4.4.
BUT I THOUGHT IT ONCE WORKED...
THE OTHER WAY AROUND DOES NOT WORK. COPY A BITMAP FROM A PGS DOCUMENT
AND PLACE OUTSIDE PGS IN LETS SAY: PAINTSHOP.
I CAN COPY AND PASTE INSIDE PGS, HOWEVER.

BUG 184 STILL EXISTS! SHORT: IF PGS AND HIS DOCUMENTS EXCEEDS A SIZE IT
CRASHES.
I HAVE A 300 + PAGE DOCUMENT WITH LOTS OF EXTERNAL AND MUCH LESS
INTERNAL ILLUSTRATIONS (AND YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHAT PGS SHOWS AS
INTERNAL GRAPHICS WHICH ARE REALLY IN EXTERNAL GRAPHICS IN REPORTS).
THIS ONE (PGS 5.0.4.17) CRASHES EARLIER THAN THE LAST (5.0.4.4), NOT
MUCH EARLIER BUT IT DOES.
AND FOR WHAT I SAW, PGS IS WORKING CORRECT, MEANING NO ERRORS OR
MISBEHAVING UNTIL THE CRASH.

SO IF YOU CAN MANAGE THE POSTSCRIPT PROBLEM IN PART 1 OF THE E-MAIL, AND
ALL THE PROBLEMS IN PART 2, THEN THE COMING PGS CAN BE USED FOR REAL AS
REPLACEMENT FOR 5.0.4.4!!

I'M SORRY THAT I CANNOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE PROGRESS YOU MADE IN FONT
USING (WHERE HE README IS FULL OF), I DON'T SEE THAT. AND THAT IS THAT
NOT I DO NOT SEE THIS, BUT I HAVE NO CLUE WHERE TO LOOK FOR.
I THINK WHEN IT IS PRINTED IT CAN (?) BE SEEN. I DO THAT RARELY
(PRINTING), AND THIS IS ON BITMAP PRINTER. I AM LUCKY IF THE COLORS
MATCH CLOSE ENOUGH.

DERON FOUND A SURE CRASH (BUT NOT ALL THE TIME, YOU'LL SEE), AND A
HUGE, DUTCH, PREFERENCES.

I FOUND THAT THE PREFERENCES WINDOW WAS SOMETIMES TOO LARGE TO CLOSE. I
HAD TO REMOVE SOME PALETTES TO CLOSE OR SAVE THE PREFERENCES.
OPEN A NEW DOCUMENT TO GET PREFERENCES ON TOP, AND NOT BEHIND THE
NAVIGATOR.
OPEN PREFERENCES, WELL IT'S LARGE BUT NOT THAT.
CLICK ON THE TAB TOOLBAR AND CLICK ON CANCEL.
REOPEN PREFERENCES AND ... WELL I'LL BE ... =-O

NOW TO DUTCH LOCALE, WHERE IT HAPPENED.
MAKE IN PREFERENCES IN INTERFACE THE LOCALE: NEDERLANDS. SAVE THIS AND
QUIT PGS.
REOPEN PGS AND OPEN A NEW DOCUMENT. OPEN PREFERENCES. IT'S MUCH WIDER
THAN THE ENGLISH VERSION, NO PROBLEM HERE.
CLICK ON WERKBALK (TOOLBAR), CLICK ON ANNULEREN (CANCEL).
OPEN PREFERENCES AGAIN, NOW IT'S MUCH MORE WIDER THAN BEFORE, IN FACT
THERE IS A LARGE PART BEHIND THE PALETTES.
CLICK ON ANNULEREN (CANCEL). CLICK ON AFSLUITEN (QUIT) TO CLOSE PGS.
I HAVE A 1280 BY 1024 PIXELS SCREEN.

NOW REOPEN PGS AND THEN IT SHOULD NOT OPEN, BUT IT DOES. OH WELL.

WHAT IT DID REPEATEDLY IS THAT PGS STAYS IN THE MEMORY, EVEN PGS 5.0.4.4
WOULDN'T OPEN.
WITH CTRL-ALT-DEL I CAN REMOVE PGS FROM MEMORY, THEN I CAN OPEN ALL MY
PGS5 AGAIN, ONE AT THE TIME.

IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY ALSO, BUT I COULDN'T PUT A FINGER ON IT. AND NOW
I'M NOT SURE.. :-

KEEP THIS IN MIND WHEN SOMETHING IS HAPPENING WHICH LOOKS LIKE THIS.

WHAT'S LEFT IS ENORMOUS PREFERENCES IN THE DUTCH PGS VERSION.

I (THEO) ANSWERED ON AN E-MAIL WITH:
OH, NO! THE WINDOW WHERE MY DOCUMENT IS ON IS SO LARGE I CAN'T GET IT
SMALLER ANYMORE. I CAN GO TO THE OUTMOST RIGHT AND BOTTOM WITH THE
SLIDERS, BUT MY MOUSE POINTER NEEDS A PLACE OUTSIDE MY MONITOR TO RESIZE
THE WINDOW.
AND YOU KNOW WHEN I CLOSE PGS AND REOPEN PGS AND OPEN THE DOCUMENT, THE
SIZE OF THE WINDOW IS THE SAME. BECAUSE PGS REMEMBERS THE SIZE... SIGH.
HELP!

I MANAGED NOW TO GET MY DOCUMENT INSIDE THE PGS WINDOW AGAIN (COULD NOT
REACH THE SIZE HANDLES, ONLY OUTSIDE MY MONITOR ). I DID THIS WITH
EDITING IN PAGESTREAM.INI THE SETWINDOWDEFAULTS AT...
YOU MIGHT SEE THAT I DON'T LIKE THIS AUTOMATICALLY KNOWING OF PGS HOW I
WANT TO SEE WHERE AND HOW LARGE MY WINDOWS ARE. I LIKE TO KEEP THAT IN
HAND, MANUALLY.
NOW I MUST PLACE THE PALETTE WINDOWS BACK ON THEIR PLACES WHEN I QUIT
AND REOPEN (THIS) PGS AND THEY ARE RANDOM BECAUSE I COULD NOT GET TO THE
SIZE HANDLES OF A WINDOW.

POSITIVE NEWS ALSO: THE SCREEN REFRESH IS WORKING GOOD FOR TEXT ON A,
BLENDED WITH OPACITY TO 0%, PAGE! GREAT!

DERON: QUOTE:
I DO HAVE YOUR REPORTS, AND I'M TRYING TO GET THROUGH THEM. I'VE GOT
SEVERAL FIXED, BUT MY WIFE HAS BEEN HOGGING THAT COMPUTER! I NEED TO GET
HER ON THE LINUX COMPUTER, OR GET ANOTHER COPY OF WINDOWS OR SOMETHING!
I DO SEE THAT YOU CAN RUN WINDOWS ON A MAC WHICH MIGHT MAKE THINGS
EASIER FOR ME FOR NOW.

IF YOU CAN REMEMBER HOW THE DOCUMENT WINDOW GOT SO LARGE IT WOULD HELP!
I THOUGHT I HAD CODE THAT WOULD STOP A WINDOW FROM OPENING UP BIGGER
THAN THE SCREEN BUT EVIDENTLY NOT! (I ADDED IT FOR THE MAC, BUT I
THOUGHT I DID IT FOR ALL PLATFORMS). I'LL CHECK THAT OUT.
DERON UNQUOTE.
THEO ANSWERED:
I'M NOT SURE! JUST TRYING AT RANDOM TO DO THINGS AND THEN THE PAGE IS
TOO BIG. BEHIND THE TOOLBOX (ON THE LEFT) AND THE PALETTES ON THE RIGHT.
I CAN RESIZE THE WINDOW, BUT IT'S BECOMING MUCH LARGER (BECOME ONE WITH
PGS) OR IT DISAPPEARS TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN.
OH, THEN IT BECAME TROUBLESOME. THE WINDOW AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN
WAS AT (MORE THAN) FULL SIZE (LEFT TO RIGHT) BUT FEW PIXELS HIGH. THEN I
RESIZE IT WITH THE RESULT THAT I COULDN'T RESIZE IT WITHOUT EDITING IN
PAGESTREAM5.INI.
THIS I WROTE FROM THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
THEO UNQUOTE.

DERON QUOTE:
GLAD TO HEAR ABOUT THE SCREEN REDRAWS WITH TEXT. I'M TRYING TO GET THESE
ODD THINGS FIXED, BUT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT HOW SLOW THE PROGRAM MIGHT
BECOME.
DERON UNQUOTE.

DERON PGS REMEMBERS EVERYTHING. AND I DON'T LIKE THAT, REALLY.

FIRST: IT REMEMBERS WHERE THE WINDOWS AND PALETTES AND SIZES ARE.
THE PALETTES: I PLACE THEM ONCE. AND I WANT THEM TO BE ON THEIR PLACE
WHEN I REOPEN PGS, AND NOT WHERE THEY WERE WHEN I QUIT PGS.
WHEN I HAVE TWO DOCUMENTS ON MY SCREEN (BELOW OR BESIDE EACH OTHER) I
MUST REMEMBER TO PLACE ONE BACK TO THE ORIGINAL SIZE. BECAUSE WHEN I
CLOSE PGS AND REOPEN THE DOCUMENT IT OPEN IS AT THE SIZE OF ONE OF THE
WINDOWS I HAD USE (SMALL).

SECOND: IT REMEMBERS EVEN THE WAY I WORK.IF I LEFT A ILLUSTRATION
EXTERNAL IT'S AN EXTERNAL SELECTED WHEN I OPEN ANOTHER ILLUSTRATION.
WHEN I SELECT THAT AN ILLUSTRATION IS IN THE MIDDLE WITH ALIGN, THEN
IT'S STILL SELECTED MIDDLE WHEN I WANT TO ALIGN ANOTHER ILLUSTRATION.
WHEN I WANT IT THE OTHER WAY I MUST DESELECT THEM.

WHEN I WANT A WINDOW OUT OF MY WAY I CLICK ON THE LAYING DASH (_).
NORMALLY (PGS 5.0.4.4 AND BELOW) IT GOES TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN ON
THE LEFT. WHEN I CLICK ON THE DASH FROM ANOTHER WINDOW IT PLACES ITSELF
BESIDES THE OTHER ON THE RIGHT (OR TO AN OPEN PLACE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE
PGS SCREEN).
PGS 5.0.4.17 PLACES ON A DIFFERENT WAY. SOMETIMES IT PUTS THE WINDOW AT
THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN FILLING IT FROM LEFT TO RIGHT (EVEN WIDER THEN
THE SCREEN). SOMETIMES ITS ON THE UPMOST BOTTOM AND TO THE RIGHT
(OUTSIDE THE NORMAL PGS SCREEN). WHEN I WANT ANOTHER DOCUMENT WINDOW OUT
OF MY WAY IT PUTS ITSELF ON TOP OF THE 'OLDER' WINDOW. SO YOU THINK
THAT ONE DOCUMENT IS LOST.

IF YOU WANT PGS TO REMEMBER, PLEASE MAKE IT SO THAT I CAN DESELECT THIS.

HAS THERE SOMETHING CHANGED IN THE BEHAVIOR OF THE TAB?
I HAVE A LIST, SAY IN THE FORM OF A DICTIONARY: WORD TAB TEXT.
WHEN I HAVE A WORD (WORDS) THEN A TAB AND THEN SOME TEXT. I MAKE THE
WORD(S) BOLD. THIS WORD(S) IS BECOMING A BIT WIDER.
MOST OF THE TIMES IT'S GOOD. BUT SOMETIMES THE WORD(S) IS CREEPING ONTO
THE TEXT. THE TIME WHEN PGS THINKS IT MUST MOVE THE TEXT TO ANOTHER TAB
IS DIFFERENT UNDER PGS 5.0.4.17 THEN IN THE EARLIER VERSIONS OF PGS. NOW
THERE ARE MORE TIMES WHERE THE WORD(S) TOUCHES THE TEXT, WITHOUT MOVING
THE TEXT TO THE RIGHT.
MAYBE THIS IS BETTER BEHAVIOR, BUT I SEE THE DIFFERENCES (TOO BAD I
CAN'T HAVE TWO PGS5 WINDOWS (5.0.4.17 AND 5.0.4.4) OPEN AT ONE TIME. I
HAVE TO BUY TWO COMPUTERS MAYBE ).

ANOTHER STRANGE BEHAVIOR (AT LEAST THE WINDOWS VERSION):
WHEN I DOUBLE CLICK IN TEXT (SELECTED TEXT) AND CLICK ON THE BOLD BUTTON
THE MOUSE POINTER CHANGES FROM THE TEXT TOOL TO THE OBJECT TOOL.
OLD BEHAVIOR FROM PGS: WHEN THE BOLD BUTTON IS SELECTED THE SELECTED
TEXT SEEMS TO BE GONE. THE PGS WINDOW IS NOT SELECTED ANYMORE. CLICK ON
THE PGS WINDOW AND YOU CAN SEE THE SELECTED TEXT AGAIN. WAS THIS: PGS
CANNOT FOCUS A WINDOW (PGS DON'T REMEMBERS WHICH DOCUMENT IS SELECTED
AND CLOSES THE WRONG ONE WHEN ONE WISHES TO CLOSE THE DOCUMENT WHICH IS
ON TOP OF THE SCREEN)?

THE DYNAMICAL UPDATE OF THE COLORS IN THE COLOR PALETTE DOES NOT WORK, YET.

I HAVE COLORS THAT ARE NORMALLY IN THE DOCUMENT, DEFAULT COLORS.
ALL MY ILLUSTRATIONS ARE EXTERNAL, AND MAY HAVE DIFFERENT COLORS THAN IN
MY DOCUMENT.
WHEN SUCH AN ILLUSTRATION IS IN THE DOCUMENT THE 'NEW COLOR' IS NOT
ADDED IN THE COLOR PALETTE. WHEN I LOOK INTO EDIT / DEFINE / COLORS...
THE NEW COLOR IS THERE.

ANOTHER APPROACH: THE EXTERNAL ILLUSTRATION IS ALREADY IN THE DOCUMENT.
I CHANGE THE ILLUSTRATION: I ADD A NEW COLOR TO AN OBJECT IN THAT
ILLUSTRATION (AND SAVE IT).
WHEN I LOAD THE DOCUMENT WITH THAT ILLUSTRATION, THEN I EXPECT THAT WHEN
I LOOK AT THAT PAGE WITH THAT ILLUSTRATION, THAT THE COLOR PALETTE IS
UPDATED, DYNAMICAL, WITH THAT COLOR.

DERON QUOTE:
I DID FIND A COUPLE BUGS WITH EXTERNAL PICTURES, BUT NOTHING TO DO WITH
COLORS (I WAS EDITING AN EXTERNAL DRAWING IN ONE DOCUMENT AND HAD
ANOTHER DOCUMENT OPEN WITH THE SAME EXTERNAL DRAWING. ON WINDOWS AND
MACINTOSH, THE SECOND DRAWING WON'T UPDATE AUTOMATICALLY, YOU HAVE TO
SWITCH TO THE DESKTOP AND SWITCH BACK. I FIXED THAT FOR THE NEXT RELEASE.
DERON UNQUOTE.
THEO ANSWERED:
UHM, I DID NOT EXPLORE THIS IN 5.0.4.17. BUT THAT IS AN OLD ONE :-P . AT
LEAST: SORT OF.
ABOUT A MONTH AGO YOU GAVE ME A WORK AROUND: A SCRIPT (MACRO):
CHECKEXTERNALLINKS
AND THIS WORKS FOR ME: JUST CLICK ON THE SCRIPT: ET VOILA (= AND THERE
IT IS)!

THANKS FOR THE FIX!
THEO UNQUOTE.

DERON QUOTE:
ALSO, IT WILL CRASH IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING IN THE EXTERNAL DRAWING
SELECTED WHEN YOU SWITCH BACK BECAUSE IT DIDN'T EXPECT TO HAVE AN OBJECT
SELECTED THAT GETS REPLACED. THAT ONE IS NOT FIXED YET. I AM ALSO
THINKING IT WOULD BE NICE TO UPDATE THE EXTERNAL DRAWING IF YOU SAVE THE
DOCUMENT AND YOU HAVE MADE A CHANGE TO THE EXTERNAL DRAWING.
DERON UNQUOTE:
THEO ANWERED:
MUST BEEN THERE, BUT IT DIDN'T BOTHER ME THAT I MADE A BUG REPORT (WAS
SO SELDOM OR IT COULD BE MY FAULT).
THEO UNQUOTE.

DERON QUOTE:
HOWEVER, THE COLORS UPDATED CORRECTLY. SO COULD YOU GIVE ME MORE DETAILS
ABOUT WHAT STEPS YOU USE TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM?
DERON UNQUOTE.
THEO ANWERED:
I'LL TRY.

(THE PROBLEM IS THAT WHEN YOU SAVE A DOCUMENT SOMETIMES (?? I JUST SAW
IT!) THE UNIQUE COLOR IS ALREADY ADDED TO THE DOCUMENT.)
TRY A DRAWING, EXTERNAL, WITH A COLOR THAT IS NORMALLY NOT IN YOUR
DOCUMENT, AN UNIQUE COLOR. THIS DRAWING MUST NOT BE ON PAGE 1! SAVE THE
DOCUMENT, CLOSE IT AND REOPEN IT.
(WHEN THE EXTERNAL DRAWING IS AT THE FIRST PAGE, THEN IT'S LOADED AT
ONCE, AND SHOWED IN THE COLOR PALETTE. IF FOR SOME REASON THE COLOR IS
ALREADY IN THE DOCUMENT - SEE COLOR PALETTE - JUST DELETE IT.)
HAVE EVENTUALLY A LOOK IN REPORTS... THAT COLOR SHOULD NOT BE THERE AT
THIS MOMENT.
NOW GO TO THE PAGE, FOR THE FIRST TIME (!), WHERE THE DRAWING IS. NOW
THE COLOR PALETTE SHOULD GIVE THAT COLOR - DYNAMICAL UPDATE -, BUT IT
DOESN'T. IN REPORTS... IT IS (I KNOW THE REASON).

WHY DO I WANT THIS? WELL, THEN I KNOW WHAT COLORS THERE ARE IN A
DOCUMENT AT A CERTAIN TIME.
I JUST REPLACED ALL OF THE ENGLISH COLOR NAMES TO DUTCH COLOR NAMES IN
THE DRAWINGS (NOT ALL BUT A LOT!). I SOMETIMES MISSED A COLOR (ORANGE
AND ORANJE IS ONE OF THEM, THE SAME COLOR ONLY DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, SO
EASILY OVERLOOKED. OR COLORS WITH A DOT NUMBER, LIKE BLACK.1).
NOW WHEN I OPEN A DOCUMENT I CAN SEE ON WHAT PAGE THE PROBLEM COLOR IS
(NOW I DO IT PAGE BY PAGE: GO TO REPORTS... AND CHECK. GO TO THE NEXT
PAGE: GO TO REPORTS... AND CHECK. AND SO ON).
YOU SEE WHAT TIME IT SAVES WHEN PGS DYNAMICAL UPDATES THE COLOR PALETTE?
AND YOU KNOW WHAT? WHEN REPORTS... IS OPEN YOU CANNOT EDIT IN COLORS...
(OR COLOR PALETTE: NOT SURE AT THE MOMENT, THEO) AT THE SAME TIME, NOT
ALLOWED.

IS THIS A BETTER EXPLANATION, DERON? I SURE HOPE SO. BUT IF NOT: ASK AGAIN.
THEO UNQUOTE.

ALTHOUGH FORMULAS NEVER WORKED FOR ME IN THE WINDOWS (!) PGS VERSIONS,
THERE IS A BUG NOTICEABLE:

THE NEW BUG:
OPEN A NEW DOCUMENT, USE THE TEXT TOOL, CLICK ANYWHERE ON THE DOCUMENT.
NOW GOT THE MENU: TYPE / INSERT / FORMULA...
THE INSERT FORMULA WINDOW IS 'EMPTY', NOW CLICK ON SHOW SEGMENT BOUNDING
BOXES: PGS CRASHES AND WINDOWS WANTS TO TELL MICROSOFT ALL ABOUT IT.
IT DOESN'T HAVE THIS BEHAVIOR WHEN YOU FIRST CLICK ON UPDATE!

THE LONG STANDING BUG:
CLICK ON OK, NOTHING ADDED TO THE DOCUMENT: NO DERON, NO MARNA AND SO ON...

THE LAST ONE.
HOPE ALL MADE SENSE.

THEO

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