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1. Cancel In addition because we have set the Baseline axis to stack multiple data points we will use an alternative data entry Turn Total and Connect convention In order to stack the items we need to segment checkboxes OFF we must enter the data along the same item row in the Data Window but in different adjacent data columns Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 2 of 5 Solo Tech Note 12 Creating Segmented amp Subtotaled Build Charts mw continued Segmented Subtotal Data Entry Conventions Below the data for the chart is arranged in a table to illustrate how it will be entered in the Data Window to stack items 2 amp 5 Item 1 10 Item 2 5 Item 3 Subtotal 20 Item 4 Item 5 Item 6 TOTAL 50 Note Item 6 Since we have turned OFF automatic total calculation for the chart we need to manually create the total column ourselves if it is required in the chart From the table above it appears that we need at least 8 data columns in the data window Next we need to open the Data Window and add additional data columns within the Plot Area 1 Open the Data Window for the chart Either Command Double Click on the chart frame or select it and press Command 4 to open the Data Window 2 Position the pointer over a data column TO
2. Build Up Down Options dialog box Location You can also select the Plot Area and press Command I a ovr to display the dialog box EG i 6 Turn the Total and Connect checkboxes OFF Minimum O08I2 ges Maximum 1 5 Om Because we will be plotting multiple data points this errs BA Auto will suppress the display of multiple Totals and eee connecting lines and make the chart visually clearer Series If these options were left On we would have difficulty distinguishing between the different data series within the chart In addition the chart will draw incorrectly once we have input the data Change to 100 7 Click the OK button to confirm the change and close the dialog box Build Up Down Options In steps 1 7 above we have taken care of problems 1 amp 2 a Now let s turn our attention to the implications these modified display options will have on data entry Proportional i fs The Data Window for the chart has thus far remained Sree unchanged It contains a single data series column to plot the chart However we know that we will be entering multiple data points for certain items eg items 2 amp 5 in the Pip aig es ea e E A ui sample chart Thus we will have to change the Data sx nei EAN A Wier eae We Window to use more than one data column in the Plot Area hex
3. le F HHR 13 Creating Line Charts With Different Patterns mw Keywords line pattern actual projected forecasts Written By Mitch Rerek Date 6 15 93 Distinguishing Current Vs Projected Data Line charts are often used to illustrate forecasted data A common technique to visually distinguish current vs forecasted data is the use of different line patterns or colors Solo s Line charts draw lines using data driven polygons Since polygons can only use a single pen pattern or color it is not immediately obvious how to solve this graphic problem A simple and easy solution is to take advantage of the way Line charts plot data Line charts plot data using the following two rules 1 Lines are drawn from the first active data point to the last active data point in the data window This means that lines can be plotted in the middle of a data series by leaving empty data cells at the beginning or end of the series or both 2 If gaps are encountered in a data series eg NA values or empty data cells line charts interpolate the data across the missing points 1 e lines are drawn across empty data cells Rule means that we can enter data so that two series can be connected to make them appear as one Thus by entering data in a specific way you can create the chart illustrated above In this sample we use two data series and leave selected portions of each series blank The chart wi
4. le i HHR Solo Tech Notes 35 Placing Custom Preferences into Solo 3 x x Template Files mw Keywords preferences templates template files resedit converting Obsolete See new Tech Note 36 Written By Mitch Rerek Date 04 8 97 Last Updated 04 8 97 With the cross platform release of Solo 3 0 many Solo users have requested information about converting customized Template files These requests have focused on recording new preferences changing exisiting preferences and how they can be moved between the Macintosh and Windows platforms The process requires copies of Solo and ResEdit on the Macintosh platform You should be familiar with Solo Tech Notes 19 amp 20 before attempting to use the following information Editing resources using ResEdit should only be done by those with experience and an understanding of the implications Doing so haphazardly is risky Please contact Axon Tech Support if you need help To create new custom preferences for the Macintosh and move them to Windows you must use a ResEdited version of Solo on a Macintosh Macintosh users will need to complete Sections 1 and 2 Windows users will need to complete Sections 1 2 and 3 Section 1 Modifying Solo s PFSN Resource 1 Make sure that you have a copies of the Solo 3 x x and ResEdit programs on the Macintosh Launch ResEdit and open the copy of your Solo program file Double click the PFSN resource icon in th
5. 25 LaserWriter 8 1 1 Bugs m Keywords print polygons picts dashed lines dashed lines quickprint smooth Written By Peter Harrison Date 8 25 94 Last Updated 11 3 94 The LaserWriter 7 1 2 printer driver was recently replaced by the LaserWriter 8 1 1 Although the new driver improves printing speed some problems have been introduced in Solo and other programs The LaserWriter 8 1 1 release notes from Apple list a number of these We recommend using the 7 1 2 driver with Solo However some of Apple s new printers require the 8 1 1 driver or a later version If you do need to the use the 8 1 1 driver be aware of the following known problems LaserWriter 8 1 1 Problems e Smoothed filled polygons e g a fancy bracket which follow a text object in the page s stacking order get printed with no fill Moving the polygon to the back of the page will fix this e A text object with a dashed pen and mixed text styles e g first line bold and second line plain will crash e Rotated PICTs objects with dashed line pens and groups of smoothed polygons can cause random crashes e Users have also reported random crashes using the Storyboard QuickPrint icon but this has not been confirmed Please let us know if you encounter other problems so we can add them to this Tech Note A Beta copy of the new LaserWriter 8 2 driver appears to fix the first problem with the smoothed filled polygons As of this writing the driver has no
6. O 08en Baseline Flange 3 81em Os x Auto Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 1 of 1 Solo Tech Notes le F HHR 34 Moving Custom Template Files From the Macintosh to Windows mw Keywords template file custom resource converting Written By Mitch Rerek Date 08 30 96 Last Updated 08 30 96 With the cross platform release of Solo 3 0 many Solo users have requested information about converting their customized Macintosh Template files over to the Windows platform Under Windows Template files actually use 2 files The first named Template File X1F contains templates The second named Template File X1F RSR contains custom preferences The process requires using Solo 3 0 for the Macintosh to create two new files Follow the steps below to convert your Macintosh Template File to a Windows Template File 1 Launch Solo 3 x x on the Macintosh 2 Close the Template File by choosing the Close Template File command from the Templates menu 3 Press and hold the Option key while choosing the Open command from the File menu This permits the opening and editing of a Template File 4 Open the Template File stored inside of your Solo folder 5 After the Template File has opened press and hold the Option key while choosing the Make Template File command from the Templates menu The document s title bar s
7. e The 3rd series plots the line from 1986 88 After plotting the chart select the 3rd series line and change its pen pattern color to match the first This achieves the desired look required for the chart Alternatives In the sample chart above we used three data series for a very specific reason When line charts are drawn successive data series are drawn behind preceding data series By using three data series that overlap by a single data point we eliminate potential layering problems Plotting the chart as illustrated in Sample A would result in the second series becoming lost behind the first Alternatively keeping in mind that successive series are plotted behind preceding series if we arrange the data as illustrated in Sample B we achieve the desired results Sample A Sample B 290 ZJZ Line Basic 290 ZJE Line Basic 22 200 200 150 150 100 100 50 50 0 0 1980 82 84 86 1988 1980 82 84 86 1988 Author s Note Thanks to Fiona Potter for her contributions to this Tech Note Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 2 of 2 le F HHR Solo Tech Notes 14 Creating 35mm Slides With The Autographix Driver m Keywords aspect ratio 35 35mm slides Written By Mitch Rerek Date 6 30 93 Last Updated 06 20 97 The Autographix printer driver AGX 4 0 can be used to create 35mm slides in Solo for
8. must modify the chart s drawing options so it is drawn correctly To solve this problem we will modify the Build chart Plot Options dialog to change the display of the chart when it is plotted using multiple data series 3 Because we will be entering multiple data series to stack the items we will modify the chart s data window to accommodate the data and employ some simple mathematics to control the display of the chart Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 1 of 5 Solo Tech Note 12 Creating Segmented amp Subtotaled Build Charts mw continued The remainder of this Tech Note explains how to create segmented subtotaled build chart step by step 1 Create a Build type chart any variation but do not enter any data close the Data Window 2 Double click the blank baseline axis to display the Baseline Settings dialog box You can also select the baseline axis and press Command I to display the dialog box 3 At the bottom left of the dialog box change the Series field to 100 see illustration at right This forces multiple data series to stack on top of each other in the chart We can then input multiple data points for individual data items 4 Click the OK button to confirm the change and close the dialog box Baseline Settings El Show Axis E c Axis Title 5 Double click the Plot Area in the chart to display the
9. HHR Solo Tech Notes 15 About Solo s Expiration Date mw Keywords license copy protection Written By Peter Harrison Date 7 26 93 Last Updated 7 27 93 Axon distributes Solo directly to customers in many different countries Since it does not have local representation in each of these markets Axon needs some form of copy protection to help prevent unlicensed use of Solo A review of traditional methods of copy protection e g network awareness key disks found them either ineffective or too cumbersome Axon s objective is to enforce Solo license agreements without burdening legitimate users with an annoying copy protection scheme The approach selected combines a built in expiration date with display of the licensee information during Solo startup The expiration date controls the period for which Solo is usable and display of the licensee information makes it clear who is licensed to use the copy What are the benefits of the expiration date approach e The approach is transparent to legitimate users e It limits the licensee s exposure for copies which are illegally distributed outside their organization by controlling the time that the copies are usable e It can be helpful in managing user updates Keeping users up to date with current versions of software is difficult in many large organizations Axon will work with organizations to tailor the expiration date to their needs How does the expiration date app
10. HHR Solo Tech Notes 23 System Software Installation Guidelines m Keywords system configuration setup installation update Written By Peter Harrison Date 6 8 94 Last Updated 6 17 94 It is becoming increasingly difficult to gather and maintain all of the latest information for properly configuring a Macintosh The order in which the various components System Software System Enablers Hardware System Updater Network Software Updater CD ROM Software Printer Drivers Extensions Control Panels and Applications are installed has become a critically important factor If you are having problems with Solo or other applications such as random unreproducible crashes or bugs it may be due to a problem with the System software Solo expects that certain portions of the System Software have been properly installed The following guidelines should help you to properly install System Software Guidelines 1 Initialize the hard disk using the latest version of the Apple HD SC Setup application or equivalent software if using other formatting software Before initializing you should backup all data you wish to save including documents and user defined files such as template files and user dictionaries Installing over an existing system eg System 7 0 to 7 1 is NOT recommended 2 Install the latest version of the System Software Use the original diskettes which came with your Mac You cannot create o
11. Note 23 System Software Installation Guidelines m continued 10 Remember before doing any installation first restart the Mac with all Extensions off This is done by pressing the Shift key during startup Running an Installer with Extensions on can damage other software If possible it is also best to startup from a separate system on another hard disk and perform installations on your main system This is not necessary but is the safest approach Following these guidelines and keeping abreast of Apple s updates should help you maintain stable System Software Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 2 of 2 Solo Tech Notes le F HHR 24 MacroMaker Conflict m Keywords incompatibilities inits extensions control panels software Written By Peter Harrison Date 6 16 94 Last Updated 6 16 94 MacroMaker is a utility from Apple Computer for recording keystroke commands and saving them as macros We have had reports of miscellaneous problems using Solo with MacroMaker installed To the best of our knowledge MacroMaker was developed by Apple but is no longer supported If you wish to use a macro utility we suggest using a supported commercial product such as QuicKeys from CE Software or Tempo from Affinity Microsystems Ltd Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 1 of 1 Solo Tech Notes le i HHR
12. always be made into Template Files for distribution to end users Imbedding preferences in a SOURCE document that will become a Template File Launch Solo and close the untitled document Open the SOURCE document Engage the Caps Lock key i e make sure that Caps Lock is ON Visit each dialog which settings you want to include in your Template File enter the settings you want press Alt and click OK to store the settings in the file Choose Save from the File menu Create an updated Template File from the Source document by choosing Make Template File from the Templates menu Name the new file Template File Exit the Solo application Rename the original Template File in the Solo directory Template File_Axon and copy the new Template File from where you saved it into the Solo program folder Start Solo the updated Template File will be opened and the imbedded preferences used on NN AUNE O If you do not have a Template File Source document you can create a new Source document from an existing Template File as follows Launch Solo Choose Close Template File from the Templates menu Close the untitled document Press and hold the Alt key and choose Open from the File menu Navigate to the Solo directory in your Program Files folder Choose the file named Template File and click the Open button Choose Save As from the File menu and name the new file Template Fi
13. can be interrupted at any time by clicking the Stop button in the progress dialog or pressing Command Period To force a First Time Installation press the Option key when clicking OK in the greeting dialog e If you want to run the installer from a hard disk copy all of the Installer files to a single folder It is essential that all of the files are in the same folder for the Installer to work correctly This folder can also be shared across a network First Time Installation During a First Time Installation all files in the archive are installed If the files have not been placed in a folder prior to compression the installer will create a folder using the name of the first file in the archive For example if the first file in the archive is Solo 2 0 4 all of the file in the archive will be installed in a folder named Solo 2 0 4 Folder Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 1 of 3 Solo Tech Note 22 Installing Solo Using the Axon Installer Updater m continued Updates During an Update the Solo application and Template File will be replaced with newer versions by the Installer Newer versions of Main dictionaries will also replace older versions All other files in the archive are NOT installed when updating an earlier version of Solo However the archive can be customized to change this behavior Customizing the Installer Archive The Installer uses a Compact Pro archiv
14. popular in business presentations However some users have a need to create a precise color While there is no user interface for changing the color palette within Solo the palette can be changed as detailed in this tech note oe HSS This requires knowing a few things e How to use a resource editor like ResEdit e The color resource layout in Solo e The RGB values for your colors Solo s Color Palette Resource e Using ResEdit open the Solo application and CPAT resource ID 5001 Color Palette Last Updated 9 5 95 e Each color from the palette is identified by a Black and Wille Paltems gt number see the diagram to the right ilal ela Leelee Pele bao hat e For each color red 31 shown below there are 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 RGB values and a pattern and an alternate black amp white value and pattern e value and patte g 23 39 47 55 63 71 79 87 95 103 Q 3 24 32 40 48 56 64 72 80 88 96 104 25 33 41 49 57 65 73 81 89 97 105 ORK 31 26 34 42 50 58 66 74 82 90 98 106 Red Color SFFFF 27 35 43 51 59 67 75 83 91 99 107 Green Color 0000 28 36 44 52 60 68 76 84 92 100 108 Blue Color 0000 29 37 45 53 61 69 77 85 93 101 109 Color FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF NZ 30 38 46 54
15. s guidelines to take full advantage of available free MultiFinder memory e By utilizing MultiFinder memory Solo is able to perform certain operations faster and more efficiently than when restricted to it s internal 2500 K memory partition e The amount of available MultiFinder memory depends on the amount of RAM installed in the computer and the memory used by other applications running simultaneously with Solo e If your Mac has less than 5 MB of RAM there is probably very little free MultiFinder memory available while running the System and Solo If you have more RAM Solo will be able to access MultiFinder memory when it is available However to guarantee a larger amount of memory you need to increase Solo s memory partition by using the Get Info dialog in the Finder e Very large Solo documents do NOT require significantly more memory to open and edit than smaller ones This is because pages are read into memory as needed Memory requirements are instead based on the size and complexity of individual pages The more complex the page the more memory it will require Complex Charts Complex pages require additional memory to edit and print notably pages with hundreds of Text objects e Charts with plot point labels turned On can quickly increase the number of Text objects on a page As a rule of thumb based on the most complex page in a document if there are less than 250 data points then the 2500 K memory partition should be s
16. selected pages WARNING Doing this will overwrite page specific options such as Larger Print Area or Portrait mode Pages which rely on specific options may no longer print correctly If you wish to make the change click the OK button All of the selected pages print records will be changed to match the specified settings When the selected pages are printed they will print in one job NOTE If you Save the document after making such a change the page s print records are permanently changed To make the change temporary Save the document before making the change and then after printing close the document without saving the changes When the document is reopened the original print records will be intact An alternative is to use the Revert command after printing the selected pages remember to Save just prior to making the print record changes Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 2 of 2 Solo Tech Notes le 7 HER Written By Mitch Rerek Creating Stacked Cost Curves mw Keywords stacked cost curve Date 03 16 95 Cost curves illustrate the relationship between two items e g cost and capacity When using cost curves there are times you may want to segment items along the baseline x axis in the chart For example chart on the right compares three companies aluminum production in three regions of the world Solo s cost curves are desig
17. starts up e Start Solo 2 0 This will create a new Solo Prefs file e Go through the table in Tech Note 19 and set your preferences Changes will be recorded to the Solo Prefs file e When you are finished quit Solo e Start ResEdit and open the Solo Prefs file and a copy of your Template File Source document e Consult the table on the next page e Copy the resources from the Solo Prefs file and paste them in the Template File Source document e When done save the changes and quit Your Template File Source document now has built in preferences e Use the Template File Source document to make the final read only Template File There is one other aspect to Solo preferences Default chart settings are controlled with scripts built into Solo These specify the chart defaults other than those set in the Chart Preferences dialog box An example of this is the position of pie chart labels If provided with the necessary information Axon can customize these scripts The resources containing these scripts can then by copied and pasted into the resource fork of a Template File Just like Solo will honor some preferences built into a Template File it will also use built in scripts to control the format of default charts Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 1 of 2 Solo Tech Note 20 Building Preferences Into A Template File m continued The table below lists the preference resources which
18. the Macintosh Axon does not have a formal agreement with Autographix to distribute the driver with Solo The driver is distributed with various software packages and is used specifically to create 35mm slides for imaging on Autographix equipment It creates individual PICT files from pages in a Solo document Autographix PICT files can be delivered to your local imaging vendor via diskette or modem To have the files properly configured for imaging you will need the ToAGX MAC application which accompanies the driver The use of the ToAGX MAC application is explained in the Autographix documentation which you should consult for detailed instructions Setting Up A 35mm Document 1 Place the Autographix driver in your Extensions folder If you are running System 6 place the file inside your System Folder and reboot your machine Select the Chooser desk accessory from the Apple menu Click on the Autographix driver Close the Chooser window nan A W N Launch Solo and enter the first page in an untitled document Press Command 2 for Shrink To Fit view You should notice that the page is not a standard page It s dimensions are set to match the 2 3 aspect ratio necessary for 35mm slides 6 Select the Page Setup command from the File menu You will see the following dialog box AGHPrint Page Setup OK Presentation format Includes 35mm color slides and Custom presentation services Reduce or Enlarge 100
19. to directly access the speed of the PowerPC chip Performance in emulation mode will vary among programs One reason is the degree to which a program relies on the Mac Toolbox Think of the Toolbox as software which is actually built into your Mac With the Power Macs much of the Toolbox has already been converted to native code Therefore the more a program relies on the Mac Toolbox the faster it will run on a Power Mac even in emulation mode Fortunately Solo takes full advantage of the optimized Toolbox which explains why it already runs faster on a Power Mac than on any other Mac Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 1 of 1 Solo Tech Notes le F HHR 29 Moving Solo PICTs To Microsoft Windows mw Keywords translation windows pc mac pict pct dos coreldraw corel draw Written By Mitch Rerek Date 10 14 94 Last Updated 11 7 94 There have been many recent requests for information on moving Solo PICT files to Intel based PCs The process is not difficult but requires a number of steps One thing to keep in mind is that when Solo PICTs have been moved to a DOS Windows based application the appearance of the translated file s will depend upon the DOS application s ability to interpret the Macintosh PICT file format Obviously when the file is exported from a Solo document the objects on the page s will no longer behave as they did in Solo The procedure requ
20. 03 357 9701 Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 3 of 3 TM LOVE pa Solo Tech Notes a Imbedding Custom Preferences into Solo 4 x x Template Files mw Keywords preferences templates template files For EXPERTS Only Written By Mitch Rerek Date 05 22 98 Last Updated 05 10 2000 For information on setting Solo preferences see Tech Note 19 To support the creation of customized Template files a new Preference Imbedding feature has been added to Solo 4 0 Preference imbedding means that preferences can be stored as part of a document s data If the document is turned into a Template File its custom embedded preferences are used when running Solo with the Template File Normally preferences are permanently saved by pressing and holding the Alt Option key when clicking the OK button in a dialog box that supports recording preferences This records the preferences to the Solo Prefs2 file If Caps Lock is On when attempting to save preferences Solo will now store the preferences into the front most open document Ideally custom preferences should be embedded in template SOURCE documents This allows a template file designer to maintain a consistent set of preferences across several generations of a Template File SOURCE documents are standard documents which contain the Named Paragraphs Named Objects and Templates that comprise a report format SOURCE documents should
21. 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 2 of 2 le F HHR Solo Tech Notes 30 Printing amp Faxing Documents With Multiple Print Records mw Keywords printing faxing page setup print record print jobs printing faxing Written By Mitch Rerek Date 10 14 94 Last Updated 11 7 94 Solo documents normally print or fax in a single print job However you can change the page setup in the Page Editor view for any Solo page making it possible for example to include vertical and horizontal pages in the same document When printing a document with multiple page setups also called print records it will get split into multiple print jobs This is because most printer drivers can t process multiple print records in the same print job FYI This problem should be addressed by Apple s new QuickDraw GX printing software While this feature is helpful to many users it can be annoying when faxing documents or printing to a shared printer Here s how multiple print jobs get created e Creating pages with different printing options within a document Different orientations e g vertical vs horizontal Different scaling factors e g 100 vs 75 Other Printing options supported by the printer driver e Creating pages and switching between different drivers within a document When creating new pages Solo uses the driver currently selected in the Chooser to create the page setup Since diff
22. 2nd 4 7 7 34 4 3rd bottom most segment 4 3 n a Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 1 of 2 Solo Tech Note 31 Creating Stacked Cost Curves mw continued Company Cost Curve Ba Region AIH HTS PCH N amp S Amer 4 10 10 20 18 28 N amp S America Africa 4 7 10 11 18 16 data set Australia 4 3 10 4 18 7 Africa data set After calculating the data sets we sort them by region The table above illustrates the calculated and sorted data Australia sets The data set for the topmost segment is always entered first Then the remaining sets are entered until we finish with the bottom most which plots along the baseline 3 The 32 0 data point forces the next data Enter the data as illustrated in the data window at top point toplot backifrom the chart origin right This stacks the following data points on top of the preceding ones After the first data set we enter 32 0 The X value is the sum of all X values in the chart By entering it as a negative value coupled with a zero Y value the chart will draw the next segment from the chart origin 0 0 30 The next segment is then drawn in front of the preceding segments and creates the stacked visual effect we want in 25 the chart Only one set of item labels is entered for the first data set E in the chart This prevents duplicate lab
23. 4 SAM Conflict m Keywords incompatibilities inits extensions control panels software Written By Peter Harrison Date 2 26 93 Last Updated 6 2 93 Symantec s SAM is a popular anti virus software Extension There are two issues to be aware of when using SAM Because Solo saves to both the data and resource fork of its files users need to instruct SAM to allow Solo to save to the resource fork by clicking the Remember button in the SAM Alert dialog box Be sure that the SAM Intercept Control Panel Alert Preferences have been set with the Display Remember button option On The Alert will now longer be posted once SAM has remembered the Exception SAM slows launching of most applications because it scans the resource fork for viruses In a quick test we found the following startup times on a Mac IIx of some typical products Times are measured in seconds required to open the application and a new document Product Version SAM Off SAM On Solo 1 2 10 20 Aldus Persuasion 2 1 15 25 Claris MacDraw Pro 1 5 20 30 Microsoft Word 5 1 16 20 Microsoft Excel 4 0 13 15 Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 1 of 1 le F HHR Solo Tech Notes 5 Slideshow Design Tips mw Keywords presentation monitor design image area font sizes hard copy reports Written By Mitch Rerek Date 4 2 92 Last Updated 3 10 93 Image Area If you are creating overheads or giving a Slideshow
24. 6 93 Last Updated 6 2 93 Dubl Click s ClickChange is a utility for changing the appearance of components of the Macintosh System interface Because Solo s color palette is not completely compatible with ClickChange s palette not all colors will be displayed properly in Solo You may want to disable ClickChange when working with Solo Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 1 of 1 Solo Tech Notes le i HHR 11 Solo Memory Usage on the Macintosh m Keywords large files complex pages on screen offscreen partition buffers charts picts rotated text Written By Peter Harrison Date 6 2 93 Last Updated 06 20 97 This Tech Note describes situations when you may need to increase Solo s memory partition to avoid running out of memory on the Macintosh Please keep in mind that memory usage is very dynamic and hard and fast rules and limits do not apply all the time Therefore what follows are helpful suggestions Solo Memory Partition Solo is shipped with a 2500 K memory partition After startup approximately 1500 K of memory is available for creating and editing documents This is sufficient memory for typical use e Memory partitions control the amount of RAM which applications can use to load and process source code and document data Free MultiFinder memory can also be used by applications Solo like many other applications is designed following Apple Computer
25. 62 70 78 a6 94 102 110 Pattern BUColor Color Palette Numbering BWPattern AA 55 AA 55 AA 55 AA 55 Color Palette Resource Values for red 31 Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 1 of 2 Solo Tech Note 32 Changing Solo s Colors m continued RGB Values Colors are defined by a number of different models including RGB red green blue CMYK cyan magenta yellow black and HSL hue saturation lightness Solo uses the RGB model with values between 0 and 65 535 for each color You need the RGB value for each colors you want to use in Solo You can get these most easily using Adobe PhotoShop Note that RGB values in PhotoShop are based on 0 to 255 and will need to be converted to values from 0 to 65 535 Contact Axon for assistance RGB values are displayed in the Solo resource as hexadecimal values You can convert your decimal values to hexadecimals and enter them preceded by a or just enter the decimal values A utility like BaseTool is handy for hexadecimal conversion if necessary Changing Colors Other Duplicate your copy of Solo as you will be permanently changing the application Find the existing color in Solo which most closely matches the color you would like to use For example you may want to slightly modify the Red color Find the color number from the diagram on page 1 red is 31 Using ResEdit find the color in the CPAT resource and enter the desired RGB
26. A Orientation Landscape Portrait Solo recognizes the driver and adjusts the pages accordingly This dialog confirms that Solo is using the Autographix driver 7 Create all of the pages for your presentation You may want to create a new Layout template in the document so you can quickly create the pages for your presentation After completing all of the pages you need to create the AGX PICT files for imaging In the Finder create a folder to contain the files that will eventually become slides Later when you run the ToAGX MAC application to prepare the files for imaging it will be easier to select all the files when they are in a single folder Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 1 of 2 Solo Tech Note 14 Creating 35mm Slides With The Autographix Driver m continued Printing The Slides 1 Enter the first page in the 35mm document Since the AGX driver creates individual PICT files you have to print the pages individually from the Page Editor 2 Choose the Print command from the File menu This displays the dialog box illustrated at right Click the OK button AGHPrint Imaging Instructions Slides AN From O Show All Warnings Folder File Drive Options i Client 35mm Slides Yj 3 A standard Save As dialog is displayed allowing you to name and save the file S
27. Axon Incorporated Message Driven Visual Communication Tech Notes May 10 2000 SOLO VISUAL COMMUNICATION Solo Tech Notes g Ny JER Table Of Contents Use the codes below to identify the version discussed in the Tech Note m Macintosh w Windows mw Macintosh and Windows Topic Version V Usmg Solo Tech Notesi iconii ie ia ER C oes E A eee mw 2 Storyboard Prince Tips srein ne a E a E E AES mw 3 Great Logo PICTS e a eevee O ses A R mw 4 SAM Conflict oicscies fie cties Goes coeltictvtan ate apetee ae pedo EEEE EAEE EAKA m 3 BSCE SHOW ESTE 1D Saco vercst ned Racca E cae e es halite ER mw 6 Slideshow Presentation Considerations 0 cecceeesececssececesececeeeeeeseeeeneeeenaeeees mw 7 Automated Slideshow Tips sic sacatsseasrec thas cucecats vedanaatecededasane dean acdenetsamecteateocs thence mw S Rapid Trak Conflict neseser tems thee cad vs tata sc cand reed seedanes aE m O POwer ache Conflict arriten e i E EE E ean LE eel m 10 GhekChanee Conflict erniinenna eas testes oad a er aw eee m IGT SOO Wem WSs Cea sath a N A aT m 12 Creating Segmented amp Subtotaled Build Charts ee eeeceeeeeeneeenseeeeetees mw 13 Creating Line Charts With Different Patterns 2 0 0 0 eeeceseceeeeeereeeneeenseeeees mw 14 Creating 35mm Slides With The Autographix Driver eee eeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeteeeees m 15 About Solos Expiration Date tors teccctscstve
28. By Mitch Rerek Date 5 3 94 Last Updated 8 15 94 Beginning with version 2 0 4 Solo is installed using the Axon Installer application which greatly simplifies and automates both first time installations and updates When updating it selectively replaces Solo files leaving all user documents untouched It can be run from diskettes a hard disk or across a network It can also update copies of Solo stored on locked volumes Using the Installer The Installer can be launched by double clicking the Feat 7 Installer document icon e g Install Solo 2 0 4 or a a the Installer icon ia The Installer can perform two separate functions net Sele 204 kak into 1 A First Time Installation 2 An update of an earlier version of Solo e After clicking the OK button in the greeting dialog the Installer scans all mounted volumes for copies of the files it is about to install If it finds a match it will automatically perform an Update of that copy This will cause an older version of a file to be replaced by a newer version If the Installer finds more than one copy of a file it will display a dialog box containing a list of the files allowing you to select which one to update If after scanning your hard disk the Installer does not find any matches it will request that you select a volume on which to perform a First Time Installation This will copy the software on the installation disks to the selected volume e The installation
29. THE RIGHT of the first data column in the window Press and hold the Shift key and drag the column to the left to add it to the current Plot Area Repeat this until you have added 7 data columns to the Plot Area 3 Enter the data as it appears in the table above and close the Data Window You should notice that the chart has correctly plotted the segmented items 2 amp 5 but items 3 amp 6 subtotal amp total are incorrectly plotted see illustration at right In Solo Build charts plot successive data points in relationship to the previous data point NOT the baseline Thus item 3 subtotal and item 6 total will appear as illustrated Keeping in mind the way that Build charts plot successive baseline items we can change the data to plot correctly Build Charts always plot successive data points in relationship to the previous data point In this case successive items are plotted on top of 50 the previous data point 5 N Item 1 Item 2 Item 3 Item 4 Item 5 Item 6 Subtotal TOTAL Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 3 of 5 Solo Tech Note 12 Creating Segmented amp Subtotaled Build Charts mw continued Let s examine the Data Window illustrated below By entering negative values in certain cells we can force multiple data points to draw subtotal entries correctly Build Up Col Data In the Item 3 Subtotal row we ha
30. age line in the first data column We enter the average data first because we will use the Overlay Connect option to draw the line in the chart 3 Enter the data points for the bars columns The data window should look something like the illustration at right Close the data window to plot the chart 5 When the chart is plotted it will look something like the chart on the right 6 Select the first data series plot point labels and press the Delete key This will delete the labels for the first line data series This does not permanently delete the labels but is the shortcut method for turning them Off Select the first data series in the chart click once Use the Fill and Pen pop up menus to format the columns to have a fill and pen color of none This makes the columns disappear Last Updated 9 19 94 1994 MONTHLY SALES REVENUE Thousands Industry 32 7 Average 12 3 5 8 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun _J Column Butted Data HJE 29 29 3 Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 1 of 2 Solo Tech Note 27 Creating A Simple Bar Column amp Line Combination Chart mw continued 9 Select the chart and choose the Add Overlay command from the Chart menu Turn the Connect checkbox On Click the Overlay Lines hind n enin OK button to close t
31. amed Object command from the Templates menu You can rename delete and change property links for any Named Object in this dialog e To modify a Named Object place it and then change it e Click the Modify All button if the Alert is displayed This will change all copies of the Named Object which may be used in other Templates e After modifying the Named Object select it and choose the Name Selected Object command in the Templates menu This will update the master copy of the Named Object Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 1 of 2 Solo Tech Note 21 Modifying Template File Basics mw continued Modifying Templates Any template can be modified like a normal Solo page Chart templates are built into Solo and cannot be modified Go to an empty page and place the Template remembering the Name If you are modifying a Concept illustration don t place a Layout This is done by setting the Layout pop up to None Modify the page as necessary and Select All objects Choose the Make Selection Into Template command from the Templates menu Enter the name of the Template The Replace button will be highlighted once the Name is entered Click OK Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 2 of 2 Solo Tech Notes le F HHR 22 Installing Solo Using the Axon Installer Updater m Keywords compact pro installation Written
32. an entire 11 0 x 8 5 page on screen The largest area that can be displayed at 100 is 8 75 width x 6 5 height Given this information we design our document format to use an image area that is 8 0 wide and 6 0 high This allows us to work at 100 scale and avoid font scaling problems Our font set consists of 14 and 18 point text which will be legible for the small audience Hard copy Reports If you are giving a Slideshow Presentation and you need to distribute hard copy reports to an audience the design issues become a little more complex Your primary design goal should be to produce a clear consistent and attractive paper report The secondary goal is to produce a legible and visually attractive on screen Slideshow while compromising the printed report as little as possible Using the earlier example assume that we have to prepare a more detailed New Product presentation and provide a hard copy report for the audience For the presentation we will use a video projection device that projects the monitor screen onto a screen The challenge is to design a document that will work well both in hard copy and on screen To accommodate the added detail in the written report we will need to decrease the point size of the text from 18 to 14 and 14 to 9 This however will be too small for the on screen Slideshow If we consult the scaling tables we see that using a scale factor of 130 allows us to use 9 and 14 point text and provide s
33. best results are achieved by using font sizes and scaling factors that work well together The original font sizes you select should be based on the closest match to an installed screen font in the resulting scaled image Using the table below if the scale factor is 120 as in image area C you may choose to use only 10 14 and 18 point text These sizes when scaled closely match the standard 12 18 and 24 point screen fonts and will produce the most legible results on screen Font Sizes in points Image Area Scale Factor 9 10 12 14 18 24 A 100 9 00 10 00 12 00 14 00 18 00 24 00 B 110 9 90 11 00 13 20 15 40 19 80 26 40 C 120 10 80 12 00 14 40 16 80 21 60 28 80 D 130 11 70 13 00 15 60 18 20 23 40 31 20 E 140 12 60 14 00 16 80 19 60 25 20 33 60 F 150 13 50 15 00 18 00 21 00 27 00 36 00 Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 1 of 2 Solo Tech Note 5 Slideshow Design Tips mw continued Clearly using a scale factor of 100 offers the best of both worlds the largest image area and 100 font size display Using a larger or smaller scale factor requires some important layout design work along with selecting a proper font set to achieve the best results on screen A Simple Example Let s assume that a New Product presentation will be given to 4 members of your department You are using 13 monitor and the global page scale factor is 100 A 13 monitor at 100 scale will not display
34. caled 12 and 18 point text on the screen However the image area is reduced to 6 75 x 5 00 This compromise yields acceptable results for accommodating both formats and avoids the additional work required to produce two separate documents Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 2 of 2 Solo Tech Notes le F HHR 6 Slideshow Presentation Considerations mw Keywords computer based audience Written By Peter Harrison Date 3 10 93 Last Updated 06 20 97 With Solo s Slideshow you can use the computer to deliver your presentation While there are a number of benefits which result from a Slideshow presentation it may not always be the right answer Before using a computer as the presentation medium ask yourself the following questions e Is a computer based Slideshow effective for my message or is it overkill in this situation If your presentation would be more effective if delivered in traditional means then don t force the issue of a Slideshow e Will my audience be receptive to a computer based Slideshow Even with the acceptance of computers today many people are uncomfortable viewing a computer presentation Be sensitive to the background and acceptance level of your audience as their attitudes will directly affect the success of your presentation e Will a computer based Slideshow be effective given the environment Standard computer monitors are to
35. ching The Tech Notes Keywords are included in the Message Boxes for each Tech Note To quickly find information pertaining to a topic use these steps e Choose the Find command e Enter a simple keyword such as powerpc e Click the Find button e The appropriate Tech Note will be selected in this case the one describing Solo PowerPC Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 1 of 1 Solo Tech Notes le F HHR 2 Storyboard Printing Tips mw Keywords overheads print options page setup message boxes leads Written By Peter Harrison Date 9 15 92 Last Updated 9 15 92 The Print Options and Page Setup commands can be used to control the printing of Storyboards and text that appear in each page s Message Box This Tech Note will be of interest if you are interested in e Viewing or editing the full content of the Message Box text on paper e Printing the Message Box text for transfer to cardboard borders of overhead transparencies The Print Options dialog box has options for controlling printed output especially for Storyboards The Page Setup dialog box has options for scaling and orienting printed output Print Options for SOLO Tech Notes Master E Draw Layer Report z Selected pages T Guide Layer Overheads an Backaroiind a Ba aromi Print Storyboard cells per page Eal Suppress empty go Template ka Time stamp g Show all t
36. ck cleaner and crisper avoiding slow and unattractive screen redrawing e Offscreen drawing requires a memory buffer which depends on monitor size and color depth 2 8 24 32 bit If sufficient memory is not available in the MultiFinder or in Solo s memory partition Solo will revert to on screen drawing e In order for offscreen drawing to be utilized you may have to increase Solo s memory partition especially if you are working in color on larger monitors e Here are suggested memory partition settings in K in order for offscreen drawing to function under normal use The suggestions are based on the monitor size color settings and assume that no extra MultiFinder memory is available Monitor Size 1 Bit B amp W 8 Bit Color 32 Bit Color 9 2500 2500 3000 13 2500 2500 3500 lt Use these settings for PowerBooks 14 2500 2500 3500 16 2500 3000 4500 19 2500 3000 5500 21 2500 3000 6500 e Please keep in mind that Solo will work properly with a 2500 K memory partition regardless the size of the monitor or color setting However it cannot utilize the offscreen drawing feature without sufficient memory Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 2 of 2 Solo Tech Notes le F HHR 12 Creating Segmented amp Subtotaled Build Charts mw Keywords waterfall source of change waterfall build up build down subdivided Written By Mitch Rerek Date 5 15 93 Last U
37. clipped when printed on either paper size The paper size can be temporarily changed by selecting the Page Setup command from the File menu in the Page Editor However whenever you switch pages or switch to the Storyboard and back the default paper size will be read from the current printer driver in the System Folder If the default paper size is not what you want you need to use a different printer driver It can be obtained from Apple or most online services This may also be an indication that you are using a System configured for another country If this is the case it will also impact the default measurement system inches vs centimeters and default currency format used by Solo Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 1 of 1 Solo Tech Notes le F HHR 18 Version 1 2 8 and 2 0 Document Compatibility m Keywords compatibility Written By Peter Harrison Date 11 1 93 Last Updated 11 1 93 We have worked hard at making Solo version 2 0 and 1 2 8 documents both forward and backward compatible This means that you can use 2 0 to open and edit 1 2 8 documents and vise versa This is true as long as you DO NOT USE THE NEW 2 0 TOOLS TO CREATE OBJECTS in a 1 2 8 document Once you have created a multigon star bracket or table or imported a QuickTime Movie the document becomes a 2 0 ONLY document You will not be able to open it with 1 2 8 even if you delete the new
38. ctsat a cesonsstadecpesacnstaasiceenecarnacensteeeamiateterse mw 16 Empower Commliact rore ep eeaeee cots EE E E Ca EEEN m I7 A4 VSS Trotter Pase SetuP x casi ce asta nt e n A E T E E mw 18 Version 1 2 8 and 2 0 Document Compatibility s sssssseeseseesseessessseeesseessseessresee m POS Setting Solo Preferentes en a E a E SERET mw 20 Obsolete See Tech Note 36 Building Preferences Into A Template File m 21 gt Modifying Template Bile Basics nass raodun onere ictal eben ee mw 22 Installing Solo Using the Axon Installer Updater 0 eee eeeceeeeeeseeeneeenteeneees m 23 System Software Installation Guidelines 0 0 eee eeeeeeseeeeeceseeeseeeeaeeceeseeeeeneees m 24 MacroMaker Conflict cist scot ces sad eet ee aitii se ne eee ae m Qe Laser Water gl BUSS get richie r E E ave Mind culate E Sateen m Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 1 of 2 Solo Tech Notes le i HHR Table Of Contents 26 21 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Use the codes below to identify the version discussed in the Tech Note m Macintosh w Windows mw Macintosh and Windows Topic Version Obsolete See Tech Note 36 Modifying Template File Source Documents And Maintaining Custom Preference 0 ce cescesecesseeessecsseeeseeesneesseesseeeeneeenaeens m Creating A Simple Bar Column amp Line Combination Chart ee eeeeeeeee mw Solo and the POWerPC vssecscdseys chiv
39. d be updated on the user s hard disk e NOTE If you are using a customized Template File and plan to distribute a new version of that file you are required to modify the file s version resource information in order for it to be correctly installed Contact Axon for additional information before creating your customized archive Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 2 of 3 Solo Tech Note 22 Installing Solo Using the Axon Installer Updater m continued Forcing File Installations You can force the installation of specific files during an Update by placing a plus sign in front of the file or folder name before adding it to the archive The Installer recognizes file and folder names starting with a plus sign and will always install them during an update For example naming the Read Me file Read Me ensures that it will always be installed during an update Adding Replacing Custom Files to the archive To add or delete files from the archive open it using the Compact Pro application Files are added to the archive using the Add command from the Archive menu Files are deleted from the archive using the Clear command from the Edit menu Additional Information After building or modifying the archive compress it using the Compact Pro default names It can either be a self extracting archive sea or a compressed archive cpt The cpt files are slightly smaller i
40. e Solo program file window KR WB N Double click the ID 128 entry Pref File Sequence Number and change the Don t write RF Prefs on Set entry from True to False This change will insure that new preferences are properly recorded in the resource fork of the Solo Prefs 2 file when using the Option OK method to specify preferences The windows should appear as illustrated below E PFSNs from Solo 3 1 1 68K Final ZJZ PFSN Pref File Sequence Number ID 128 from 2 Db Size Name A Ki 128 6 Pref File Sequence Number Pa faa Number Delete AF True False Prefs on Convert Don t write True False RF Prefs on ee Set Ei Ei 5 Quit ResEdit When you are prompted to save your changes click the Yes button This will insure that the PSFN resource changes will be saved to the Solo program file Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 1 of 3 Solo Tech Note 35 Placing Custom Resource Preferences into Solo 3 x x Template Files mw continued Section 2 Inserting Custom Preferences into Macintosh Template Files 1 Change the name of the Template File inside your Solo folder to something other than Template File e g My_Template File This insures your current Template File will not load into memory RAM when Solo starts up and there will be no conflicts with its built in preferences 2 D
41. e aeeduce de cahsnsdeadsaadeariuwidgnad a m Moving Solo PICTs To Microsoft Windows cceseesseceseceseeeeeeceaeeeteeeeneeenees mw Printing amp Faxing Documents With Multiple Print Records eee eee mw Creating Stacked Cost Curves ccssssciiscadazaccecasnescastansstadeaedcsenakedaataavesscrtanceceuasaeees mw Chang ine Solos Colors sca eaten tact as Saad eked ved iat A shh tes RT E m Created Stacked and Butted Charts sf ic5 otis 8 eect dese les sel tae tcelshetss ew teas eae mw Moving Custom Template Files From the Macintosh to Widows seess mw Obsolete See Tech Note 36 Placing Custom Preferences into Solo 3 XA Template Files sities srei nir eaa nE AN a a SSE mw Imbedding Custom Preferences into Solo 4 x x Template Files eee mw Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 2 of 2 Solo Tech Notes le i HHR 1 Using Solo Tech Notes mw Keywords tech support fax phone searching Written By Peter Harrison Date 3 10 93 Last Updated 03 12 2000 Solo Tech Notes include tips and advice on a wide variety of topics related to Solo The information is from both Axon and Solo users If you have a question regarding Solo or a suggestion for a Tech Note please contact us Tech Support Phone 203 357 9701 Fax 203 324 5085 E Mail support axoninc com Main Office Phone 203 357 9701 Fax 203 324 5085 E Mail sales axoninc com info axoninc com Sear
42. e to install its files Large Solo sites will be interested to know that the installation process can be modified to include custom files such as Template Files This is done by modifying the Compact Pro archive used by the Installer Axon can provide a shareware version of Compact Pro which includes instructions for purchasing and becoming a registered user Alternatively you can purchase a copy by sending 25 to Cyclos Software P O Box 31417 San Francisco CA 94131 0417 USA E Solo 2 0 4 cpt Type rCrea Expanded Compacted Saved amp Solo 2 0 4 APPL AX 1 292 1335 1126218 O READ ME Ax 10 Ax 1 110209 37977 2 files in archive 263 1544 1164210 Customizing the installation is done by modifying the Compact Pro archive Archive Requirements e First Time Installations amp Updates If the archive is to be used for First Time Installations it MUST contain at least the following three files The Solo application a Template File and a Spelling Dictionary Additional files can be added as required If the archive is missing the minimum three files listed above the Axon Installer will NOT install the archive NOTE When the archive contains the required three files it can also Update a user s hard disk e Updates ONLY If the archive is only for distributing an Update e g a new version of Solo Template File or Dictionary it can contain only those files that shoul
43. elete your Solo Prefs 2 file This file is stored inside the Preferences Folder inside of the System Folder 3 Launch the ResEdited copy of Solo this process is described in Section 1 and record your new preferences by opening the appropriate dialog boxes and using the Option OK method to record your preferences to the new Solo Prefs 2 file When you have finished Quit Solo 4 Launch ResEdit and open the Solo Prefs 2 file Anew file will have been created inside the Preferences Folder inside of the System Folder Inside ResEdit open the Template File you renamed earlier My_Template File Copy the resource preferences from the new Solo Prefs 2 file to the clipboard You should read Solo Tech Note 20 to verify what resources should and should not be copied into a Template File 7 Paste the new preferences into My_Template File and save your changes ResEdit may prompt you to replace existing resources with the same ID If this occurs click the Yes button in the dialog box then save the file Close both files and quit ResEdit 9 Delete your Solo Prefs 2 file from the Preferences folder it is stored inside of the System Folder This insures that your user preferences stored in the Solo Prefs 2 file will not conflict with the new preferences placed into the Template File 10 Inside the Solo folder rename My_Template File to Template File and launch Solo Check that all new preferences perfor
44. els from appearing in the chart 15 When first plotting the chart it may look something like the one at right Making the chart look like the original example on the previous page is a matter of using the chart s display options and some standard formatting procedures 0 e The 2 point Step Lines have been turned off in the sae oe charts Plot Options dialog box bottom right To shade the different segments click one of the segments This selects all segments simultaneously SS Cost Curve Options Use the Fill pop up at the bottom left corner of the document window to assign a white fill color e Next select the segments to be shaded identically by Shift clicking them Use the Fill pop up to assign a fill color In the example on the previous page the individual plot El aise point labels axis titles legend and chart title were created and positioned manually Apply Cancel OK The chart s display options used in different combinations will allow you to create a few variations based upon the Tune olen Lin checkbox Oft example illustrated here Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 2 of 2 Solo Tech Notes WEEN 32 Changing Solo s Colors m Keywords editing palette rgb Written By Peter Harrison Date 9 1 95 Solo has a color palette which provides a range of colors
45. erent drivers can support different printing options switching drivers can create Solo pages with different page setups e Importing Exporting or Copying Pasting of pages between documents A common cause of multiple print jobs is the sharing of pages between people who have different printer drivers If you have compiled a document that includes pages from several people who have different drivers when it is printed it may create multiple print jobs Avoiding Multiple Print Jobs One way to avoid the problem is to standardize on a specific printer driver When standard pages are imported exported or copied pasted from one document to another the print record will be the same This avoids multiple print jobs Keep in mind that pages using a different orientation scaling factor or some other print option will create multiple print jobs Faxing Pages Most fax software drivers have a shortcut for temporarily selecting the fax driver to send a fax and then automatically switching back to your printer driver In most cases the fax shortcut is accessed by pressing the Option key before pulling down the File menu and choosing Fax Check your fax software for details This shortcut will avoid creating new Solo pages using the fax driver page setup If your fax software doesn t support a fax shortcut you can avoid multiple print jobs by following these steps Create and edit your document using your standard printer driver Save your d
46. exist in the Solo Prefs file and a description of each The last column indicates which resources should and should not be pasted into a Template File s resource fork Solo Preference Resources Resource Type AXPB AXPS DPRF PREF TTS1 TTS2 TTS3 TTS4 TTS5 APRF AX01 itlO 14 NFMT SPL2 Description Storyboard Page Numbering Settings Slideshow Preferences Page Editor Drawing Settings Chart Preferences Table Object Info and Dimension Settings Table Border Settings Table Cell Settings Table Text Style Settings Table Row Column Settings Application Preferences File Version System international number formatting Number Format Settings Spelling Dictionary Settings Copy to Template File Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Never copy Never copy Never copy Never copy Never copy Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 2 of 2 Solo Tech Notes le F HHR 21 Modifying Template File Basics mw Keywords preferences defaults fonts named paragraphs named objects templates Written By Peter Harrison Date 1 25 94 Last Updated 06 20 97 Customers who use the Axon Template File to create their reports have expressed interest in making minor changes to the templates For example how to change the font from Palatino to Helvetica This Tech Note describes how to make basic changes like this It is not a replacement
47. ext Paragraph Option Alt OK Tab All Text Tab Option Alt OK Text Ruler All Text Text Ruler Option Alt OK Table Object Info All Objects Object Info Dialogs Option Alt OK Dimensions All Table Dimension Option Alt OK Borders All Table Borders Option Alt OK Cells All Table Cells Option Alt OK Text Styles All Table Text Styles Option Alt OK Number Format All Chart Number Format Option Alt OK Preferences All Chart Preferences Option Alt OK Drop Shadows All Objects Drop Shadows Option Alt OK Rounded Corners All Objects Rounded Corners Option Alt OK Arrowheads All Objects Arrowheads Option Alt OK Power tool Object Infos Unique Power tool settings Objects Object Info Dialogs Option Alt OK Rulers All Layout Rulers Option Alt OK Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 2 of 2 le i HHR Solo Tech Notes 20 Building Preferences Into A Template File m Keywords settings defaults prefs Written By Peter Harrison Date 11 17 93 Last Updated 5 10 2000 For information on setting Solo preferences see Tech Note 19 Obsolete See new Tech Note 36 User preferences are recorded in the Solo Prefs file which is located in the Preferences folder in your System Folder The information is recorded in resources which are stored in the resource fork of the file Using a utility cal
48. ext g Print color EJ Page numbers Header SOLO Tech Notes Master Footer Paper US Letter O A4 Letter OUS Legal B5 Letter Tabloid Y Reduce or Printer Effects Enlarge 100 EJ Font Substitution Orientation O Text Smoothing te b O Graphics Smoothing i j J Faster Bitmap Printing To view or edit Message Box text on paper Since Solo images text using PostScript as many as 30 miniatures can be entered in the cells per page field while maintaining the readability of the Message Box text In the Print Options dialog box select the Show all text and Suppress empty checkboxes and deselect all other checkboxes The content and flow of the Message Boxes can then be studied on paper To print Message Box text for transfer to overheads In the Page Setup dialog box change the Scale field to 400 and the orientation icon to Horizontal In the Print Options dialog box enter 6 in the cells per page field and select the Show all text and Suppress empty checkboxes and deselect all other checkboxes The Message Boxes will be the appropriate size to cut and tape to the cardboard borders of overheads Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 1 of 1 Solo Tech Notes le i HHR 3 Creating Logo PICTs mw Keywords named objects Written By Peter Harrison Date 9 21 92 Last Updated 9 22 92 Solo s drawing tools allow you to create de
49. for Chapter 10 of the user manual which describes in detail how to modify and create Template Files Editing A Template File e Close the currently open Template File by choosing the Close Template File command in the Templates menu e Open the Axon Template File by pressing the Option Alt key and choosing the Open command in the File menu e Locate the Template File Normally it is in your Solo folder e When it is opened you can tell it is a Template File by the display of TEMPLATE in the title bar of the window e Save changes by using the Save command in the File menu e The modified Template File will be reopened in the background when Solo is started if the file is named Template File and stored in the Solo folder Modifying Named Paragraphs You may want to modify the names or formatting of the Named Paragraphs built into the Template File e To view the current Named Paragraphs choose the Apply Paragraph command from the Text menu You can rename delete and reassign command keys in this dialog e To change the font or formatting of a Named Paragraph insert a Named Paragraph delete it from the dialog modify the font or formatting and then name it Modifying Named Objects Named Objects are used to build most Templates especially Text and Layout templates You can tell objects which are named because they have hollow not black selection handles To view the current Named Objects choose the Place N
50. graph formats Here s how to overcome the problem Create a designer s Dummy Template File which DOES NOT contain any Named Paragraphs Named Objects or Templates i e nothing at all but DOES contain built in custom preferences in it s resource fork You can then edit your Source document using the Dummy Template File to eliminate duplicates and insure that your custom preferences are used when creating new objects Creating a Dummy Template File 1 Create a new untitled document and choose the Make Template File Command in the Templates menu 2 Name the new Template File Dummy Template File and Save it inside your Solo folder Close the untitled document and Quit Solo Since the Dummy Template File document is empty it does not contain any Named Paragraphs Named Objects or Templates There will be NO duplicate objects when editing a Source document 3 Run ResEdit and open the Dummy Template File and your original Template File or Source Document that contains your custom preference resources 4 Copy all the preference resources from your Template File and Paste them into the resource fork of the Dummy Template File Then close the Template File or Source document NOTE If you are using another resource editor such as Resorcerer DO NOT COPY the lt DF gt resource 5 Save the Dummy Template File and Quit ResEdit 6 Inside your Solo folder change the name of your standard Template File to something
51. he dialog box Ei nerage O The overlay line will apply to the first data series in the chart O Median O The chart should appear something like the one below O Constant O O Difference O Runn Avg O2 pds O Cum sum O Turn E Connect this checkbox O Least Squares O ON O Two Values O o Je Cancel 10 Double click the baseline in the chart to display the Baseline Settings Baseline Settings dialog box Bsa P c Danis Tite Location fig 11 Enter 100 in the Space Between Series edit e orret ort field and click the OK button to close the dialog Tiii Bar Column Width The data series in the chart will exactly overlap P Baseline each other This shifts the connecting line over Bi n aximum 1 Labels slightly so it appears in the horizontal center of j K c the second series columns The chart should Space Between pee Cancel appear something like the one below tems 50 _ Series 100 Set to 100 to force the series in the chart to overlap each other Summary We have created a line column combination chart which is completely data driven by taking advantage of the fact that the Connect overlay line is plotted on the first data series in a chart that contains multiple data series Suggestion You should make a Template out of this chart and incorporate it into your organization s Template File or in a stationery document to save it for future use Copyrigh
52. hould have the name of the Template File appended with Template In the save file dialog box the name of the Template File will be appended with X1F RSR This is the file extension required for the resource portion of the Template File under Windows An X1F RSR file under Windows contains only custom preferences 6 Save the file Template File X1F RSR inside your Solo folder and then quit Solo 7 Inthe Finder open your Solo folder and duplicate the standard Template File using the Duplicate command from the Finder s File menu 8 Rename the new duplicate of the Template File to Template File X1F The X1F is the file name extension required for a Template File under Windows 9 Transfer the Template File X1F RSR and the Template File X1F files to the Solo folder on a Windows computer This can be done by copying the files over a network or by diskette if the files will fit on a diskette Using a network is the recommended method for transferring files Make sure to keep a backup copies of these files We recommend that you backup or move the original files on the Windows machine before replacing them with your newly converted files 10 Launch Solo and test to see that your custom Template File performs as it does on the Macintosh If you have questions please contact Axon Tech Support at 203 357 9701 Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 1 of 1
53. ires that you export PICT files from the Solo document copy them to a DOS formatted disk or across a network and Import them into a DOS application that is able to interpret Macintosh PICT files Our tests have been most successful when importing Solo PICTs into Corel Corporation s CorelDRAW version 3 0 running under Windows 3 1 1 on a 486 machine The steps below outline the procedure Macintosh Export Your Pages As Solo PICTs 1 Open the Solo document which contains the page s that are to be exported 2 In the Storyboard select the pages you wish to export by Shift clicking on them Choose the Export command from the File menu This will create individual PICT files for the selected pages NOTE If the page s contain objects on either the Guide or Background layers that should not be exported to the PICT file you should export the page s from the Page Editor Before exporting the page use either or both the Hide Guide Layer or Hide Background commands from the Layout menu to hide those layers When layers are hidden the contents of that layer are not exported to the PICT file Exported PICT files are automatically named by Solo using the document s name appended with exp the page number 12 and a PICT extension e g Hanson Report exp 12 PICT TIP If you are exporting multiple pages you should create a folder to store the exported PICT files 3 Rename the exported Sol
54. late File command from the Templates menu In the save file dialog box the name of the Template File will be appended with X1F RSR This is the file extension required for the resource portion of the Template File under Windows An X1F RSR file under Windows contains only custom preferences 5 Solo Folder Hard Disk Save a Copy as Template File H1F RSR 7 Save the file Template File X 1F RSR inside your Solo folder and then quit Solo 8 In the Finder open your Solo folder and duplicate the standard Template File using the Duplicate command from the Finder s File menu 9 Rename the new duplicate of the Template File to Template File X1P The X1F is the file name extension required for a Template File under Windows 10 Transfer the Template File X1F RSR and the Template File X1F files to the Solo folder to a Windows computer Place them in the Solo folder This can be done by copying the files over a network or by diskette if the files will fit on a diskette Using a network is the recommended method for transferring files Make sure to keep a backup copies of these files We recommend that you backup or move the original files on the Windows machine before replacing them with your newly converted files 11 Launch Solo and test to see that your custom Template File performs as it does on the Macintosh If you have questions please contact Axon Tech Support at 2
55. le SOURCE and save it in the My Documents folder Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 1 of 1
56. led ResEdit you can copy and paste preference resources from the Solo Prefs file to a Template File Source document Most preferences built into a Template File will override user defined preferences Editing resources in Solo files should only be done by those with experience and an understanding of the implications Doing so haphazardly is risky Please contact Axon if you need help Building preferences into a Template File is useful because it helps promotes consistency among users in large organizations For example if the chart preference resource is built into a Template File then every user will create charts with the same default attributes However be careful You wouldn t want to build in preferences which restrict users such as application preferences All preference resources built into a Template File will override those in the Solo Prefs file with the exception of the Page Editor drawing preferences DPRF Solo will override the Character Paragraph Text Ruler Tab Drop Shadow Rounded Corner and Arrowhead preferences The Rulers and Power Tool settings specified in the Solo Prefs files will be honored Given this information the best approach for implementing a Template File with built in preferences is as follows e Delete the Solo Prefs file from the Preferences folder in your System Folder e If you are using a Template File change it s name to something other than Template File so it will not load into memory when Solo
57. like Template File Standard and change the name of the Dummy Template File to Template File You can now run Solo and edit your Source document without the redundancy problem and your custom preferences are used when creating new objects Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 1 of 1 Solo Tech Notes g Ny JER 27 Creating A Simple Bar Column amp Line Combination Chart mw Keywords line bar column chart combo combination Written By Mitch Rerek Date 9 19 94 There are times you may need to combine a line chart and a bar or column chart to illustrate a comparison of one item s measure against another e g a company s monthly sales in comparison to an industry average The chart may look something like the one on the right There are a number of ways in which to create this simple chart You could overlap two fixed scale charts a line and a column so they appear as one chart when printed However this is cumbersome There is an easier method for creating this chart that uses the Overlay Line Connect feature The procedure takes advantage of the fact that when plotting multiple data series the Connect overlay option only connects the first data series in a chart Follow the steps below to create a line column combination chart in one chart frame Create a Column Butted chart variation 2 Enter the data points for the aver
58. ll draw lines for only those cells that contain data To insure that the two lines align properly we will overlap a single data point In addition Solo automatically assigns different line patterns for different data series Coincidentally this is exactly what is required for this charting situation This data gap technique can be used for as many data series as required for the chart Last Updated 6 16 93 250 200 150 Actual 100 50 1986 88 90 92 94 96 98 2000 EE Line Basic Dati SE Overlapping data points Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 1 of 2 Solo Tech Note 13 Creating Line Charts With Different Patterns mw continued Distinguishing Selected Portions Of A Line Certain charting situations call for distinguishing interior portions of line charts Here too you can apply the data gap technique In the sample chart below we are required to visually distinguish years 1982 1986 By entering the data using the data gap technique we can create this chart Let s examine the chart s Data Window see illustration below 250 200 150 100 ZJZ Line Basic 2 2 Overlapping data points 1980 82 84 86 1988 Peak Sales Notice that 3 data series have been used to draw a single line e The Ist series plots the line from 1980 82 e The 2nd series plots the line from 1982 86
59. m as expected If the new preferences work correctly you can distribute the new Template File to other Solo users If they do not work correctly repeat steps 2 9 of this section Ifthe new preferences work correctly and you need to move the new Template File to the Windows platform proceed to Section 3 Section 3 Moving Template Files to the Windows Platform Under Windows Template Files actually use two files The first named Template File X1F contains templates The second named Template File X1F RSR contains custom preferences Use the following steps to convert the Macintosh Template File into a Windows Template File 1 Launch Solo 3 x x on the Macintosh 2 Close the Template File by choosing the Close Template File command from the Templates menu 3 Close the default untitled document 4 Press and hold the Option key while choosing the Open command from the File menu This permits the opening and editing of a Template File Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 2 of 3 Solo Tech Note 35 Placing Custom Resource Preferences into Solo 3 x x Template Files mw continued 5 Open the Template File stored inside of your Solo folder The document s title bar should have the name of the Template File appended with Template Template File TEMPLATE 6 After the Template File has opened press and hold the Option key while choosing the Make Temp
60. n size Segmenting The Archive For Diskette Distribution If you plan to distribute the Installer using diskettes you may have to segment the archive Segmenting breaks the archive file into smaller individual pieces that will fit on a diskette To segment the archive open the archive and choose the Segment command from the Misc menu Select the appropriate segment size and segment the archive using the Compact Pro default names If you segment the archive it is essential to place the LAST segment of Solo Folder cpt 1 the archive on the FIRST disk with the Installer application and install document This is necessary because the last archive segment contains the information about the other archive segments Place the other segments on separate diskettes if necessary Solo Folder cpt 2 Installer Document The Axon Installer ships with a small Installer document It is used to start the Installer and is useful for instructing users The name of the Installer document appears in the Installer s greeting dialog when it is used to start the Installer You can rename the Installer document Install Solo 2 0 4 if necessary The files required for installation are Fas 7 a ON k m Axon Installer document e Axon Installer application matali fal OA A katilik hreh e Compact Pro archive segmented or not Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 3 of 3 le F
61. n is presented clearly Remember be sure each page explains a key point clearly and that one point flows logically to the next Consider the following points e Image Size The image size depends on the size of the monitor used If you intend to distribute the Slideshow to a large audience design it around a small monitor Remember to include either scaling or monitor specification instructions e Color Not all computers support color and colors do not map well to monochrome monitors While designing a color Slideshow periodically switch to black amp white and check the Slideshow e Content In an automatic Slideshow you have a certain luxury of time Remember to present each point clearly but balance the level of content with the attention span of your audience e Looping Based on the presentation environment automatic looping may be or may not be appropriate For example in a trade show presentation looping may be appropriate In an instructional presentation it may not Timing Measure the time it takes to read each page and add a comfort factor e g 10 You may want to use the Until Click option in the Slide Settings dialog box to advance complex pages If so remember to provide on screen instructions Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 1 of 1 Solo Tech Notes le x HHR 8 RapidTrak Conflict m Keywords incompatibilities inits extensions control
62. ne system which will work on all Macs This is especially true with the AV machines which have specialized hardware features 3 Part of the System Software installation is a System Enabler specific to your Mac if required You should verify after installation that the Enabler version in the System Folder is the latest version available from Apple 4 Install the latest version of the Hardware System Updater software Apple regularly releases Mac specific updates which fix bugs in the System Software 5 Install the latest version of the Network Software Updater if applicable 6 Install the latest version of your CD ROM Software if applicable 7 Install the latest version of your Printer Driver Most printers work fine with Apple s standard LaserWriter driver You may want to try using it before running a printer specific installer 8 Once the System Software installation is complete you should make a backup copy prior to installing any other software This enables you to easily reinstall just the System Software at a later time if necessary 9 Finally install your Desk Accessories Extensions Control Panels and Applications using the original diskettes Make sure you have the latest versions of each and check that they don t install earlier versions of any of the System software components you have just installed Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 1 of 2 Solo Tech
63. ned to plot each baseline item adjacent to the previous item While Solo s default cost curve is not designed to segment individual items we ll use simple mathematics and modify our data entry to achieve the visual effect we require Three data sets are entered for each company To visually stack the segments each segment s Y value is entered as the cumulative sum of the segments below it The bottom most segment is entered normally We must also force the chart to overlap the segments by entering an extra baseline item that is the inverse of the cumulative sum of all X values This forces the chart to return to the origin and plot the remaining segments in front of the others The cumulative Y values for each data set are calculated as follows X value and Y value as the cumulative sum of all 3 regions Ist data point X value and Y value as the cumulative sum of the first 2 regions 2nd data point 3rd data point X value and first region s Y value Last Updated 03 29 95 Cost Per Ton By Region Company Capacity Australia Africa N amp S Amer AIH 4 3 4 3 HTS 10 4 7 9 PCH 18 7 8 12 Worldwide Aluminum Production Cost ton 30 25 N amp S Amer Africa Australia Capacity kilotons After calculating the Y values the AIH company data is as follows Data Point X Y values Y value calculation 1st topmost segment 4 10 10 3 4 3
64. nsion and place the objects on the page Remember that the files should have a PCT extension in order for CorelDraw to correctly interpret the Mac PICT files on the diskette or directory You can use Windows File Manager or DOS to change the file s extension characters if you have not done so on the Macintosh You will need to change the Page Setup of the new CorelDraw files to match those of the original page from the Macintosh PICT file i e match vertical pages from Solo to vertical pages in CorelDraw 4 It may be necessary to adjust the positioning of the objects on the page so they match the original Macintosh output Generally speaking they may have to be moved down slightly on the page In our tests the objects only had to be moved approximately 1 2 inch down the page to exactly match the output from the Macintosh 5 The fonts used in the original Macintosh file may not map appropriately in the Windows environment Select the text objects and format using them using a font of your choice During our tests the original Macintosh Palatino font correctly mapped to a corresponding Windows font In our printing tests the resulting output was excellent Your results may vary depending upon the fonts used in the original file and the fonts installed on the PC you use Author s Note Thanks to Gary Augerbright and Mike Everly of Bullet Proof Computer Solutions for their contributions to this Tech Note Copyright 1992
65. o PICT files On the Macintosh files can have names of up to 31 characters in length Under Windows DOS file names cannot exceed 8 characters and only a 3 character file extension is supported e g PCT Since you will be moving the files over to a PC you should change the file names to observe these limits TIP CorelDRAW recognizes PCT file extension when importing Macintosh PICT files Your work will be much easier under Windows by renaming the files on the Mac to observe the 8 character limit and then add a PCT extension to the filename 4 Format a DOS diskette and copy the files to the diskette This can be done using Apple Computer s PC Exchange software or one of the many third party software packages that support the formatting of DOS diskettes on the Macintosh If you are connected to a network that supports multiple platforms you can copy the files to a server Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 1 of 2 Solo Tech Note 29 Moving Solo PICTs To Microsoft Windows mw continued WINDOWS Import the Mac Files Into CorelDraw 1 Copy the file s to the PCs hard disk You can also leave them on the diskette if you like 2 Under Windows or DOS open CorelDraw 3 0 3 Use the Import command in CorelDraw to import your file s onto the page This is done on a page by page basis for every file CorelDRAW will parse the files based upon their file exte
66. o small to effectively use with more than a half dozen people Using a larger screen projection device isn t difficult but does require experience Practice using the equipment as far in advance as possible If you have any doubts you may decide to stick to a traditional overhead or 35mm slide presentation See the Solo User Manual for instructions regarding producing overheads and 35mm slides Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 1 of 1 Solo Tech Notes le i HHR T Automated Slideshow Tips mw Keywords on opening Written By Peter Harrison Date 3 10 93 Last Updated 06 20 97 Solo s Slideshow has an On Opening mode that runs the Slideshow automatically Live presentations can be delivered in this mode but it is typically not a good method when accompanied by an oral presentation e Keeping up with or slowing down for the presentation is frustrating to both you and the audience e Audience interruption or participation is not possible There are some instances when a stand alone self running presentation is a good idea e Simple presentations for product overviews or advertisements e Simple how to procedures Automatic Slideshow Content In the majority of automatic Slideshows the author is not available to deliver the oral presentation or answer questions Therefore creating an automatic Slideshow places an additional burden to ensure that the informatio
67. object from the document Also Template Files which are 2 0 ONLY documents cannot be used by Solo 1 2 8 We have added a shortcut option in version 1 2 8p which will allow you to open a 2 0 ONLY document To do this press the Shift and Control keys while opening or importing the 2 0 ONLY document Pages containing any of the new 2 0 objects tables multigons stars brackets or movies will not be able to be accessible When attempting to enter the Page Editor or print any of these pages you will see a dialog stating that the page cannot be processed This shortcut is designed for emergencies only If you frequently share documents between 1 2 8 and 2 0 users you should upgrade all users to the latest 2 0 version Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 1 of 1 Solo Tech Notes le i HHR 19 Setting Solo Preferences mw Keywords settings defaults prefs Written By Peter Harrison Date 11 12 93 Last Updated 06 20 97 Solo 2 0 provides substantial control over user preferences Our approach has been to use existing dialog boxes for setting preferences There are two types of preferences e Session Preferences Session preferences only remain in effect until you quit Solo They are set by first deselecting all objects opening the appropriate dialog box and clicking the OK button e User Preferences User preferences are permanent They are set by pre
68. ocument and Quit Solo Select your fax driver in the Chooser Reopen your document fax your pages from the Storyboard and Quit Solo Re select you printer driver in the Chooser and restart Solo to continue working Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 1 of 2 Solo Tech Note 30 Printing amp Faxing Documents With Multiple Print Records mw continued This procedure should avoid multiple fax jobs Keep in mind that you want to consistently create and edit your pages with the same printer driver and avoid changing individual page setups While the fax driver is selected in the Chooser you should not to create new pages or edit existing ones Update 11 7 94 Solo 2 0 6 With the release of Solo 2 0 6 there is a method for correcting the multiple print job problem In all pre 2 0 6 versions in the Storyboard you could use Option Page Setup to change the print record for all empty pages In version 2 0 6 you can now use the Option Page Setup feature to change the Page Setup for existing pages i e pages with content in a document If you experience the multiple print job problem with a document you should select the pages in the Storyboard press and hold the Option key and select the Page Setup command from the File menu When the Page Setup dialog box is displayed make the appropriate changes and click the OK button The following alert box is displayed Apply this Page Setup to all 6
69. panels software Written By Peter Harrison Date 2 26 93 Last Updated 6 2 93 Insignia Solutions RapidTrak is a utility for managing hard and removable disks and it has a performance option called RapidMath which conflicts with Solo RapidMath changes math functions which Solo relies on to function properly and with RapidMath turned On Solo will crash randomly Turning RapidMath Off in the RapidTrak Control Panel will correct the problem Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 1 of 1 Solo Tech Notes le i HHR 9 PowerCache Conflict m Keywords incompatibilities inits extensions control panels software hardware Written By Peter Harrison Date 2 26 93 Last Updated 6 2 93 DayStar s Universal PowerCache is an accelerator board and Control Panel file for improving speeding up the performance of your Macintosh However using the PowerMath component of the accelerator may cause problems with number processing Incorrect display of thousands separators in Solo has been confirmed on the Mac IIx The PowerMath option should be turned Off in the PowerCentral Control Panel when using Solo Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 1 of 1 Solo Tech Notes le F HHR 10 ClickChange Conflict m Keywords incompatibilities inits extensions control panels software Written By Peter Harrison Date 2 2
70. pdated 8 10 93 Build charts illustrate the added or reduced contributions of components to a total 10 Build Up charts are often referred to as Source of Change charts and Build Down charts as Waterfall charts When using these charts there are times which you may want to segment or subtotal individual items along the baseline within the chart see sample chart to the right Segmented Items While Solo s default templates are not pre formatted to segment individual items you can arrange the data and set the display options to create segmented and subtotaled build charts Subtotal Let s begin by examining the sample chart tet lene ene ltem 4 thems rene e Items 1 amp 4 are single data items e Items 2 amp 5 are segmented items each composed of 2 stacked data points e Item 3 is a subtotal of the previous items 1 amp 2 e Item 6 is a Total of all items in the chart This chart presents 3 distinct problems 1 We must stack multiple data points within single items along the baseline items 2 and 5 To solve this problem we use the Baseline Axis s formatting options to stack multiple data series This is how items are segmented in any stacked chart variation eg Column Stack When we stack multiple data points within a chart we will introduce the remaining 2 problems 2 Because the standard Build type chart variation is not formatted to accommodate multiple data series we
71. plot point label in the last item in the chart This completes the process Your completed chart should appear much like the one on the first page of this Tech Note Item 1 Item 2 Item 3 Item 4 Item 5 Item 6 Subtotal TOTAL A summary of the complete process appears on the next page Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 4 of 5 Solo Tech Note 12 Creating Segmented amp Subtotaled Build Charts mw continued Summary Creating Segmented amp Subtotaled Build Charts e Create a Build chart It can be either a Build Up or Build Down type e Close the chart s Data Window e Double click on the chart s baseline and set the Space Between Series field to 100 e Click the OK button to confirm the change and close the dialog box e Double click the chart s Plot Area to display it s Plot Options dialog box e Turn the Total and Connect checkboxes OFF Examine your data to determine the number of data columns needed in the Data Window Plot Area Hint You will need enough data columns for each segment in the chart including single item entries plus 1 additional column for each subtotal entry e Open the Data Window and add the data columns to the Plot Area by Shift clicking and dragging on the Column header e Enter your data remembering to keep all rows and columns clear of each other except for any segmented items required Plotting Subtotal
72. presentation and there is no intention to distribute a paper document there is only one significant design constraint the size of the image area When designing your format keep in mind the image area that will be visible on the monitor The image area is influenced by the scale factor for the page and the page contents relative to the page center Keeping in mind that the center of the page is the scaling reference point a series of concentric rectangles are drawn around the page s center point By changing the page s scale factor we can determine the maximum image area that can be displayed 8 5 X 11 0 page Image Scale Factor Maximum Image Area A 100 8 75 X 6 500 A B 110 8 00 X 6 000 B C 120 7 25 X 5 500 aL D 130 6 75 X 5 000 C gt E not illustrated 140 6 00 X 4 625 F not illustrated 150 5 75 X 4 375 D gt If you use a 13 monitor at 100 scale you cannot view an entire 11 0 x 8 5 page on screen The largest area that can be displayed at 100 is 8 75 width x 6 5 height Selecting Proper Font Sizes When you decide to enlarge or reduce the scale factor keep in mind that the text on the page is also scaled The scale factor will affect the font sizes that should be used Remember the Macintosh uses installed screen fonts to image text on the screen Unusual fonts sizes are scaled by the operating system as best it can with sometimes sub optimal results The
73. pyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 1 of 1 Solo Tech Notes le F HHR 17 A4 Vs US Letter Page Setup mw Keywords default auto conversion Written By Peter Harrison Date 9 27 93 Last Updated 9 27 93 There is a problem when working on documents in different countries with most other software Since A4 Letter is used in most of Europe and US Letter is used in the US converting between the two paper sizes can be difficult and time consuming Solo solves this problem by automatically converting between the two paper sizes The Solo paper size default is based on the default of the current printer driver in the System Folder The printer driver is selected in the Chooser dialog box If the printer driver is part of the US system the default paper size in Solo will be US Letter If the printer driver is part of a non US system the default paper size in Solo will be A4 Letter LaserWriter Page Setup 71 2 o Paper US Letter A4 Letter OUS Legal BS Letter LTabloid Reduce or a Printer Effects Enlarge EJ Font Substitution Orientation O Text Smoothing 1E O Graphics Smoothing i O Faster Bitmap Printing LaserWriter 7 1 2 A4 Solo also converts the page content from the center of each page not the upper left corner as done in some other programs This means that if you keep page content away from the edges of the page it will not be
74. roach work e Purchased copies of Solo are set to expire after 12 months The licensee information organization name location and number of copies purchased is also recorded in Solo As of Solo 2 0 a Solo Key will contain all expiration date and licensee information Extending the expiration date will involve simply distributing a new key e For the 15 days prior to the expiration date messages warning that Solo will expire will be displayed on startup For each day after the expiration date the number of messages displayed will be incremented by one This will gradually slow startup but will never disable Solo e The expiration date uses the date and time from the Mac System clock Therefore it is important to properly set the clock before installing and while running Solo Attempting to avoid the expiration date will disable Solo This can only happen by setting the clock to a date after the expiration date starting Solo and then setting the clock to a date before the expiration date e It is possible to completely drain power to a Mac and force the System clock to reset most commonly with a PowerBook If this does happen the date may revert to 1904 However if Solo has not yet expired the expiration date approach will still work properly e The current expiration date can be checked within Solo by selecting the About Solo entry in the Apple menu The expiration date is also stamped on the back of the master Solo diskette Copyrigh
75. s gt Build Up Col Data You should use the opposite sign for the first value depending upon the direction the chart is plotted i e Up or Down If you are plotting a Build Up chart first enter a negative value then a positive value If you are plotting a Build Down chart first enter a positive value then a negative value Plotting Totals Since you have to create a Total column manually remember to use the opposite sign from the direction the chart is plotted If you are plotting a Build Up chart enter a negative value for the Total If you are plotting a Build Down chart enter a positive value for the Total e Close the Data Window to plot the chart e Delete any unnecessary plot point labels and use the Number Format dialog box to remove negative signs from the appropriate plot point labels August 10 1993 Update In Solo 2 0 4 new chart variations have been added that support the creation of subdivided subtotaled Build type charts They are Build Up Bar seg sub Build Up Col seg sub Build Down Bar seg sub Build Down Col seg sub These new variations have been pre formatted to support the use of multiple data series stacked as explained in this Tech Note You should review the discussion of the data entry conventions these charts employ to properly enter data for these charts Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 5 of 5 Solo Tech Notes
76. ssing the Option Alt key while clicking the OK button in the appropriate dialog box User preference information is recorded in the Solo Prefs file which is located in the Preferences folder in your System Folder If deleted Solo will replace the Solo Prefs file upon startup You will then have to redefine your preferences Preferences can also be built into a Template File Therefore if you are using a customized Template File you may not have control over some preferences For information regarding building preferences into a Template File see Tech Note 20 Consult the table on the next page for a complete list of Solo preferences and how they can be set Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 1 of 2 Solo Tech Note 19 Setting Solo Preferences mw continued Setting User Preferences View Dialog Box Settings Menu Command To set press Storyboard or Page Editor Check Spelling Main and User dictionaries Edit Check Spelling Nothing Preferences application All Edit Preferences OK Slideshow Preferences All View Slideshow Preferences Option Alt OK Place Template Format pop up Templates Place Template Nothing Storyboard Page Numbers All Storyboard Page Numbers Option Alt OK Page Editor Character All Text Character Option Alt OK Paragraph All T
77. t 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 1 of 1 le F HHR Solo Tech Notes 16 Empower Conflict m Keywords incompatibilities inits extensions control panels software finder opening Written By Peter Harrison Date 8 31 93 Last Updated 9 2 93 Empower 4 0 8 is a utility developed by Magna for Macintosh security It consists of a Control Panel for setting security options and an application for releasing volumes under its control When Empower is installed Solo will crash if Solo is already running and you Double click on a Solo document in the Finder to open it It will also happen if you choose the Open menu command from the File menu in the Finder It will not happen if the document is on the Desktop This crash occurs because Empower patches an Apple System routine with its own code When this patched routine is accessed by Solo unexpected values are returned and Solo crashes Magna has fixed the problem in Empower 4 1 which is scheduled for release before the end of 1993 Until then the only way to avoid the crash is to de install Empower press the Option key when starting the Installer or only open Solo documents from within Solo Therefore we have made a change to Solo which avoids the problem that Empower 4 0 8 sets up and enables you to use both Solo and Empower This change is in Solo 1 2 8n Many thanks to Frank Tsouros in New York for identifying this conflict Co
78. t 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 2 of 2 le F HHR Solo Tech Notes 28 Solo and the PowerPC m Keywords compatibility native emulation mode software power pc powermac power mac 68 Written By Peter Harrison Date 11 4 94 Last Updated 11 4 94 We are often asked about Solo s compatibility with the PowerPC and our plans for a native PowerPC version of Solo We are happy to report that Solo is fully compatible with Apple s new Power Macintosh computers Solo 2 0 4 and all later versions run faster on the Power Macs than on any other Mac available To take further advantage of the speed of the Power Macs Axon is working on a native version of Solo which should be available in the second half of 1995 To learn more about Power Mac compatibility please read on Apple s new line of Power Macintosh computers utilize the high performance PowerPC chip developed jointly by Motorola Apple and IBM The Power Macs are an excellent choice for computer users for a number of reasons excellent price performance compatibility with existing Mac software increased performance with new native Mac software and the potential to ran Windows software Software runs in two modes on a Power Mac emulation and native In emulation mode the Power Mac mimics the older 68K chip the predecessor of the PowerPC and enables you to run your existing Mac software In native mode programs are able
79. t been released Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 1 of 1 le i HHR Solo Tech Notes 26 Modifying Template File Source Documents And Maintaining Custom Preferences m editing resedit template development Obsolete See new Tech Note 36 Written By Mitch Rerek Date 8 31 94 Last Updated 8 31 94 Template File designers often need to add new templates to their Template File Source document This can sometimes be confusing especially if you rely on a set of custom preferences built into your Template File see Tech Note 20 When editing a Template File Source document it is a common practice to close or rename the standard Template File so it is NOT used by Solo during the editing session This eliminates the confusion between duplicate Named Paragraphs Named Objects and Templates which will appear twice in their respective dialog boxes one set residing in the Source document and the other in the open Template File When creating or modifying templates in a Source document without a Template File open your user preferences will be used and not those built into the Template File This can create formatting problems if there are differences between your user preferences and custom Template File preferences For example new objects may not adhere to the specifications required for your organization s graphic format eg tables may use different fonts sizes or para
80. tailed illustrations such as Logos The illustration can be exported as a PICT and then imported into a Picture Object The object can be named and used on multiple pages In order to maximize the clarity of the illustration draw it at an enlarged scale This is needed because a PICT representation does not have the same level of precision as a Solo drawing For example if creating a Logo to replace the Logo Named Object in the Axon Template File do the following e Create the illustration on an empty page e The Logo object measures 1 x 5 so create your illustration 10 x 5 10 times the desired size e Export the page as a PICT e Command Double Click on the Logo Named Object e Select the PICT you just created and click Import e You will probably want to Modify All instances of the Named Object when prompted e With the object selected set the 100 checkbox in the Object Info dialog e Using the Scale command scale the Named Object to 10 e Reposition the object if necessary The resulting clarity should be excellent Named Objects are especially useful when incorporating images in your documents In addition to the normal benefits of Named Objects another important aspect is in memory savings A named image takes up only 1x the memory size of the image even if it is placed multiple times Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 1 of 1 Solo Tech Notes le F HHR
81. ted together Create a Bar Butted chart Turn the Stacked option on using the Chart Options dialog box Use the Chart Baseline Axis dialog box and change the Space Between Items to 0 Enter the data as illustrated in the Data Window The empty rows provide a space between the groups of butted bars Options e If appropriate use the Chart Plot Point Labels dialog box to turn on the data labels in the middle of the bars Alternatively you cam add a scale axis to the chart using the Chart Scale Axis dialog or by choosing a Bar Butted s chart to start You may want to select the individual data shapes and change the shading or colors Use the Shift key while clicking to select multiple data shapes at once You may also want to align each item label to the center of the group of butted bars This is done by selecting the labels and moving them with the mouse or the arrow keys Column Bar Options Size amp Proportional i C Fixed ea Flip Axes CRD Oio Totals Connect Lines Bd d oO Series Titles Apply Cancel Date 9 15 95 Last Updated 9 18 95 Bar Butted Data ES EJ Show Axis Location Minimu Maximum Space Between Items Series AtValue Y id Baseline Settings El Axis Title Offset Opt
82. tore it in the folder you created in step 7 above lt gt 0 Work FRE 4 After naming and saving the file Solo will output the file E 5 You will see the following warning dialog box Click the Continue button A The following conditions may cause imaging variations eee Slide 1 Postscript used in output Aa Save Warnings Continue Clipboard Cancel warnings O File This dialog box is posted because Solo uses PostScript for drawing many of its objects In our tests we were able to ignore this dialog for pages containing objects originally created in Solo Pages which have had EPS embedded postscript files placed on them may not image properly 6 After the warning is dismissed the following dialog is displayed to confirm that the slide has been created Your sides have been saved in AGH slide 1 Please run the TH application TOAGH MAC to transmit your presentation to your Imaging Center To create all your slides Print each page in the document from the Page Editor and follow steps 1 7 above After you have created all of the slide files you need to use the ToAGX MAC application to prepare them for imaging by your local vendor Consult the Autographix documentation for the necessary steps Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 2 of 2 le F
83. ufficient For more complex pages increase the partition by 500 K for each additional 250 data points e The same suggestions apply to pages with similarly large number of regular text objects Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Page 1 of 2 Solo Tech Note 11 Solo Memory Usage on the Macintosh m continued Printing PICTs and Rotated Text Objects When printing PICT files imported into Picture objects OR Text objects which have been rotated memory requirements increase significantly e In order to maximize resolution when printing Solo scales pages 4 times 4x when printing to a 300 DPI dots per inch printer and 8x when printing to a 600 DPI printer For example if a page contains a full sized PICT file which is 50 K then printing it will require an additional 200 K for a 300 DPI printer and 400 K for a 600 DPI printer e As arule of thumb multiply the size of the largest PICT by the scaling factor of the printer resolution and add that to the current memory partition For example if the largest PICT in the document is 100 K and you are printing to a 600 DPI printer 8x then you should change the memory partition to 3300 K 2500 800 Offscreen Drawing Feature Solo s has an offscreen drawing feature This means that when a document window is updated or redrawn it is drawn offscreen and then copied all at once back to the screen This improves performance and makes screen feedba
84. values The color pattern is typically left the same which is solid Also the black amp white value and pattern are also typically left the same as this is how the color will be displayed in black amp white This values can be changed if necessary Save changes and quit ResEdit when finished Then start Solo to see and use the new color in the palette When implementing a suite of colors we recommend starting at color 22 and working backwards such as using 18 through 22 because these colors are infrequently used black amp white patterns and will consolidate your colors in one section of the color palette Changes need to be made to every copy of Solo or the changed application can be given to other licensed users Remember to document any color changes because they need to be made whenever a new version of Solo is installed New colors may not exactly correct on screen because the monitor is limited in the number of colors it can display However the color will be printed and exported with the precise RGB values Copyright 1992 2001 Axon Inc 21 Walmsley Road CT 06820 USA Solo Tech Notes R HEIN 33 Written By Mitch Rerek Creating Butted and Stacked Charts mw Keywords column bar While the chart to the right may look like fairly simple it s actually a little tricky to create This tech note explains how to create a column or bar chart with stacked values which are in groups but
85. ve entered 20 to force the chart to draw a column back down to the baseline Since we require the next baseline item to plot from the top of the previous item we need to enter a 20 to bring the column back to the true subtotal value By entering data in this manner we compensate for the Build chart s plotting of successive baseline items Entering exactly the same negative and positive values forces the data shapes to exactly overlap each other This gives the appearance that the subtotal is drawn correctly In addition the last item in the chart Item 6 Total also needs to be entered as a negative value to force it to draw back down to the baseline This completes the desired graphic look of the chart After making these changes in the Data Window and closing it the chart should appear as illustrated below You should notice that for Item 3 Subtotal there are 2 plot point labels e Select the topmost label for item 3 and delete it This leaves only the 20 plot Delete any extra plot point oint label labels and use the Number P Formats dialog box to remove e Select the 20 label and choose the any labels that ee an Number Format command from the IMproper negative dIspiay Chart menu e Click the None option in the Negative section of the dialog box This will remove the negative sign display from the plot point label e Repeat this step for the 50

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