***** IMPORTANT: The "Synth" program has not been included in this ***** release of the Copyist because of some last minute problems. ***** We apologize for its omission. PLEASE send in your regis- ***** tration cards so that we may send you a FREE Copyist backup, ***** including the Synth program, as soon as it is available. ***** Thank you for being one of the first to purchase the Amiga ***** Copyist, stay tuned for further developments. Since the manual for the Copyist Professional for the Amiga was completed, several changes have been made to the program. Most are minor, but there are a few major changes. The most important is the completion of the HP LaserJet driver, and the addition of a driver for the HP DeskJet. These drivers are discussed in the file HP.DOC, and the remaining changes are discussed below. * The Configuration Window now displays another directory, called the program directory. When you start the Copyist the program will first look in the current directory for any necessary files (such as ME.CFG or the Usrfonts.usr file), and if the files are not found, the program directory will be searched. The Copyist program saves the ME.CFG file in the current directory. If you copy the Copyist program to your hard disk, you may wish to copy ME.CFG and Usrfonts.usr so that they may be loaded from the current directory. If you copy the Font_Editor to your hard disk, you should copy all three Usrfonts files as well since the Font_Editor is used to edit all of them. * The Home key is not found on the Amiga! We have substituted the Shift-Delete key combination for the Home key where it is mentioned in the manual (pages 10, 28, 29, and 54). Shift-Delete will move the edit cursor to the top of the current page, or to the top of the help screen. The Ctrl-Home key combination is similarly available by typing Ctrl-Shift-Delete. * The screen colors are saved in the file ME.CFG. If you wish to save the colors after changing them, you must select Configure from the Other menu, and then click on Save. * If the Copyist crashes when you attempt to run it from CLI, the stack may be too small. The Copyist requires 10000 bytes of stack space, so type STACK 10000 at the CLI prompt before running the Copyist. * The Font Editor program is slightly different. Clicking or holding the left mouse button draws pixels, and the right button erases pixels. * When saving macros to disk, the asterisk key does not create a string of question marks for the file name. However, we still recommend that you avoid using wildcard keys (# ? *) in filenames, since these may conflict with disk commands. Remember that you cannot easily identify and copy macros with non-alphanumeric names, so you should avoid creating such macros if you can. * The program attempts to load and save macros from a directory called "Macros". Such a directory is provided for you on the main program disk. Should this directory not be found, the current directory will be used. If you install the Copyist onto a hard disk, you should create a Macros directory so that your Copyist directory doesn't get cluttered with macros. * Another thing about macros. The ones we provide were designed to run in interlace mode (400 lines). If you use some of them in hi-res (200 lines) they will try to perform operations below the bottom of the screen and become garbled. * If you change the user fonts, the help file, or the configuration file, you should copy them to all of your Copyist disks that contain programs or to your hard disk. This way, you can run any of the programs that make up the Copyist Professional from any disk, without worrying about accidentally using an outdated file. For example, if you use the Font_Editor to customize the Usrfonts.eps file, make sure to copy the file to the directory where you keep your printer drivers. * The Amiga_Printer_Driver program creates a huge high res- olution bitmap in memory (similar to the one created by the Epson driver) and sends it to the printer device. In its present form, the Amiga_Printer_Driver requires a trem- endous amount of memory to run. If it won't run, it is probably because you don't have enough ram. An update to the Amiga_Printer_Driver will be available soon which will require much less memory. In the meantime, the main Copyist program provides draft mode printing through the AmigaDos printer device. * The Epson_Printer_Driver, HP_LaserJet+_Driver and HP_DeskJet_Driver programs all send their output directly to the Amiga's Parallel port. If your printer is connected to the serial port, you're out of luck unless you can connect to the parallel port instead. We are very sorry for this situation and will correct the problem very shortly. SOME CORRECTIONS TO MANUAL TEXT: * Disregard the warning "CONFIGURING THE COPYIST IS NOT AN OPTIONAL STEP!". This is a relic. The only important option in the configuration window is the work directory which is initially set to RAM:. This is where the Copyist will store numerous internal work files. If you're short on ram, you can substitute a directory on disk. * When the manual tells you to place the key disk "in drive df0:" it means to say "in any drive". * The Other menu contains the selections "Paste" and "Help...".