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[Michael Norman <mn2>]

Hello,

I'm new to the list and NoteBene, a Xywrite user who would like to
adapt NoteBene for Windows to many of the Xywrite for DOS
conventions. I've had no luck with Notebene technical support, either
on the phone or with e-mail, which they never return. If anyone can
tackle some of these questions, I'd be grateful. 

1. When you boot up the program, how do you get a directory on the
   screen instead of a blank, untitled document. I put the following
   in my NBSTART.INT: 
  
   BXÿDSORT F,EÿQ2;*; 
   BX DIR Q2 ;*;

   I get a sorted directory when I call it up from within the program,
   but I can not get the program to boot up with a directory on the
   screen. When I change it to BC DIR XC, I get the beginning of a
   directory in the command box, not on the screen. If I leave off the XC
   I get the letters D I R in the command box and when I hit a key with
   XC programed onto it, I do get a directory. 

2. Can't get the auto-spell to activate no matter what I check, uncheck. 

3. Get no indication when CAPS lock is on. Should be, if they followed
   Win conventions, on the status line (those long boxes at the bottom
   of the screen). 

4. Changed cursor using preferences to non-blinking, solid (0
   setting). Now every 60 seconds, the cursor simply
   disappears. Vanishes. Very strange. 

5. My control key does not work with several of the F-keys,
   particularly F6-F8. 

6. In graphics mode, the cursor is slow almost to a crawl. Any way to
   speed it up. 

7. The one time I did get to talk with tech support, they told me
   there was no way to change the draft font. Anyone have a work
   around? 

Any help with any of this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Michael Norman

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Michael Norman
Associate Professor
Department of Journalism and Mass Communication
New York University
10 Washington Place
New York, NY
212-998-7864
mn2
        or
michael.norman
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