[Papyrus-L] Question about Papyrus problem

[Raisa Deber]

Can't help with that - I'm on a Mac.  Still hanging on to my old office machine so I can text extract under Classic.  But what I've been doing at home - where Classic isn't supported and hence Papyrus won't work -  is running a DOS emulator (DOSBOX (and, even sillier than that, Word for DOS in case I need to text extract at home).  So if you can't get it working, an awkward but feasible workaround is to do data entry in the DOS version, back up to BB files, and then import them to the version you're using?
Raisa Deber (emphatically a Papyrus diehard).


On 2011-11-27, at 12:10 PM, Thomas Gill wrote:


> To the remaining Papyrus diehards:

>  

> Please see the problem below that I have been having with the input function of Papyrus, on an XP operating system.  The solutions suggested by Dave have not corrected the problem.

>  

> I would appreciate any other suggestions from the group.

>  

> Sincerely,

>  

> Tom Gill

>  

> From: Dave Goldman <dave at ResearchSoftwareDesign.com>

> Date: October 30, 2011 5:45:34 PM PDT

> To: Thomas Gill <thomas.gill at yale.edu>

> Subject: Re: Question about Papyrus

>  

> Problem:

> I have been using Papyrus for nearly 20 years.  Today, for the first time, I am unable to input a new reference using the Input Option.  The screen appears with Type/article highlighted, but I am unable to enter anything or even change from article to “other”.  It simply goes back to Type/article.

>  

> Do you have any ideas on what I can do to resolve this problem?

>  

> Tom --

>  

> I This sounds like an old problem that first surfaced with Windows NT. If that's what is affecting you, then try moving the mouse over the Reference Type menu that pops up -- that might allow you to pick a different choice from that menu.

>  

> In addition, maybe one of these ancient suggestions will still work:

>  

> ------------------------------------------------------------------------

>  

> When you launch PAPYRUS, you might discover that rather than filling the whole screen, PAPYRUS uses only the top half of your screen. If this happens to you there are two solutions:

>  

> (1) Update your copy of PAPYRUS to Version 7.0.16c or later.

>  

>   OR

>  

> (2) Carry out these steps:

>  

>  (a) Launch PAPYRUS.

>  (b) Switch to windowed mode by pressing Alt-Enter.

>  (c) Select the Control menu by clicking the icon in the upper left

>      corner of the window, or by pressing Alt-Space, and then choose

>      "Properties".

>  (d) Select the "Layout" tab.

>  (e) Set the "Screen Buffer Size" Height to 25.

>  (f) Click the OK button.

>  (g) Choose "Save properties for future windows with same title", and

>      click OK.

>  (h) Quit PAPYRUS.

>  (i) Future launches should correctly fill the screen.

>  

>  

> ------------------------------------------------------------------------

>  

> If you wish to run PAPYRUS in a window, rather than in full-screen mode, 

> you might run into some problems with the mouse not functioning correctly, because Windows NT is intercepting your mouse clicks. You can remedy this situation as follows:

>  

>  (a) Launch PAPYRUS.

>  (b) Switch to windowed mode by pressing Alt-Enter.

>  (c) Select the Control menu by clicking the icon in the upper left

>      corner of the window, or by pressing Alt-Space, and then choose

>      "Properties".

>  (d) Select the "Options" tab.

>  (e) Turn off "QuickEdit Mode" and "Insert Mode".

>  (f) Click the OK button.

>  (g) Choose "Save properties for future windows with same title", and

>      click OK.

>  (h) Quit PAPYRUS.

>  (i) Future launches should show better mouse functioning.

>  

> ------------------------------------------------------------------------

>  

> If none of these suggestions helps, then you should probably post a question to Papyrus-L mailing list to see if one of your colleagues has figured this one out. You can sign up for the list at <http://www.researchsoftwaredesign.com/Lists.html>.

>  

> -- Dave

>  

>  

>  

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