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In V2.x, how do I . . .

Updated July 31, 1996

Customers ask these questions about using Scientific WorkPlace and Scientific Word.

Is your question on this list? If not, look in the Technical Index or submit it to our Technical Support staff.

In Version 2.5, how do I . . . ?

• Add a caption to a table
• Add a new bibliography style to SW for use with BiBTeX
• Add a package to a style
• Add multiple accents to a character
• Add a style created in SW V. 2.01 to SW V. 2.5
• Add the float.sty package to a document style
• Apply a single caption to multiple figures
• Assign footnotes to multiple authors
• Break an expression across two or more lines
• Change the appearance of page numbers
• Change the font size of a Style Editor article style from 10 pt to 12 pt
• Change the format of citations
• Change the formatting for styles not created with the SW Style Editor
• Change the numbering for equations, figures and tables
• Change the space between rows of a table
• Change the title of the bibliography in a Style Editor document
• Change the typesetting style of a document
• Connect to Mathematica under Windows 3.1x
• Connect to Mathematica under Windows 95
• Create an appendix for a Style Editor style
• Create a multicolumn section in a document
• Create a new LaTeX format file
• Create a numbered list that doesn't start with the number 1
• Create roman numeral page numbers on exceptional pages
• Create a short version of a section heading
• Create an SW program group for a Windows NT or 3.x installation
• Define an automatic substitution sequence
• Double-space a document
• Download a new font scheme from our ftp site
• Download and install a new or updated style from our ftp site
• Enter a TeX field
• Fix function key assignments for item tag environments by modifying the .cst file
• Include a Babel package for Scientific WorkPlace and Scientific Word
• Import LaTeX files into SW
• Modify the swp-pro.ini file so that BibTeX works correctly
• Obtain and install version 1.3c of Win32s
• Open a Rich Text Format (RTF) file in SW
• Place mathematics in section headings
• Reinstall fonts for Scientific WorkPlace and Scientific Word
• Reinstall fonts for Scientific WorkPlace and Scientific Word on a Windows 95 system
• Remove section numbers
• Remove share.exe from the autoexec.bat and config.sys files
• Replace the commdlg.dll file
• Reset page numbers
• Set the previewer for A4 paper
• Solve Front Matter Problems with the NMSU Dissertation Style
• Suppress equation numbers
• Use bold and italics together in mathematics
• Use symbols to designate footnotes
• Use TeX brackets
• Use the current date in a Document
• Use the File Map protocol to connect to Mathematica under Windows 95

In Version 2.01, how do I . . . ?

• Add a new bibliography style to SW for use with BiBTeX
• Add items to the title page in a Style Editor document
• Apply a single caption to multiple figures
• Change the appearance of page numbers
• Change the formatting for styles not created with the SW Style Editor
• Change section numbers from roman to arabic numbers
• Create a closed double integral symbol
• Create a short version of a section heading
• Create single-spaced footnotes in a double-spaced document
• Double-space a document
• Enter a TeX field
• Install the DOS extended version of the TrueTeX compiler
• Install Win32S for Scientific WorkPlace and Scientific Word
• Modify the swp-pro.ini file to use a different LaTeX compiler
• Obtain and install version 1.3c of Win32s
• Print my document on a printer attached to a different PC
• Reinstall fonts for Scientific WorkPlace and Scientific Word
• Repair a truncated tex.pool
• Reset equation numbers
• Reset page numbers
• Substitute a different bitmap image file for SWP-SEE.DLL
• Suppress equation numbers

In general, how do I . . .?

• Access the MacKichan Software, Inc. ftp site
• Change the swap file default factor in Windows
• Change the Windows setting for virtual memory for the printer