
LICENSE:

When you register Winvelope, you are granted a single 
license to use the Software on a single computer 
("Dedicated Computer").  You may use the software on 
another computer, provided that the intention is not 
to avoid purchasing additional copies for other users.                  
                                           


WARRANTY/DISCLAIMER:

J. E. McCullum, the author of the Winvelope code, 
hereby disclaims all warranties relating to this 
software, whether expressed or implied, including 
without limitation any implied warranties of 
merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.  
The author will not be liable for any special, 
incidental, consequential, indirect or similar 
damages due to loss of data or any other reason, 
even if the author or an agent of the author has 
been advised of the possibility of such damages.

In no event shall the author's liability for any 
damages everexceed the price paid for the license to 
use the software, regardless of the form of the claim.  
The person using the software bears all risk as to 
the quality and performance of the software.



INTRODUCTION

Winvelope is a utility program that simplifies the 
printing of envelopes from the Windows operating 
environment.  Winvelope accomplishes this task in 
just a few quick keystrokes and adds a host of 
convenient features in the process.  Now instead of 
having to re-type the address, the user can copy it 
from a Windows document via the Clipboard and paste 
it directly to an envelope.  

Winvelope can be loaded and minimized to an icon when 
starting Windows so that it is always just a "mouse 
click" away.  A handy address book for Windows 
Cardfile is also included for storing and retrieving 
frequently used addresses.  



FEATURES:

Capture an address from any Windows document and copy 
it to an envelope for printing.

Automatically prints in landscape orientation for 
those printers that require it. 

Store and retrieve frequently used addresses for 
printing from unlimited number of address books setup 
for Windows Cardfile.

Manually input an address at print time.

Optionally print envelopes with primary or alternate 
return address.

Choice of printing to any envelope size.

Adjustable print positions.

Support for Windows installed printer fonts and 
attributes.



SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

Winvelope requires the following minimum hardware and 
software configuration:

Computer with a 286 or greater CPU.

Windows 3.X software installed in either "standard" or 
"386" mode.

Windows CARDFILE.EXE installed in the Windows 
subdirectory.

Printer supported by Windows and capable of feeding 
envelopes.



INSTALLATION:

Create a subdirectory on your harddisk and copy the 
files from the Winvelope diskette to the new 
directory.

	C>md \Winvelop

	C>cd \Winvelop

	C> copy A:*.*

One of the files on the Winvelope diskette is named 
VBRUN100.DLL.  This is the Microsoft runtime file for 
Visual Basic applications.  VBRUN100.DLL  must be 
located	in the DOS search path.  This can be done by 	
adding the WINVELOP directory to the path statement of 
your AUTOEXEC.BAT file or a better solution is to copy 
this file to your Windows directory, which is already 
included in the path statement.   We suggest the 
latter option in order to minimize the size of your 
path statement and more importantly,  with 
VBRUN100.DLL located in the Windows directory, your 
system will be setup for other Windows applications 
that may require this file in the future.

Install Winvelope in Windows Program Manager or 
substitute using the following command line:

	[d:][path] WNVEL363.EXE

where [d:][path] is the drive and path containing the 
Winvelope files.

You may want to load Winvelope as an icon when you 
start Windows so that it is always available.  To do 
this, modify the "load=" statement in the [Windows] 
section of the WIN.INI file to include WNVEL363.EXE.

	[Windows]
	load=[d:][path]WNVEL363.EXE

Refer to your Windows Manual for more detailed 
information on this procedure.



PRINT ORIENTATION:

Prior to trying to print from Winvelope, activate the 
SETUP pull-down menu and click on Printing Defaults.  
From this screen, select whether your printer prints 
envelopes in the portrait or landscape orientation.  
After this selection is made and saved, Winvelope will 
for most printers and printer drivers automatically 
print the envelope in the correct orientation without 
having to access Printer Setup.  If landscape 
orientation is chosen, Winvelope will return the 
printer to portrait mode after the envelope is printed.
Some printer drivers such as Canon and Atech do not 
currently support the auto-landscape feature.  If you
find that your printer driver ignores the landscape 
setting you will need to use the 'Printer Setup' 
button to change print orientation.



PAPER BIN SELECTION:

This option, found in the 'Printing Defaults' setup 
routine, is primarily for laser printers.  This 
setting will control which paper source will be 
accessed when the print job is sent to the printer.  
This setting is particularly important to Hewlett 
Packard IIP, IIIP, and other similar type laser 
printers which will not feed an envelope from the 
manual feed tray when the lower paper cassette is 
installed without a direct call from the software.  
Owners of these printers will want to select 
BIN 0 (UPPER TRAY), or BIN 2 (MANUAL FEED), if the 
lower paper cassette is installed.  This will allow 
you to have the lower cassette as the primary paper 
source and Winvelope will print the envelope from 
the upper tray.  

Owners of other types of laser printers may use this 
setting to choose whether or not a manual feed prompt 
is desired when Winvelope prints an envelope.  This 
may be desirable if the printer is located a distance 
from the user or if the printer is being shared and 
there is potential for someone else's printjob ending 
up on your envelope!  A little trial and error may be 
necessary here to get the desired effect, as a 
particular BIN number may produce different effects 
on different brands and models of printers.

If after installing Winvelope you find the envelope 
won't feed or the address prints on a page from the 
wrong paper source, try different BIN settings until 
the desired effect is obtained.

See the Winvelope Software Manual for a chart of 
Paper Bin designations for some popular laser 
printers.



RETURN ADDRESS SETUP:

To store the default primary and alternate return 
addresses, activate the SETUP pull-down menu and 
select RETURN ADDRESS.  Enter the desired text for 
both the primary and alternate return addresses in 
the spaces provided and SAVE.  Before printing, you
may select from the options of the Primary, 
Alternate, or no return address.  





CONVERTING TEXT TO ALL CAPS:

The Postal Service now recommends using all capital 
letters when addressing mail.  Winvelope allows you 
to convert any address to all caps by making the 
selection in the 'Printing Defaults' menu. If you 
change this setting after you have PASTED the address 
and/or activated the return address option, you will 
have to CLEAR and re-PASTE the address  and turn the 
return address option off and back on to see the 
results.



SETTING PRINT MARGINS:

Winvelope has a very flexible adjustment for address 
print positions.  Adjustment down to a tenth of an 
inch can be made to the top and left print margins for 
both the return and addressee positions.  These 
adjustments are made by accessing the 'Adjust Print 
Position' selection located at the bottom of the SETUP
pull-down menu.  If adjustment is necessary, it may be 
easier to print to an 8-1/2" x 11" sheet of paper 
first and then measure approximately how far margins 
need to be adjusted to hit the envelope.  Margins are 
measured from the extent of the printer's print range 
rather than from the edge of the envelope.

Suggested print margins values to try for CENTER FEED
envelopes are:
				#10	#9	#6
Return Address Top Margin	2.2	2.4	2.4
Return Address Left Margin	1.6	2.4	4.6	
Addressee Top Margin		3.8	3.8	3.8
Addressee Left Margin		6.0	6.5	7.5

For RIGHT SIDE FEED envelopes:

Return Address Top Margin	0.1	0.1	0.1
Return Address Left Margin	1.7	2.4	4.7
Addressee Top Margin		1.6	1.6	1.6
Addressee Left Margin		6.0	6.0	7.3



ADDRESS BOOK:

You may maintain and work from an unlimited number 
of address book files created by Windows Cardfile.
Winvelope comes with one address book file already
setup for use with the filename ADBOOK.CRD.  To
create others, use Windows Cardfile to save as 
many files as you need.  You could for instance 
save files with the names BUSINESS.CRD, 
PERSONAL.CRD, XMASLIST.CRD, etc.  These files can
be stored anywhere, but will be more convenient 
for selecting if they are in the Winvelope 
subdirectory.  To select a file for accessing, 
activate Winvelope Setup and and click on the 
Select Address Book menu item.  Choose a file from
the dialog box and it will become the active
address book file.  The selected file will remain
the default address book until changed by the 
previous proceedure.  When you activate the ADDRESS
BOOK button, Winvelope will load Windows Cardfile
and the default address book file for storing or
retrieving an address.



ENVELOPE ADDRESSING:

With Winvelope, there are three methods for 
addressing an envelope:

Capture an address from your Windows document by 
copying it to the Windows Clipboard.  Activate 
Winvelope and use the PASTE ADDRESS button to paste 
the address on the envelope.	

From Winvelope, activate the ADDRESS BOOK button 
which will launch Windows Cardfile and the default
address book filename.  Copy a selected address to 
the Clipboard and PASTE as in method 1.  Refer to 
the Windows manual for more information on the use 
of Cardfile.

From Winvelope, type an address directly onto the 
envelope address box.



FONT SELECTION:

Printer fonts installed in Windows are available for 
selection when printing envelopes.  Individual 
selections can be made for both the return address 
and addressee text by using the FONTS button to 
access the font menu dialog box.   

Every time you change a font or attribute setting, 
the new value is saved with the corresponding 
envelope template to the WNVELOPE.INI file in the 
Windows subdirectory.  When you switch between 
different size envelopes, your last settings used 
for each will be retrieved from this file.  If 
Winvelope cannot find a compatible matching screen 
font for the printer font selected, it will substitute 
the HELV screen font for display purposes; however, 
the correct printer font will be used by the printer.

Bold and/or Italic type and font sizes for the return 
address and addressee text may also be selected from 
the Font Menu dialog box.



PRINTING:

The PRINT ENVELOPE button prints the envelope via the 
Windows printer driver similar to any other Windows 
application.  If your printer prints envelopes in the 
landscape orientation, the printer will be changed to 
this orientation automatically prior to printing and 
then changed back to portrait orientation when 
finished.



TROUBLE SHOOTING

Problem:		
Winvelope won't print in landscape mode.

Possible Solutions:	
Make sure landscape is selected in Printing Defaults 
under Winvelope	Setup.
				
You may have a printer and/or printer driver that does 
not support this feature.  The current variety of Canon 
and Publisher's Powerpak drivers are known not to 
support Auto-landscape.  If you have one of these, you 
will need to use the Printer Setup button that will 
allow you to switch to landscape and/or change paper 
trays manually.  

Problem:
HP Deskjet doesn't feed envelope properly.

Solution:
The current family of HP Deskjet printer drivers do not 
allow for Paper Bin selection.  Deskjet users must 
activate the PRINTER SETUP button and select ENVELOPE 
as the paper size prior to printing.

Problem:
Screen fonts do not match printer fonts selected from 
the Winvelope FONTS dialog box.

Solution:
Make sure you have installed matching screen fonts for 
your third party font managers.

Winvelope may not recognize screen fonts for certain 
font cartridges or internal printer fonts.  When 
Winvelope cannot find a matching screen font for the 
printer font selected, the Windows HELV screen font 
will be substituted for display purposes.  Winvelope 
will use the correct font for printing however.



PRODUCT SUPPORT

Product support for Winvelope can be obtained by 
either leaving a message via Compuserve Mail (71620,24) 
or by calling between the hours of 6 - 9 PM Eastern 
Time.

J. E. McCullum
P.O. Box 1145
514 Lakeside Dr.
Jenkins, KY  41537
(606) 832-2493
Compuserve ID 71620,24

