April 30, 1993

1.
The self-extracting file, FACMAC1.EXE (FCMAC.EXE if you got it
from CI$), created a TEMP subdirectory and then extracted the
file to it. This has been corrected. The file will now extract
itself to the current directory only.

2.
The HYPHEN macro was inadvertently left out of the keyboard
layout-KEN.WPK. It has now been added.

3.
Important information about SHRINK and KILLSTY:
If you elect to receive SHRINK or KILLSTY as your free commercial
application and the release date of your copy of WordPerfect 5.1
is later than 12/31/90, use this macro with caution. In one of
the later releases, a bug surfaced which interferes with
successful execution of the macro. This bug affects only those
documents in which a Paired Style is in use.

Both of these macros remove unused Styles from your documents. In
doing so, they use the Delete/Definition Only option on the
Styles menu. On rare occasions, this can cause the [Style Off]
code of the first occurrence of a Paired Style to be deleted or
moved. On very rare occasions codes contained within the actual
Style may be deleted. Obviously this could cause problems in your
document!

It doesn't happen every time, however, and neither I nor
WordPerfect have been able to figure out what the trigger is.
Unfortunately this bug is present in the 3/09/92 release and,
according to WordPerfect, there are no plans for any future
releases. In other words the bug won't be corrected until the
next version comes out, whatever and whenever that is!

As long as you use them on documents which don't contain Paired
Styles (or if you have the 12/31/90 release or earlier), you
should experience no trouble at all. If you want SHRINK and
you're a Style user, I suggest adding the following codes to the
beginning of the macro which will cause SHRINK to stop if it runs
across a document which contains a Paired Style in use:

{Home}{CALL}home~
{ON NOT FOUND}{GO}ok~~
{Search}{Style}1{Search}
{GO}abort~
{LABEL}ok~

4.
The macros MARK, RETURN, and XLIST have been rewritten. This was
done primarily to improve execution speed, particularly of
RETURN. RETURN now also allows for retrieval of your document
into a blank screen.

5.
There are 13 brand new macros added to the collection bringing
the total to 80. The additions are: FRACTION, GETCHAR, LAUNCH,
LINER, LOADER, NEXTPAGE, NUMBER, SHOWDATE, SHOWTIME, SWAPFONT,
TIMER, TOGGLE, and WORKLOG. Refer to the documentation for a full
description.

6.
A new commercial application is available called VIEW-WPG. Users
have long been requesting the ability to preview graphics from
within WordPerfect. This macro does just that. It lets the user
select the Look option from the List Files screen when displaying
a directory containing WPG files.

7.
SPELSAVE and SAVER have been rewritten to be aware of the Long
Document Names feature.

8.
SAVER has been revised to correctly trap keystrokes for resetting
the current default directory and to allow it to be NEST'ed.

9.
BORDER has been rewritten to allow users to select the border
type. It works better now since it no longer resets margins and
it's more elegant since it introduces fewer codes into the
document.

10.
There are now 82 macros in the collection. The additions are DATE
and FILE-UP. Refer to the documentation for a full description.

11.
One of the macros in the keyboard layout file KEN.WPK has been
modified. The Ctrl-R macro (REFORMAT) now also removes the
phantom space which occasionally appears on the left side of
the screen after making changes to font size, margins, tabs, etc.

12.
There are now 83 macros in the collection. The addition is TABME.
Refer to the documentation for a full description.

13.
There are now 85 macros in the collection. The additions are
PARABOX and WPG-CAT. Refer to the documentation for a full
description.

14.
There are now 90 macros in the collection. The additions are
EDITFIND, PRINTMOD, SAVECOPY, WORD2NUM, and WORDOUT. Refer to the
documentation for a full description.

15.
TOGGLE has been rewritten to correct a bug which returned the
user to the wrong box number.

16.
There are now 91 macros in the collection. The addition is
BULLET. Refer to the documentation for a full description.

17.
FONT and FONT2STY (commercial macros) have been rewritten to be
compatible with font changes inside Tables when single, fixed-
line spacing is in effect.

18.
There are now 96 macros in the collection. The additions are
ARROW, BACKUP, NOTATER, OUTLINER, and SPACEOUT. Refer to the
documentation for a full description.

19.
There are now 98 macros in the collection. The additions are
CONVERT and PRINTER. Refer to the documentation for complete
descriptions.

20.
At last! There are now 100 macros in the collection. The
additions are EXEMAC and LINES. EXEMAC is actually a "roll-over"
from the commercial application list. Refer to the documentation
for complete descriptions. This version, FACMAC4, is the final
release. No further development on the collection is planned at
this time other than to fix any problems which users call to my
attention. I have also rewritten the documentation (CATALOG.DOC)
to be a little clearer in some spots, eliminate typos, and give
clearer instructions. Also, I have moved all the macros which
were intended for use in a keyboard layout into KEN.WPK with one
exception, that being PRINTMOD. Since the collection contains two
macros targeted for the Print (Shift-F7) key, I had to choose one
or the other. The result is 75 stand-alone macros, one "homeless"
keyboard macro, and one keyboard layout file containing 24
macros. (Total: 100)

21.
PRINTMOD has been rewritten to allow for printing Blocked text.

22.
WORDOUT has been rewritten so that it will work when used in
Columns.