U N I
² C O M P, Inc.
Real°Pac
On-Line Support Using this table, assign the new desired
keyboard assignments to one or both of these macros, by editing these
two .INI file keys. When ready, choose File | Save to permanently
store your changes. The next and
final step involves "synchronizing" these changes with both
your NORMAL.DOT Word Template file (if necessary), and with your own
copy(ies) of your REALPAC2.DOT.

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Category: Printing Issues/Word-Microsoft
Automation
Title:
Configure previously installed Word '97 or 2002 for Integration with
Real°Pac
Keywords:
Microsoft Word, Word 97, Word 2000,
Word 2002, Macros, Keyboard Assignments, WinBatch, Printing, Word Setup,
REALPAC2.DOT
Scope:
All Sites running Microsoft
Office 97 or higher, installed or updated after Real°Pac's
installation, and/or sites requiring different keyboard assignments for
Real°Pac's Word macros.
Release:
2.BA0a and higher
Description:
Word is launched and runs ok, but
either the keyboard assignments for the Real°Pac Print or Open-RTF
macro need to be modified, reassigned, or verified.
Resolution:
By default,
Real°Pac uses the following two keyboard macro assignments in order to
both send documents to print (and/or preview/edit them before printing),
and to open RTF master templates within Doc°Finder:
Keyboard Assignment
Realpac2.Dot Macro Name
ALT +
u
RealPacPrintJob
ALT + CTRL + SHIFT +
o
OpenRTFDoc
It is possible to modify these assignments to other
keystrokes, if necessary. To accomplish this, edit your site
configuration file. This file is named after your Real°Pac/Uni*Comp
site id. For example, if your site id is "12345",
then this file will be named 12345.INI. It will be stored in your
Real°Pac system folder, which on a typical small LAN
configuration defaults (at installation) to something like "J:\RP_W\SYSTEM",
with the "J" being the actual drive letter where the Real°Pac
server components are installed. If you need to verify this
folder's name, you may do so, within Real°Pac itself, by pulling down
the Help menu, and choosing "About Real°Pac ...". All
folder and site information (including your site id) are shown in
this "About" dialog.
Once in this INI file, search for the string "[WPPrint]"
(without the quotation marks). Then, within this section,
see if you find two lines that represent configuration file
"keys", as follows:
RealPacKeyBuffer.PrintJob=
DocFinderKeyBuffer.OpenRTF=
If you find these, you will simply edit what is in these
lines to the right of the equal sign. If you do not
find these, then you need to type them in, exactly as shown above.
In either case, you will be next working on assigning new values
to these lines.
The default assignments, matching the keyboard assignments shown above,
are as follows:
RealPacKeyBuffer.PrintJob=!u
DocFinderKeyBuffer.OpenRTF=!^+o
Notice the "shorthand" or "symbols" used to designate the
usage of a personal computer's modifier keys: ALT, CONTROL
(CTRL), and SHIFT. These are as follows:
Keyboard Modifier
Shorthand or Symbol Notation
ALT
!
CTRL
^
SHIFT
+
When Word is loaded, the computer's NORMAL.DOT is automatically
loaded. If REALPAC2.DOT, in addition, has been placed in the
pre-designated startup folder for Word, then this latter Template
is also loaded. You can tell if REALPAC2.DOT is
"live" or loaded by checking to see, when Word is first run,
whether Word's menu bar includes a pull-down item titled
"Real°Pac." If it does, then we need to
temporarily detach the Template, so we can then open it for
editing. Proceed to the next paragraph. If it does not,
then skip the next paragraph.
In Word, pull down Tools, and click on "Templates and Add
Ins". In the dialog box, you should see Realpac2
inside a list box, with a checked checkbox next to it. Simply uncheck
the checkbox and CLOSE this dialog. The Real°Pac menu item at the
top of Word's window (on its menubar) should no longer appear.
Next, choose File | Open, change the "file type" pull-down
selection at the bottom of the Open dialog to "Word Templates
(*.dot)", and navigate to Word's startup folder, which is
typically "c:\Program
Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Startup". Select and open
the REALPAC2.DOT file (depending on your Windows Explorer's folder View
options, you may or may not see the "DOT" extension).
Now, Word will look just like as if the Real°Pac's template was
attached or loaded "normally". Pull down Tools, then
choose Customize. Now, find and choose the KEYBOARD command button
at the very bottom of the Customize dialog. Next, on the left-hand
list box, scroll down until you find Macros, and single
click. Once doing this, the content of the right-hand list
box should be updated automatically; scroll down until you come to the
macro entitled RealPacPrintJob. Note what the keyboard
assignment is. If it is not what you want (it does not
match what you set in the .INI file beforehand) then click so you are
inside the "keyboard shortcut to assign" textbox, and then, as
it tells you to, actually press the keyboard combination you wish to
have Word "memorize" (e.g., "ALT + SHIFT + U" or
whatever). Take care to make sure the keyboard combination you
want to use is either not already assigned to another system
function or macro (e.g., "CTRL + P" for Printing), or
that the system function or macro the keyboard combination currently
points to is deemed dispensable. Then, when ready, make sure the
"store in" drop down listbox situated on the lower right-hand
corner of this dialog points to "Realpac2". Choose the
ASSIGN command button on the right-hand side. Repeat this step
now, if necessary, for the next macro entitled OpenRTFDoc.
Find this macro on the right-hand list, and again assign the
newly desired keyboard assignment. Finally, CLOSE out of this
dialog box. Choose File | Save to update your copy of the
REALPAC2.DOT. Then File | Close to close this template.
Now, exit from Word. If you have a single-user setup for
Real°Pac, then you are all done. Otherwise, you will need to copy
your newly revised version of REALPAC2.DOT and place it on the other
users' Word startup folder. However, since you've already
saved the modified keyboard assignments within this template, you should
not have to repeat this process on the other
computers.
Notes:
The softcoded storage of the
keyboard assignments used to launch Real°Pac's Word macros requires
Real°Pac version 2.BA0a or higher.
Date Submitted:
2001-02-07
See Also/Resources:
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Last modified: May 24, 2003