Page Magic 2 for Windows .INI file
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Page Magic 2 maintains its settings from session to session in a
Windows .INI file called PGMAGIC2.INI. This file is located in
your WINDOWS directory, or if you are running Page Magic 2 from a
network, it may be located in your HOME directory. 

The PGMAGIC2.INI file has many settings that you MUST NOT edit.
However, there are three settings detailed below that you may
find useful to change. All three settings are located in the
[general defaults] section of the file.


standard_open_file=yes/no	(default setting is "no")
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The Open command in the File menu of Page Magic 2 displays the
Open an Existing File tab of the Startup Options dialog. This tab
displays the last 20 Page Magic documents on which you have
worked. If the document you want to open is not listed, you can
display the standard Open Document dialog by clicking on the
Browse button.

The Open command in previous versions of Page Magic took you
straight to the standard Open Document dialog. If you want the
Page Magic 2 Open command to bypass the Startup Options dialog
and go straight to the Open Document dialog, change the
standard_open_file setting to "yes".


booklet_clipping=no/yes	 	(default setting is "yes")
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When you print a booklet, any frames overlapping the page
boundaries are clipped. You can stop this from happening by
changing the booklet_clipping setting to "no".

This is useful if you want to have a frame running across the
centre spread of your booklet, eg. containing an eye-catching
PowerText headline. (The on screen display will still be
clipped, but when you print your booklet the frame will run
across the centre pages.)

NOTE: Because of the page ordering, it is only useful to change
this setting to "no" for the centre spread (the centre has two
consecutive pages on the same sheet of paper).


newspaper_breaks=no/yes		(default setting is "yes")
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When you flow text around complex shapes, eg. a detailed piece of
clipart, the text frame can become so narrow that words cannot be
hyphenated correctly, leaving large vertical spaces in the frame.
This is because Page Magic 2 will only split a word at the
correct hyphenation point.

In newspapers it is common to split words at non-hyphen points to
make the document more visually appealing. If you want
Page Magic 2 to split words at non-hyphen points when used in a
narrow frame, change the newspaper_breaks setting to "no". 

NOTE: Splitting words at non-hyphen points makes the text harder
to read.

`Newspaper breaks' can also be enabled on a paragraph style or
paragraph basis for non-justified text by setting the Hyphenation
Hot Zone (on the Spacing dialog) to zero.


remap_zero_width_chars=no/yes	  (default setting is "yes")
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Many older 'caps only' fonts have zero width characters in place 
of their lower case characters.  By default, Page Magic 2 
attempts to remap these zero width characters to upper case.

However, some special fonts (eg. Sanskritpc) contain characters 
of zero width which display on top of the previous character.  To  
make Page Magic 2 display or print these special fonts correctly,
change the remap_zero_width_chars setting to "no".


Editing the PGMAGIC2.INI file
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If you DO edit the PGMAGIC2.INI file, follow the steps below to
edit the file safely:

1. 	Using DOS or Windows File Manager, make a copy of
	PGMAGIC2.INI before you amend it. This ensures that if you
	make a mistake when editing the file, you can use the
	original file again.

2. 	Open PGMAGIC2.INI in a Windows text editor such as Notepad.

3. 	Scroll to the entries that you need to edit and make the
	edits you require.

4. 	Save PGMAGIC2.INI

Now run Page Magic again. If Page Magic was already running,
close and restart it. The new information that you have added to
PGMAGIC2.INI will be used. If you experience any difficulties
when using the amended PGMAGIC2.INI file, use the original
PGMAGIC2.INI file again and contact NEBS for support.

NOTE: If all else fails, delete the PGMAGIC2.INI file. When you
next run Page Magic a new .INI file will be created with the
default settings.
