23/02/95
* This month's application note  to  be  featured  in  the  column  is the 
"Archimedes   Application   Authors'  Guidelines".  It  is  aimed  at  the 
experienced  user of the Archimedes who is intending to write software for 
general release.  It  covers  many  of  the  do's  and  dont's  of  how an 
application  uses  the  resources of the Archimedes and contains many good 
guidelines for writing an application which will work both with Arthur 1.2 
and RISC OS. A copy may be obtained from the Customer Support Department.

* For those Archimedes owners  with  1st Word Plus and an Epson compatible 
printer, here is a tip which will  solve  many  aches and pains when using 
the  wordprocessor  with  a printer which automatically line feeds. As you 
know, the manual states  that  auto-line  feeds must be disabled, but this 
clashes with many other Archimedes packages. So,  here are the changes you 
need to make to your printer driver:

Entry 1 set to D
Entry 23 set to 1B, 41, 0, D, 1B, 32

* Still with 1st Word  Plus,  if you can't get the package to pause at the 
end of each page (despite setting the  flag  in  the  printer  driver), an 
updated  version  may be obtained from Customer Support. Simply return the 
1st Word Plus disc.

* Just a reminder about  writing  to  Customer Support. To ensure the mail 
reaches  us  quicker,  the  proper  address  is Customer Support, Acorn 
Computers Ltd, Acorn House, Vision Park, Histon, Cambridge, CB4 4AE