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APPENDIX F-TROUBLESHOOTING AND ADVANCED FEATURES, Problem/Solution Summary, Setting print styles

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Appendix F Troubleshooting and Advanced Features This appendix approaches troubleshooting from several directions. The first section uses a columnar format to match solutions with problems. Other sections cover beeper error warnings, hexadecimal data dumping, coding and seven-bit solutions, and specific solutions for several popular personal computer systems. Problem/Solution Summary Possible problems are listed on the left and solutions on the right. Problem Setting print styles Can't get compressed print. Solution Cancel emphasized; it has priority over compressed. Tabbing Horizontal tabs don't work. Set margins before tabs, not after. Horizontal tabs are incorrect when changing pitch. Tabs are set according to current print pitch. Changes in pitch do not affect the position of the tabs on the page. Graphics Strange things print. Some systems require a WIDTH statement. See your system documentation. Many computers have problems sending one or more of the codes between 0 and 13. Avoid any that F-1

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Appendix F
Troubleshooting and Advanced Features
This appendix approaches troubleshooting from several directions.
The first section uses a columnar format to match solutions with
problems. Other sections cover beeper error warnings, hexadecimal
data dumping, coding and seven-bit solutions, and specific solutions
for several popular personal computer systems.
Problem/Solution Summary
Possible problems are listed on the left and solutions on the right.
Problem
Setting print styles
Can’t get compressed print.
Tabbing
Horizontal tabs don’t work.
Horizontal tabs are incorrect
when changing pitch.
Graphics
Strange things print.
Solution
Cancel emphasized; it has prior-
ity over compressed.
Set margins before tabs, not after.
Tabs are set according to current
print pitch. Changes in pitch do
not affect the position of the tabs
on the page.
Some systems require a WIDTH
statement. See your system docu-
mentation.
Many computers have problems
sending one or more of the codes
between 0 and
13.
Avoid any that
F-1