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Quick note:
It seems that Interleaf was acquired on April 14, 2000 by BroadVision. Interleaf has been renamed to "Quicksilver".

I have not supported Interleaf for a few years now which makes updating this page with additional info a bit difficult at best. I'm supporting HP Unix servers these days.

I would be glad to add a link to your Interleaf (Quicksilver) web page. Links are located at the bottom of the page.

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• Ctrl-J doesn't create or split a component.
• How do I enlarge the component "name" area in my docs?
• Getting "Duplicate Tags" window when opening doc in book.
• How do I create Autonumbers (i.e., 1 of 27)?
• How do I create a Page reference (i.e., C-13)?
• How do I create a single PostScript file from a book?
• How do I create an "IDU" file in order to transfer Interleaf files from one workstation platform to another?
• How do I "un-IDU" a file?
• How do I get access to "Leafware" programs?
• How do I Cleanup my Desktop?
• How do I get a screen capture on Windows95 for use in Interleaf?
• How do I get Autonumbers to work correctly while in an Inline component?
• How do I change my Interleaf settings?
• How do I produce a list of my files to see which is the most current?
• How do I setup Interleaf to make an automatic backup (checkpoint file) of my document?
• How do I increase the font (point) size of my desktop icons?
• How do I increase the font (point) size of my pull-down/popup menus?
• How do I create a special character?

Thanks to the Paradyne Corporation for the next set of tips.

• How do I suppress popup warnings about color mapping?
• How do I convert FrameMaker documents to Interleaf?
• How do I convert Word 97 RTF documents to Interleaf?
• What's the easiest way to convert an Interleaf file to HTML?
• How do I make a link to somebody's desktop using Interleaf?

1. Select the "Tools -> Preferences" pull down menu at the top of your Interleaf desktop window.
2. Select the "Keyboard" button at the left.
3. Make sure "Create/Split component key" has the "LINEFEED (Ctrl+j)" selected.
4. Make sure the "Keyboard model" has "Emacs" selected.
5. Apply
6. Restart Interleaf.

1. Select the "Tools -> Preferences" pull down menu at the top of your Interleaf desktop window.
2. Select the "View" button at the left.
3. Make sure the "Override component bar width" button is selected (pushed in).
4. Select a size (25 to 255 pixels).
5. Apply
6. Save
7. Close

First things first, as they say. How does this happen?
If you copy a doc or table (from another doc) that's already in your book and if that doc or table has a referenced autonumber in it... you just duplicated your referenced autonumber tag.

1. When opening a doc in a book you get an error message shown below:

   There are one or more duplicate autonumber tags in the book
   "Book_Name". You can see a list of all duplicate
     tags, or chose to ignore them in this book for this session.

2. Click on "List".
3. A window titled "Book Duplicate Tags Report" will get generated showing the tag name and the path to the docs that have duplicate tag information. Typical listed information is shown below.

   Duplicate Tag Report for /path/to/book/book_name.boo
   
   S$eKo3b7bren:
   	/path/to/book/and/doc/chap4.doc
   	/path/to/book/and/doc/chap5.doc

   Note:
   The item listed above, "S$eKo3b7bren", is the tag name you're looking for.
4. Open the first doc on the list.
5. Select the pull down menu from the top of the doc window - "Edit->Find Object...".
6. In the "Find Object - doc_name" window select "Autonumber" in the "Object" pull down.
7. Click the "(Any)" selection in the "Name" box.
8. Click "Find".
9. Place your cursor in the doc and select "Properties..." from your mouse menu.
10. Repeat steps 8 and 9 until the "Autonumber Properties - doc_name" window shows the offending tag.
11. When you find the "Autonumber" with the offending duplicate tag, change it.
12. Click "OK".
13. A window will appear asking if you want to change references in the document or book. Select "References in book". This will change all reference tag names for "this" autonumber. The duplicate autonumber will retain the old number.
    Obvious Note:
    If you have two docs to change, changing the first one will stop the error and you do not have to change the second doc.

1. In an opened document, select from the mouse menu "Create->Autonumber...", or select the same from the top of the document pull-down window selections.
2. Highlight the newly created Autonumber and select from the mouse menu "Properties...", or select from the top of the document "Properties->Selection...".
3. Click on the "Properties..." box located in the "Autonumber Properties - Doc_Name" window to change your Autonumber values.

1. Select an Autonumber you wish to reference. See "How do I create Autonumbers" above if you need to create an Autonumber.
2. Select from the mouse menu "Create->Autoreference...", or select the same from the top of the document pull-down window selections.
3. Paste the Autoreference.
4. Select the Autoreference.
5. Select from the mouse menu "Properties...", or select from the top of the document "Properties->Selection...".
6. Locate the "Reference is" box in the "Autonumber Properties - Doc_Name" window.
7. Chose the "Autonumber Page Location" selection.
8. Click on "Apply". Your Autonumber Reference now changes to the page number where your original Autonumber is located.

1. Select the book icon you wish to create a PostScript file from.
2. Select "File->Print..." located at the top-left side of your desktop window.
3. From the "Printer Name" pull down, select "Print-To-File_8.5x11".
4. Click on "Print".
5. A PostScript file will be generated at the location of your book icon you had selected.

1. Select the Book or Document(s).
2. Select "Tools->Leafware->IDU" from your mouse menu.
   Note:
   If you do not have "Leafware", then see the procedure for adding Leafware items to your menu selection.
3. Change the name to an eight-Alpha/Numeric name. Remember, the file may wind up on a PC.
4. Click "OK".
5. Transfer the file as needed (i.e., FTP, tape, CD, floppy, or E-Mail).

1. Select the IDU'd files(s).
2. Select "Tools->Leafware->unIDU" from your mouse menu.
   Note:
   If you do not have "Leafware", then see the procedure for adding Leafware items to your menu selection.

1. Select "Tools->Admin->Tool Manager" from your mouse menu.
2. In the "Application Group" pull down, select "Other".
3. Select or depress the "Leafware" button.
4. Click on "Apply".
5. Close the "Tools" window.

1. From your mouse menu or from the top of your desktop window select "Tools->Admin->Cleanup".

The first thing you need to do is make sure the screen resolution on your PC is at its highest setting. To check or change this, do steps 1 to 5. Steps 6 on will help you with your screen captures.

1. Click on "Start->Settings->Control Panel".
2. Double click on the "Display" icon.
3. Click on "Appearance" to change the overall window colors, i.e., black for the "Active Window" bar, or white for the "Menu" bar.
4. Click on "Settings" to change "Color palette" to 256 colors, "Font size" to "Large Fonts", and slide the "Desktop area" slide bar all the way to the right to the "More" setting (1024 by 768 min setting).
5. Click the "OK" button.
6. Have "LView Pro 1.C/32" (or higher version) installed on your PC.
7. Start the application and get the screen you wish to capture up and running.
8. Start LView.
9. In LView, select "Edit->Capture->Desktop".
   • LView will iconize to your tool bar and capture your entire screen. When LView is done, it will restore itself to its original size with the screen capture showing.
10. Move the cross-hairs in LView to a corner of the area you wish to keep. Hold the left mouse button down and drag the mouse to the opposite corner. Notice the area you wish to keep is inside the red border.
11. Select "Edit->Crop!". Everything outside of the red border is removed.
12. Select "File->Save as..." to save your file.
13. Navigate to the area you wish to store your file.
14. Add your file name in the "File name:" area.
15. Select "GIF 89a (*.gif)" in the "Save as type:" area. DO NOT save your file in the "GIF 87a (*.gif)" format. Interleaf does not display/convert that file type.
16. Click on "Save".

Example:

• You have a component called "Table:FtCell:First". It has an Inline component named "I:Table:FtCell:First" which shares its autonumber named "FtNote" that restarts to one (1) every time you create the "Table:FtCell:First" component.
• You have a component called "Table:FtCell:Next" which follows "Table:FtCell:First". Its autonumber "FtNote" should continue from two (2) on.
• Every time you Create "Table:FtCell:Next" its autonumber restarts to one (1).

The fix:

1. Remove the autonumber (at the far left of the Inline component).
2. Select the Inline component (and its tab if you want to).
3. From your mouse menu select "Properties...".
4. Click on the "Format" button.
5. Click on the "Shared" button (depressing it).
6. Select "All Props to All" in the "Apply" pull down menu.
7. Click on the "Apply" button.
8. A window will appear telling you that "You cannot undo Apply to All operations.", click on "Apply anyway".
9. The shared content window will appear next, click on "Instance".
10. If your updating a Catalog, a warning will appear telling you that your about to do something that could be "very destructive" and to be certain of what your about to do. Click "OK".
11. Place your cursor at the far left of the Inline component.
12. From your mouse menu select "Create->Autonumber...".
13. Select "FtNote" and click on "Create".

1. From your mouse menu or from the pull down located at the top of your desktop window, select "Tools->Preferences...".
   • From this window you can change certain settings such as the default table size when first created, and many other items.

1. Navigate to your Desktop, Book, Folder, or Cabinet.
2. From your mouse menu select "Tools->List".
   • You will get a display of all the files showing permissions, dates, etc.

1. Startup your preferences dialog box.
2. Click on the "File" selection located at the left side of the window.
3. Change the "Checkpoint saving" number to a number that seems fit for your editing style/speed.
   • A setting of "10" will save your document every 100 (approx) characters typed or every 8 (approx) components created.
   • A setting of "30" will save your document every 35 (approx) characters typed or every 3 (approx) components created.
   • A setting of "50" will save your document every 10 (approx) characters typed or every 2 (approx) components created.
4. Click on "Apply".
5. Click on "Save".

1. Edit the "System6.cab->Custom.cab->profile.drw->perfs.lsp" file.
2. Find the following lines.

   :icon-link-font-face       :italic
   :icon-link-font-family     "System"
   :icon-link-font-size       13
   :icon-norm-font-face       :roman
   :icon-norm-font-family     "System"
   :icon-norm-font-size       13

   Changing items in the second column will change the look and "feel" of the desktop icon labels. The sample below shows the font has been changed to "Helvetica" and the font size is now "12" point.

   :icon-link-font-face       :italic
   :icon-link-font-family     "Helvetica"
   :icon-link-font-size       12
   :icon-norm-font-face       :roman
   :icon-norm-font-family     "Helvetica"
   :icon-norm-font-size       12

3. Save then close the lisp file.
4. Select the "perfs.lsp" icon.
5. Select "Tools->Load" from the mouse or pull down menu.

This is NOT a permanent change. The next time you change your preferences and save, this file will revert the above portion to the default setting.

Also, if you change the settings to a font, size, or style (i.e., roman) which is not recognized by your workstation and then you try to "Load" the file, changes will not take effect.

1. Edit or create in your $HOME directory the file ".Xdefaults".
2. Add the following lines.

   Ileaf*OverrideFontList:         true
   Ileaf*FontList:                 -*-lucida-*-r-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
   Ileaf*XmText*FontList:          -*-lucida-*-r-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
   Ileaf*XmTextField*FontList:     -*-lucida-*-r-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1

   Change the font type (lucida), style (r for roman, i for italic, etc.), or size (14) to fit your needs. Don't forget, your workstation will need to recognize the fonts you pick.

3. The next time you log on and restart Interleaf you will see your changes.

1. Select "Create->Character->Other..." from the document pull down menu.
2. Change to the font you desire from the "Family" pull down selection.
3. Click on the character you desire then click on "Insert".

   The character will be placed at the location of your cursor in your open document.

   Note:
   When you click on a character, the hex code is displayed at the bottom of the "Character Palette" window.

If you know the Hex code for the character you wish to create, you can use the following keystrokes to create your characters:

Alt (or Compose) x hex_code - Sun Type 4 and 5 Keyboards.
Alt x hex_code - AViiON, HP, RS6000, Silicon Graphics, Sun Type 5, and Xterminals.
F14 x hex_code - DEC 201 and 401.
EXTEND_CHAR x hex_code - HP Standard.

1. Create a file named grey.lsp, containing these statements:

   (stk-disable stk:im-no-colors)
(stk-disable stk:im-no-grays)
(stk-disable stk:im-insufficient-colors)

2. Highlight the file's icon and copy it.
3. Go to your desktop.
4. Open the System6 cabinet.
5. Open the Custom cabinet.
6. Open the profile drawer.
7. Paste grey.lsp.
8. Exit then restart Interleaf. Three different messages about color mapping are suppressed. This nifty fix does not suppress the message "All available colors have been used." The only way to avoid that is to start Interleaf before such color hogs as Netscape.

1. Open the document in FrameMaker.
2. File->Save As an Interchange (MIF) document. Give it a suffix of .mif.
3. In Interleaf, double-click on the MIF document. An Interleaf (ASCII) version is created.

1. Start FrameMaker 5.5.
2. Open the RTF document in FrameMaker.
3. File->Save As an Interchange (MIF) document. Give it a suffix of .mif.
4. In Interleaf, double-click on the MIF document. An Interleaf version is created.

1. Save the Interleaf file as ASCII, then File->Import/Export it to RTF/MS Word. Interleaf gives it a name in the format filename.rtf.
2. Start HoTMetaL Pro and open filename.rtf.
3. The file is automatically converted to HTML. Issue File->Save As and name the HTML file filename.html.
4. Check the HTML file for missing and altered special characters. The conversion is easy, but its not perfect.

1. From your desktop, select Edit -> Link. An icon appears called NoName.
2. Highlight NoName; select File -> File Properties.
3. Change the Interleaf Info:

   Name: (rename the icon to whatever you want)
Class: (make it a cabinet or a drawer)
Change the File Info:
Link to:
(type the exact path name of the desktop you are linking to, such as /home/doug/desktop.cab).

4. Click OK.

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Ok.. so I put this waaay down at the bottom of this web page. I don't expect anyone to actually toss a buck or two my way as a thank you for all the work I've done on this site (Hmmm... feel guilty yet?), but it sure would be nice.