TM User Guide for Windows®
Contents Introducing Suitcase 9.2 Introducing Suitcase 9.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 System and Software Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Using this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Suitcase 9 Feature Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Adding and Activating Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Creating and Activating Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Activating (Opening) Fonts and Sets Until Restart . . . . 50 Adding Fonts Temporarily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Deactivating (Closing) Fonts and Sets . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Renaming Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Removing Fonts and Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Sor ting Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Introducing Suitcase 9 Welcome to Suitcase™ 9.2! Suitcase is a powerful font management utility that makes working with fonts faster and easier than ever before. Tip This Suitcase package is for Windows, but Suitcase is also available for Macintosh. Contact your local retailer, or visit Extensis on the Internet at http://www.extensis.com, or call 1-800-796-9798. With Suitcase 9.2 you can group fonts and open them only when you need them, saving valuable system resources.
Using this Manual This User Guide covers Suitcase 9.2 for Windows. Keyboard shortcuts are shown as “Ctrl+[key].” To activate the shortcut, press the “Ctrl” key and the other designated key at the same time. References to menu selections are shown as Menu > Command. For a complete list of keyboard shortcuts, refer to Appendix A (page 72) and the “Tips and Shortcuts” section of Suitcase 9 Online Help.
Suitcase 9.2 Feature Summary Suitcase is an application that allows you to group and open fonts only when you need them, saving valuable system resources. The following list highlights some of the major features of Suitcase 9.2: • All New User Interface—offers you an intuitive environment in which to open and close fonts, view the status of PostScript, OpenType and TrueType fonts, and easily view and compare what text will look like when displayed in different font faces.
If You’ve Used Suitcase for Macintosh If youʼre familiar with Suitcase for Macintosh, you will notice that the Suitcase user interface has been changed to make managing your fonts with Suitcase even easier and more intuitive. This section outlines the major differences, and shows you where to find out more about the new implementation of major features from other versions of Suitcase.
Getting Started Suitcase Basics Open Suitcase by choosing “Suitcase” from the Start menu, or by double-clicking the Suitcase application icon in the Suitcase 9 folder. The main window for Suitcase will be displayed. Three panels in the main window can be displayed separately (see last paragraph). A Toolbar: Provides one-click access to the most commonly used features. B Status column.
This section provides a brief overview of the most common Suitcase functions so that you can get up and running quickly; for detailed information on these and many other features available with Suitcase, refer to other sections in this User Guide, and to the Suitcase QuickStart Guide that came with your copy of Suitcase.
To make things even simpler, you can enable the “Activate fonts when added to Suitcase” preference (Edit > Preferences: General) which instructs Suitcase to automatically activate any fonts that you add, either loose or in a set, according to the “Default Activation” preference (Edit > Preferences: General). Once a font has been added to Suitcase, even if you deactivate it the font name remains in the Suitcase Font Database. This allows you to easily reactivate that font in the future.
To activate fonts using Suitcase: Note: Suitcase is automatically activated when you restart your computer after the program is installed. However, until you actually add fonts to Suitcase and activate them, Suitcase does nothing. 1. Open Suitcase by selecting choosing it from the Windows Start menu, or double-click the Suitcase application icon in the Suitcase folder. The main window in Suitcase is displayed.
2. Add fonts for Suitcase to control. Tip When adding fonts to Suitcase from the “Add Fonts” command or button you can choose to view the font list using either the font’s system file name, or using the more easily recognized font name. See page 42. Use the “Add Fonts” button on the Toolbar, or the “Add Fonts...” command on the File menu to locate fonts, or simply drag and drop fonts, or whole folders (including subfolders) of fonts into the Fonts pane.
Activation States Tip To have fonts automatically activated when you add them to Suitcase, enable this option on the Edit > Preferences, General tab. Fonts will be activated using the Default Activation state selected on this same Preferences tab. There are two possible activation options in Suitcase. By default, when you activate a font, Suitcase will make it available to the system either until you manually turn it off or until the system restarts.
5. Optional: Create a set from loose fonts added previously. If you add loose fonts to Suitcase (fonts not associated with a set) you can easily add them to an existing set, or quickly create a new set for them. In the Fonts pane in the example below, two fonts near the bottom of the pane are “loose” and will be added to a set. To create a new set from loose fonts: Create a new set by choosing “New Set” from the file menu (Ctrl+N), or by clicking the New Set button.
Windows and Menus All windows and menus are accessed from the Suitcase application. Tip To open Suitcase: Choose “Suitcase 9” from the Start menu, or double-click the Suitcase application icon located in the Suitcase 9 folder. Drag the appropriate resize bar (see figure below) to change pane size. Drag the bar all the way to the top, bottom, or side to hide the appropriate pane. Suitcase Window The main window in Suitcase contains three panes and provides easy access to all major features and functions.
Sets Pane A Toolbar: Allows you to create, add to, and remove sets, and activate and deactivate fonts. See page 20. B Column Headings: The Sets Pane displays the following: Status, Set Name, Number of Fonts (if a set) or Type of Font (for individual fonts), and Foundry. Click a column heading to sort by that column. Click in the Status column to activate the selected fonts or sets according to the Default Activation preference. C Mixed Status: Sets showing this icon have mixed status.
Fonts Pane The Fonts pane displays all the fonts in a specific group (C). To display a different list, choose it from the pop-up menu. Click a column heading to sort by that column [(A) through (F)]. A Status: Displays a status icon for each font displayed in the list. See (G), (H), and (I). B Font List: Displays the currently selected list (C). All fonts in the listed group are displayed in the window. A C Fonts List pop-up menu: Allows you to choose a list of fonts to be displayed.
Preview Pane The Preview pane displays sample text in the selected font(s). Choose from 4 different display types: Waterfall, ABC 123, Paragraph, and QuickType. A Preview Text Display Type: Displays the type of text display chosen. Text entered in the Preview Text section of the Preferences dialog (page 69) is displayed, except for QuickType text (see (C)). A B C Choose a display type from the pop-up menu: Waterfall, ABC 123, Paragraph, or QuickType.
Toolbar A Toolbar: Provides easy access to set and font functions. You can use the buttons in the toolbar to affect selected sets or fonts in the Sets pane, and fonts in the Fonts pane. B C D E F B New Set: Click to create a new set in the Sets window. The set name will be highlighted so you can easily enter a name for the set. C Add Fonts: Click to search for fonts or folders to add to Suitcase. If no Set is selected, fonts will be added to Suitcase “loose,” not associated with a set.
Font Info A Font Information window: Displays information about selected fonts when the “Show Font Info” command is invoked (File > Show Font Info, or Ctrl+I, or right-click and select “Get Info” from the menu). Information for each font is displayed in a separate window. B Font Name: Displays the name of the selected font. C Font Information: Displays information about the selected font. D ABC 123 Preview: Displays the font using the ABC 123 preview option.
File Menu Note: Options listed here are described in detail elsewhere in this User Guide, and in the Suitcase Quick Start Guide. Use this section to get a quick description of the options on this menu. New Set Creates a new, untitled set in the Sets pane. Activate Fonts Activates the font(s) and/or set(s) selected in either the Sets or Fonts pane according to the Default Activation preference (Edit > Preferences: General).
Print Sample Pages Tips Only use the “Add Fonts Temporarily...” command to activate fonts that you know you will never (or rarely) use again. When the system is restarted, these fonts are removed from the Suitcase Fonts Database and will no longer appear on any of the font lists in the Fonts pane. You can also add fonts temporarily by dragging and dropping them onto the Suitcase application icon. Prints a sample page for the selected font(s).
Edit Menu Note: Options listed here are described in detail elsewhere in this User Guide. Use this section to get a quick description of the options on this menu. Undo Allows you to undo changes made when renaming a list item, or when you edit the sample text in the font preview box in the Preview window or the Preview Text tab of the Preferences dialog.
View Menu Show/Hide Sets, Fonts, and Previews Shows (displays) or Hides the chosen pane: Sets, Fonts, or Previews. Note: The Sets and Fonts panes cannot be hidden at the same time. For example, if the Fonts pane is hidden and the Sets pane is chosen for hiding, the Fonts pane will be displayed. Show/Hide Font List: Open Fonts, Temporary Fonts, Suitcase Fonts, System Fonts, Fonts in Sets, Closed Fonts, Missing Fonts, Suitcase Server Fonts or All Fonts.
Tools Menu Find Missing Fonts Allows you to relink or remove fonts indicated as “missing” by Suitcase (page 59). These fonts may have been moved or renamed since they were added to Suitcase. Browse and Buy Fonts Opens the systemʼs default Browser, connects to the Internet, and accesses a page allowing you to search for and purchase fonts. Help Menu Suitcase Help Opens this document.
Managing Fonts with Suitcase Note: The name “suitcase” originated on the Macintosh, where fonts were originally required to be placed in a “suitcase” or they couldnʼt be used by the system. Overview of Suitcase and Font Management If you havenʼt used Suitcase before, you (like most Windows users) probably have most of your fonts in your Windows Fonts folder (C:\Windows\Fonts).
How Suitcase Works Tip Fonts that you want to manage using Suitcase must not be stored in the Windows Fonts folder (C: \Windows\Fonts). For important information on moving fonts out of this folder, see page 30. Tip If you want Suitcase to remember fonts so that you can open or close them again at any time, add them using the “Add Fonts” command on the Suitcase File menu, the “Add” button on the Suitcase Toolbar, or drag and drop them into the Suitcase Fonts pane or Sets pane from the Explorer.
Sets Sets are simply collections of fonts. Sets are an organizational tool for you to use to group fonts in ways that make them easier for you to work with. You use Sets to tell Suitcase “activate all these fonts at the same time,” rather than having to specify activation instructions for each font individually. Sets Example: You might create a Set containing all of the fonts that you need for a particular project.
System Fonts (C:\Windows\Fonts) Tip To view all the fonts under Windows control (fonts in the C: \Windows\Fonts folder), choose “Show System Fonts” from the Fonts list pop-up menu in the Suitcase Fonts pane (page 18). In order for you to manage fonts using Suitcase, those fonts must not be located in the Windows Fonts folder (C:\Windows\ Fonts). Fonts in this folder are always controlled by Windows.
Important If Multiple Master fonts are present in the Windows Fonts folder, do not remove them. Suitcase does not currently support Multiple Master fonts. System Fonts Required By Windows and Other Applications (do not remove from C:\Windows\Fonts) Font Windows XP/2000 Windows NT Windows 98 8514fix.fon x x 8514oem.fon x x 8514sys.fon x x app850.fon x x cga40850.fon x x Note cga40woa.fon x x Some of these fonts are system files that can be “hidden.
Removing Fonts from the Windows Fonts Folder To remove Fonts from the Windows Fonts folder: 1. Locate and open the folder C:\Windows\Fonts. 2. Locate the fonts that you want to remove. Do not remove fonts listed in the table on page 31. Do not remove Multiple Master fonts; Suitcase cannot manage Multiple Master fonts at this time. 3. Drag the fonts to another folder, preferably to a designated Fonts folder elsewhere on your hard drive. If you are removing PostScript (.
PostScript Fonts and Windows There are four parts to every Windows PostScript font. They are: .AFM files, .PFB files, .PFM files, and .INF files. Font File Types Tip PostScript fonts that are loaded in your printer may appear in applications but will not be displayed in Suitcase 9. Some applications (especially Microsoft apps) font lists show PS fonts that are stored in the printers memory. These fonts show up in the applications font list even though they have never been added to Suitcase 9. .
What happens in Windows 2000 and XP? If a font set does not contain a .PFM file, the .INF, .AFM, and .PFB files are all used by the Windows Font applet to create the .PFM. By dragging the .INF file into the Windows Font applet, Windows will create the .PFM file for the user and add it to the fonts directory. If the .PFM file already exists, the system only needs the .PFM and the .PFB to use the font. A .PFM file can be added directly into the fonts folder. The link will automatically be made between the .
Suitcase 9 and Adobe Type Manager™ (ATM) Tip If you use ATM Deluxe you will need to replace it with ATM Light as instructed on page 38. Tip ATM Light is built in to Windows 2000 and XP, you will not need to install it. Suitcase 9 running on Windows 98SE requires Adobe Type Manager (ATM) 4.1 Light. If ATM 4.1 Light is not installed, you will not be able to Preview fonts, and you will not be able to activate OpenType fonts.
To select all the fonts at once, click in the fonts list window, then press Ctrl+A. 4. Verify that the option “Remove font files from disk” is NOT checked. Important! If this option is checked, the fonts will be removed from the disk. They will no longer be available to the system and will have to be reinstalled. 5. Click “Yes” or “Yes to all.” The fonts will be removed from ATM. 6. Restart Windows. Restarting Windows allows the system to recognize that these fonts are no longer under ATMʼs control. 7.
3. Open the PFM folder (C:\psfonts\pfm). 4. Select all the files with a “.pfm” extension and drag them to the same folder that the “.pfb” files were placed in step 2. This places all the PostScript PFB and PFM files into the same folder allows Suitcase to properly generate the PostScript file. 5.
Replacing ATM Deluxe If you are using ATM Deluxe you will need to replace it with ATM Light 4.1. The easiest way to do this is to simply install ATM Light over ATM Deluxe. When ATM Light is installed, you should then move the fonts out of ATMʼs control and add them to Suitcase instead. Replacing ATM Deluxe is best done before Suitcase is installed, but you can do it at any time. To replace ATM Deluxe with ATM Light: 1. Locate the ATM Light installer on the Extensis CD, and double-click to launch it.
Activating and Deactivating Fonts Controlling your fonts with Suitcase has never been easier. From the main Suitcase Window, you will use one of two commands to tell Suitcase what you want to do with your fonts, and within the Suitcase preferences you can achieve a higher level of control over how you want activation to work.
Font Status In both the Sets pane (page 17) and Fonts pane (page 18), icons in the left-most column give you an immediate visual indication of the status of each font or set. Activate Until Restart: (default) Tells Suitcase to activate (open) the selected fonts and/or sets now, but do not reactivate them when the system is restarted. “Until Restart” fonts are active until the system is shut down or restarted, or until you deactivate (close) them through Suitcase.
Adding and Activating Fonts Tip To create and activate Suitcase Sets, see page 45. Tip To select listed items contiguously, press and hold the Shift key while selecting them. To select items non-contiguously, press and hold the Ctrl key while selecting them. You can add fonts “loose” to Suitcase using the “Add Fonts” command or button, or by dragging and dropping them into the Fonts pane (page 43). To add loose fonts to Suitcase (not in a set): 1.
3. Locate and select the items that you wish to add. You can select individual fonts or folders of fonts. When searching for individual fonts, Suitcase makes the job easier by giving you two display options: you can choose to display the fonts by Font Name, which allows you to select fonts using their more familiar font name, or you can choose to display fonts by their actual File Name. Important Closing Suitcase from the System Tray will exit the program and immediately close all fonts opened by Suitcase.
— or — 2. In Windows Explorer, locate the font(s) or folder(s) that you want to add. 3. Drag and drop the items into the Fonts pane in Suitcase. If the Fonts pane is hidden, display it by selecting “Show Fonts” from the View menu. The fonts are added to the Suitcase Fonts Database. A progress bar is displayed to keep you updated. If the fonts arenʼt visible, choose “Suitcase 9 Fonts” from the pop-up menu in the Fonts pane. Suitcase 9.
To activate fonts: Tip You can view the current list of Active fonts by choosing “Show Open Fonts” from the Suitcase View menu, or by choosing “Open Fonts” from the pop-up menu in the Fonts pane. You can activate individual fonts from either the Fonts pane or Sets pane, or whole sets of fonts from the Sets pane. 1. Add the desired fonts and/or folders of fonts to Suitcase (pages 41 through 43). 2. In either the Fonts pane or Sets pane, select (highlight) the fonts that you wish to activate. 3.
Creating and Activating Sets Tip To add fonts to Suitcase without adding them to a set, see page 41. Although not required, a good thing to do before you start creating sets in Suitcase is to group your fonts, as much as possible, into folders that reflect the way you think youʼll group them into sets in Suitcase. By doing this you can easily create Suitcase Sets by simply dragging folders containing fonts into the Sets pane.
— or — 2. From the Windows Explorer, locate the folder containing the fonts that you want in the Set. The folder can contain any combination of font files. 3. Drag and drop the folder into the Sets pane. A new set appears and is assigned the same name as the dropped folder. The new set automatically contains all of the fonts in the folder and sub-folders. 46 Suitcase 9.
To add fonts to a Set: Tip You can drag folders of fonts into the Sets pane to automatically create a set containing the fonts in the folder (see page 46). 1. From within Suitcase, select (highlight) the Set(s) that you want to add fonts to. 2. Click the “Add Fonts” button. — or — Choose “Add Fonts” from the File menu, or press Ctrl+L, or right-click in the Sets window and choose “Add Fonts” from the menu. 3. Locate and select the fonts or folders of fonts that you want to add to the set.
Notes about adding fonts to sets: • To display all the fonts in a set after youʼve added them, click the icon (+/-) to the left of the set. This expands the set list and allows you to work with individual fonts in the set. • You can add hundreds of fonts to a set. To activate font sets: 1. From the Sets pane, select (highlight) the sets that you want to activate. 2. On the Toolbar, click the “Activate” button.
Tip To ensure that PostScript fonts print and preview correctly, make sure that Adobe Type Manager 4.1 Light (ATM Light) is installed. This utility is included on the Extensis CD that ships with your product. • When Suitcase cannot locate the original font file, a question mark is displayed in the fontʼs Status column and a “Missing Font; Cannot Preview” message is displayed in the Preview pane. To locate and relink missing fonts, see page 59. Suitcase 9.
Activating (Opening) Fonts and Sets Until Restart Tip To select fonts or Sets contiguously, press the Shift key while selecting fonts and/or Sets. To select fonts or Sets non-contiguously, press the Ctrl key while selecting them. When you have fonts that you want to open for a short time and then have them closed automatically, open them as “Active Until Restart” fonts.
Deactivating (Closing) Fonts and Sets Tip You can view the current list of Closed (deactivated) fonts by choosing “Show Closed Fonts” from the Suitcase View menu, or by choosing “Closed Fonts” from the pop-up menu in the Fonts pane. You can close entire sets of fonts or individual fonts in a set at any time. To close fonts or sets: 1.
Renaming Sets To rename a Set: 1. Open Suitcase. If the Sets pane (shown on page 17) is not visible, open it by selecting “Show Sets” from the View menu or press Ctrl+1. 2. Select the set that you want to rename. 3. Highlight the current name, then type in the new name. 4. Click anywhere in the Suitcase window outside of the set name or icon to de-select the set. The name is changed everywhere this set appears in Suitcase.
Removing Fonts and Sets Tip To remove sets from the Sets window and at the same time remove those fonts from the Suitcase Fonts Database, select the desired sets, then hold the Shift key while pressing Delete or while clicking the Remove button. Important: Removing fonts from Suitcase has no effect on the actual font files on your system. To remove a font or set from Suitcase: 1. In the Fonts pane or Sets pane, select the font(s) and/or set(s) that you want to remove. 2.
Notes about removing fonts and sets: • When you remove a font from the Fonts pane, the font name is removed from the Suitcase Fonts Database, and will no longer appear in any fonts list in Suitcase. • When you remove a font or set from the Sets pane, the font names are not removed from the Suitcase Fonts Database. To remove fonts from the database, select the fonts in the Fonts pane and use the Remove command as described earlier.
Set Status—Sets Pane Suitcase 9 allows you to easily see the status of sets and the fonts in those sets using icons in the Status column in the Sets pane. To open the Sets pane: Choose “Show Sets” from the Suitcase View menu, or drag the vertical resize bar (page 12) toward the bottom of the Suitcase window. Set Status Icons: Icons in the Status column of the Sets window indicate the status of each set, and each individual font in the set.
Font Status—Font Pane Suitcase 9 allows you to easily see the status of fonts that are under Suitcase control through the icons in the Status column in the Fonts pane. You can also view status of different types of fonts (such as just the fonts under Suitcase control (“Suitcase 9 Fonts”), or all active fonts) by listing them in the Fonts pane.
Status Icon Key: Icons in the Status column of the Fonts window indicate the status of each individual font in the list: • If a font is opened as Active Permanently, a green bullet is displayed in the Status column. • If a font is opened as Active Until Restart, a yellow bullet is displayed in the Status column. • If a font is deactivated (closed), no icon is displayed in the Status column. • If a font is missing, a question mark is displayed in the Status column.
Font Conflicts When two or more fonts have identical names, there is a “font conflict.” In a typical font conflict, Windows or other applications choose which font to use arbitrarily. To prevent font conflicts, Suitcase will not open fonts when a font by the same name is already open. Suitcase notifies you immediately when you open fonts and one or more font names conflict with the name of a font that is already open, and allows you to choose which font to open.
Locating and Relinking Missing Fonts When Suitcase cannot locate the original font file, a question mark is displayed in the fontʼs Status column and a “Missing Font; Canʼt Preview” message is displayed in the Preview pane. To locate and display a list of missing fonts: 1. From the Tools menu, choose “Find Missing Fonts” or press Ctrl+F. Suitcase will locate all missing fonts and display them in the Missing Fonts window. — or — 1. Choose “Missing Fonts” from the pop-up menu in the Fonts pane. Suitcase 9.
To locate and relink missing fonts to Suitcase: 1. From the Tools menu, choose “Find Missing Fonts” or press Ctrl+F. The missing fonts will be displayed in the Missing Fonts window. 2. Highlight the font that you want to relink, then click “Find Files...” A dialog will be displayed allowing you to locate the font. You can view the list using either the more easily recognized “Font Name” or the actual “File Name” (see page 42). Note: For PostScript files, choose the “.
Previewing Fonts Tip You can display multiple fonts in any of the four views in the Preview pane. Multiple fonts can be selected in the Sets pane or Fonts pane. Suitcase offers four different ways to view text in selected font faces. The four views are: Waterfall, ABC 123, Paragraph, and QuickType. Views and point sizes are easily selected from pop-up menus in the Preview Window. You enter text for QuickType view in a text box at the top of the Preview window.
Waterfall View Waterfall view allows you to compare text displayed in selected fonts in different point sizes. The default text for Waterfall view is the standard alphabet. To enable Waterfall view: 1. In the Sets or Fonts window, select the sets or individual fonts that you want to preview. 2. In the Preview window, choose “Waterfall” from the View pop-up menu. If the Preview window is not visible, choose “Show Previews” from the View menu, or press Ctrl+0. 3.
ABC 123 View ABC 123 view allows you to compare text displayed in the standard alphabet. ABC 123 view displays only one font size at a time. The default text for ABC 123 view is a selection from the standard alphabet. To enable ABC 123 view: 1. In the Sets or Fonts pane, select the sets or individual fonts that you want to preview. 2. In the Preview pane, choose “ABC 123” from the View pop-up menu.
Paragraph View Paragraph view allows you to compare font faces by displaying large amounts of text. Paragraph view displays only one font size at a time. To enable Paragraph view: 1. In the Sets or Fonts pane, select the sets or individual fonts that you want to preview. 2. In the Preview pane, choose “Paragraph” from the View pop-up menu.
QuickType™ View The most exciting view to use to preview fonts is the QuickType view. In QuickType view you can compare fonts using any text that you choose, simply by typing it into the text box at the top of the Preview pane. QuickType view displays only one font size at a time. To enable QuickType view: 1. In the Sets pane or Fonts pane, select the sets or individual fonts that you want to preview. 2. In the Preview pane, choose “QuickType” from the View pop-up menu.
Font Info / Preview Sample Page Suitcase 9 allows you to display and/or print comprehensive information about selected fonts as a Sample Page. To display or print a Preview Sample Page: 1. Open Suitcase. 2. From the Sets pane (page 17) or Fonts pane (page 18), select the font(s) for which you wish to display or print a Font Sample. 3. To display the Font Info, choose “Show Font Info” from the File menu, or press Ctrl+I, or right-click in the pane and choose “Get Info” from the menu.
User Preferences Suitcase user preferences are accessed from the Edit menu. Default Activation The Default Activation option tells Suitcase how you want fonts activated when any of the automatic activation modes are invoked: “Activate fonts when added to Suitcase” preference, clicking in the Status column of the Sets or Fonts pane, or choosing “Activate Fonts” from the File menu or from the right-click menu.
To change Default Activation: 1. Choose “Preferences...” from the Edit menu. 2. Click the “General” tab. 3. Click the desired radio button. 4. Click “OK” to close the dialog and implement the changes. Activate Fonts When Added to Suitcase You can instruct Suitcase to automatically activate fonts as soon as you add them. This feature can save you from having to remember to activate new fonts before quitting Suitcase.
Changing the Preview Text Suitcase provides default text that is automatically displayed in the Preview window, but you can easily change this text to anything you like, as often as you like. The three Preview modes that can be changed from the Preferences dialog are: Waterfall, ABC 123, and Paragraph. To change text in QuickType mode, simply type your text into the text box at the top of the Preview pane (pages 19 and 65). To change the Preview text for Waterfall, ABC 123, and/or Paragraph view modes: 1.
Suitcase Server Client Preferences Tip For more detailed information on Suitcase Server Client options, see Suitcase 9 Online Help, and the Suitcase Server User Guide. Options in the Server Connection preferences dialog (Edit > Preference: Server Connection) allow you to connect with a server running Suitcase Server software. Requirements: You must have TCP services active to access the server.
Client Preferences Tip If you only want to update font files from the server manually, uncheck the “Active” box until you are ready to access the server. When you are ready to update fonts, check this box, then choose “Synchronize with Server” from the Tools menu. When font updating is complete, again uncheck the “Active” checkbox to disable Suitcase Server access.
Appendix A: Keyboard Shortcuts Command Windows Hotkey Select All Ctrl+A Show/Hide Font Pane Ctrl+9 Show/Hide Preview Pane Ctrl+0 Show/Hide Sets Pane Ctrl+1 Show Open Fonts Ctrl+2 Show Temporary Fonts Ctrl+3 Show Suitcase Fonts Ctrl+4 Show System Fonts Ctrl+5 Show Fonts in Selected Sets Ctrl+6 Show All Fonts Ctrl+7 New Set Ctrl+N Add Fonts Ctrl+L Add Fonts Temporarily Ctrl+T Open (Activate) Fonts/Sets Using Default Activation Ctrl+O Open (Activate) Fonts/Sets Using Alternate Act
Appendix B: Troubleshooting Each Extensis product has extensive up-to-the-minute online help and frequently asked questions (FAQs). Visit the Suitcase 9 page on the Extensis web site for more information about Suitcase. Previewing a font in Suitcase 9 causes a crash This is most likely caused by a corrupt font. Reinstall fonts from the original media. To use Suitcase until fonts can be reinstalled, hide the Preview Pane.
In Windows 2000, Suitcase 9 does not seem to work for some users Under Windows 2000, Underprivileged Users cannot use Suitcase 9. You must be a Power User or higher to use Suitcase 9 under Windows 2000. Suitcase 9 does not appear to be working, or does not appear to be working with some of my fonts Fonts must be removed from ATMʼs control if they are to be managed by Suitcase 9. See pages 35 through 37 for information on moving fonts out of ATM so that they can be managed by Suitcase. 74 Suitcase 9.
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