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January '97         Vol VII:1
Cheap Trick         Best of Our Reader's Cheap Tricks VII

February '97        Vol VII:2
Cheap Trick         New Year's Cleanup Resolutions
Computerese         File Fragmentation
Tutor               DCAL, Part I by Bill D'Amico
Q-Tips              Addenda to Prize Winners, ALT-calls listing
Dr DOS              Disk Fragmentor
Q & A               AutoCAD Import, Forum Archive Search
Architips           3D Shootout Results

March '97           Vol VII:3
Cheap Trick         DC Viewer: Get Ready for a New Experience
Computerese         Hot Keys & Icons for DC Viewer
Tutor               DataCAD & the Metric System by David Collins
Q-Tips              Viewer Tutorial, LIN & PAT, INI, Colors, Rotation
Dr OPs              Win95's Registry
Q & A               Fonts, Clip Cubes, Annoying Pauses, Jaggies
Architips           The Making of a Macro

April '97           Vol VII:4
Cheap Trick         To Web or Not to Web
Computerese         Web Browsers
Tutor               HTML Tutor
Q-Tips              HTML Tips, Unix, Tags, directories, graphics, return
Dr OPs              -
Q & A               Sticky Mouse, Arrow Heads, Annoying Pauses II, Dbles
Architips           E-mail "Viruses" and other Hazards on the Net

May '97             Vol VII:5
Cheap Trick         2D to 3D Transformations
Computerese         VRML
Tutor               DataCAD's Online Calculator
Q-Tips              logo onscreen, display z, 3 clip cubes, 3D Plane Ed.
Dr OPs              Windows 95 Shortcut Icon
Q & A               Multiple Dwg Files, Multiple Lines, Layer Util., Asso
Architips           Trackball vs. Mouse

June '97            Vol VII:7
Cheap Trick         The Portable Architect
Computerese         PCMCIA Cards
Tutor               Wall Hatching Techniques
Q-Tips              Text Contents, Quick Shade lines, DCViewer, VRML 2.0,
Dr OPs              Turbo DataCAD in Win95 by Michael Tardif
Q & A               Assigning Drives, Rotated Plan, Assoc. Hatch Boundry
Architips           AutoCAD vs. DataCAD

July '97            Vol VII:7
Cheap Trick         Dumb DataCAD Questions
Computerese         TIF,GIF,PCX,JPG & BMP File Formats
Tutor               Default Files
Q-Tips              Defaults, Title Blks, Legends, PPP, Save as AutoCAD 1
Dr OPs              Erasing Files: Win95 vs. DOS
Q & A               DCAD won't start, Paste-on Elevs., multiple sessions
Architips           E-mail Deluxe

August '97          Vol VII:8
Cheap Trick         DataCAD 7.50's Top Ten
Computerese         Multitasking
Tutor               More on DC's Online Calculator
Q-Tips              Quick upgrade, hatch template, Set All, directory to
Dr OPs              DOSKEY
Q & A               Multiple DWG conversions, multiple DC3 conv., kidney
Architips           Real Time Rendered Animations

September '97       Vol VII:9
Cheap Trick         Cheap Data Storage Options
Computerese         Intranets
Tutor               Help! It's On-line
Q-Tips              CTRL-F1, Startup, CTRL-F11, CTRL-F12, Offset, explode
Dr OPs              The StartUp Folder in Windows 95
Q & A               Hatching haywire, MOVE keyboard interrupt, CT online
Architips           DataCAD Ancient History

October '97         Vol VII:10
Cheap Trick         Keyboard Tricks
Computerese         ASCII Character Sets
Tutor               2D vs. 3D GoToViews
Q-Tips              3D Views keys, wall cap/T, distance disappears, POF2P
Dr OPs              Long Filenames: Blessing & Curse
Q & A               Directory printout, ACAD to DCAD Fonts, Faxing, Symbo
Architips           International Font Sets for DataCAD

November '97        Vol VII:11
Cheap Trick         Color Sense
Computerese         Local Area Networks by Michael Tardif
Tutor               PAL vs. RGB Color Files
Q-Tips              Multiplot bug, envir. variables, arrow heads, Errors
Dr OPs              DataCAD 8 for Windows vs. DOS version under Windows
Q & A               Saving Custom Colors, Quick Shade Colors, Quickie Ins
Architips           International Font Sets: the Story Behind the Charact

December '97        Vol VII:12
Cheap Trick         2nd Annual 3D CAD Shootout
Computerese         Networking Hardware Terms by Michael Tardif
Tutor               Z is the Key
Q-Tips              Z at 0, Window voids, HLR to layers, 2D walls to 3D,
Dr OPs              -
Q & A               Quickie Install Addend., Custom Hatch, Support Files,
Architips           -


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