Product Description
The first authoritative guide to IBM's new OS/2 Warp 4 operating system, this book includes easy-to-follow, step-by-step installation and configuration instructions, detailed checklists, reference information, Speech Recognition, and modular coverage of new and preexisting features for new and experienced OS/2 users. It covers LAN and Java run time support and peer to peer networking.
From the Inside Flap
This book will help you understand the new IBM OS/2 Warp 4 computing environment, and how to get the most out of your OS/2 Warp system. The book shows you how to install and configure OS/2 Warp and explains the many new features it contains.
The book is intended for both new and experienced OS/2 users. The book is organised so that experienced readers may skip over the introductory sections on each topic, and go straight to the more detailed information. If you are new to OS/2 and OS/2 Warp, you may decide to ignore some of the more technical sections and perhaps return to them at a later time.
How this book is organized
The book is organized as follows:
Chapter 1, “What's new in OS/2 Warp 4”
This provides an overview of the new features introduced in OS/2 Warp 4.
Chapter 2, “Installing OS/2 Warp 4 on Your System”
This guide you through the steps necessary to install the OS/2 Warp operating system.
Chapter 3, “Installing the Networking Components”
This discusses the networking components of OS/2 Warp 4, and guides you through the steps necessary to install networking support on your OS/2 Warp system.
Chapter 4, “Finding Your Way Around OS/2 Warp 4”
This provides an overview of the workplace shell, and shows you how to use the object-oriented graphical interface to manipulate files, objects and applications.
Chapter 5, “Talking to Your Computer”
This chapter describes VoiceType speech recognition and dictation facilities built into OS/2 Warp 4. The chapter describes how to configure VoiceType and how to use voice commands to control your OS/2 Warp system.
Chapter 6, “Running DOS applications”
This describes the support that OS/2 Warp provides for DOS applications, shows you how DOS applications work under OS/2 Warp, and discusses some special issues that may arise when running DOS applications.
Chapter 7, “Running Windows Applications”
This describes the support OS/2 Warp provides for running windows applications on your OS/2 Warp system, including installation and tuning considerations.
Chapter 8, “Printing Files and Documents”
This shows you how to set up printer objects on your workplace shell desktop, and how to print files and documents from the workplace shell desktop and from within your OS/2, DOS and Windows applications.
Chapter 9, “Multimedia Applications and Utilities”
This describes the multimedia device and application support that is built into OS/2 Warp, including support for audio and video capture and playback.
Chapter 10, “How to Get Help”
This discusses the various online help documents and manuals provided with OS/2 Warp, along with the online tutorial, and shows you how to find information on OS/2 WarpÕs features.
Chapter 11, “System Meltdown and How to Recover”
This shows you some steps you can take to prevent things going wrong with your OS/2 Warp system and how to recover in the event that something does go wrong.
Chapter 12, “Accessing a Local Area Network”
This shows you how to use OS/2 Warp and the workplace shell to access files, printers, and other devices residing on multiple systems connected on a local area network.
Chapter 13, “Accessing IBM Warp Server and Microsoft Windows NT Server”
This describes how you can use your OS/2 Warp system to connect to server systems running IBM OS/2 Warp Server or Microsoft Windows NT Server.
Chapter 14, “Peer Networking”
This discusses the peer networking capabilities of OS/2 Warp, and shows you how to configure and use OS/2 Warp in a peer networking environment.
Chapter 15, “Accessing Novell NetWare Servers”
This describes how you ca
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