Applet related

Easy to do. You need to make the following changes to the file !OvnPro.Applets.!Abbrev.Library.Abbrev. (Make a copy of this file into another directory first, in case things go wrong. It must be in another directory, or OP will try to load it and complain.)

(1) Find the lines in function abbrev_fix() which read:

// check if key is 'space', 'new para', 'tab', 'new line' or 'new page'
if (key == 32 || key == 13 || key == 394 || key == 2061 || key == 6669)

and change the lower line to read:

if (key == 32 || key == 13 || key == 394 || key == 2061 || key == 6669 || abbrev_ispunct(key))

(2) Then add the following lines near the top of the file, after the line which starts 'string abbrev_path=' and before the definition of function abbrev_readdata():

int abbrev_ispunct(int c) { return "!'?.,:;/\""/chars(c)+1; }

The stuff in the quotes consists of a list of punctuation marks which you want to be able to trigger abbreviation expansion. If you want the plain double quotes to be included, you need to prefix it with a backward slash.

In the file Abbrev inside the applet change
type("{Deleteb}" * l + s);
to
{type("{Deleteb}" * l + s);if(key==' ') key=-1;}

Check your !Abbrev.abbrevs list for end-of-line spaces, and if you have some then remove them. That should cure your problem.

Open the Ovation Pro directory, by double clicking with SHIFT held down. In there you will find a directory Applets. Open this directory, and you should see all your installed applets. Open the directory of the applet of interest by double clicking with SHIFT held down. One of the files therein is !info. Examine this file in a text editor. The first two lines of this file are of the form
majorversion:1
minorversion:2
This means the applet is version 1.02

Note for the unwary. If the number after minorversion consists of only one digit, then a zero will be automatically placed in front, so the example given is for version 1.02. If, instead the minor version was 23, then this would be interpreted as version 1.23.

This is because the !ARun files from inside the applets have gone missing. It is the presence of the (often zero length) !ARun file which denotes an applet which is loaded from something else which is run. And if you run an applet, it toggles it's on/off status, just as it does when you double click on it.

Usually they have a variable in the main !Applet.Library.Script file that you can change the initial value of.

ColPal
int colpal_palette = 1;
Change the 1 to a 0.

PagePal
int pagepal_toolbox = 1;
again change 1 to 0.

StylePal
int stylepal_palette = 1;
again change 1 to 0.

Seemingly this can be arranged too. Looking at the ColPal library file.
int colpal_centre = 1;
If you change the 1 to a 0, then the palette will open at the default position set up in the applets template file. You obviously need to use a template editor to change the default position.