Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!ucbvax!ORVILLE.NAS.NASA.GOV!rowley From: rowley@ORVILLE.NAS.NASA.GOV (Karl Rowley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Timeworks Desktop Publisher ST Message-ID: <8806070000.AA29777@orville.nas.nasa.gov> Date: 7 Jun 88 00:00:27 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 27 I got a demo of Timeworks Desktop Publisher ST this weekend. Page layout is done with four tools: a tool to create and manipulate text and image boxes, a tool to enter and modify the characters and character styles of text, a tool to do simple object-oriented drawing, and a tool to manipulate the justification and spacing of text. Switching from one tool to another seems to bring in a new overlay from disk. The user interface to the program is slick. There is on-line help. Text can be imported from a number of standard word processor formats, and graphics can be imported in formats including Easy Draw, Degas, .IMG, and Neochrome files. Images can be resized once they are imported, and images are not distorted by resizing them a number of times. Text flows between collumns and pages. Style sheets can easily be created, saved, and loaded. The program uses GDOS and comes with six fonts. A large number of output devices are supported, including Postscript printers, FX-80, 24-pin, Atari laser printer, and some other laser printers. The price at HT Electronics was $110 for this package. At this price, the package sets a new standard for desktop publishing on any computer. Karl Rowley rowley@orville.nas.nasa.gov ames!orville.nas!rowley "These are my own personal views."