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From: rowley@ORVILLE.NAS.NASA.GOV (Karl Rowley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Timeworks Desktop Publisher ST
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Date: 7 Jun 88 00:00:27 GMT
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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

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