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Article #36513Timeworks Desktop Publisher ST
From: "David Tilley, +44 1 405 8400, x...
Date: Sun, 12 Feb 1989 20:05
Date: Sun, 12 Feb 1989 20:05
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I've just read your query in Vol.88, issue 546 of Info-Atari16. Since I'm still catching up on later issues, my reply may have been overtaken by later contributions. Anyway, here goes: I have version 1.12 of Timeworks DTP. It CAN write Postscript files to disc and they come out nicely on both an Apple LaserWriter and on a Linotronic 300. However, it has the following bugs and 'features': * The positioning of left and right pages gets out of synchronisation when a new page is inserted. * Horizontal lines of the same requested line-type have inconsistent thicknesses (even when copied and pasted). * The appearance of the corners of round-cornered boxes is inconsistent with the adjacent straight lines. * It cannot import PC Paintbrush and Publisher's Paintbrush bit image graphics, encapsulated PostScript, or TIFF files. * I have seen no mention in the documentation on how an em-dash may be inserted in text mode. * A PostScript file containing bit-mapped graphics sometimes has a maximum record length in excess of 1,000 characters. * The manual in out of date and there's no README file. Perhaps I'm being fussy. It's an excellent program for just 75 pounds!
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