Find & Align keystones ********************** FirstClass NV ships Find & Align keystones for Tailor 2.0, the visual PostScript editor ******************************************** Contact : Peter Camps voice : +32 9 227 62 48 fax : +32 9 227 15 89 e-mail : peter@firstclass.be Avennesdreef 32 9031 Drongen, Belgium GHENT, December 20, 1994 --- FirstClass NV today announces the availability of the "Find" and "Align" keystones for Tailor 2.0, the company's visual PostScript editor. Keystones are dynamically loadable extensions, providing additional functionality within Tailor 2.0. The Find keystone ----------------- The Find keystone provides Tailor with powerful graphical find and modify functionality. For example, you can change all lines thinner than 0.25 points to exactly 0.25 points, or substitute one typeface for another across the whole document or a selection. The Find panel has the expected Next, Previous, Modify and Modify All buttons. A first browser offers a list of twenty find criteria for object attributes such as color, linewidth, font, text or position. By specifying a value for one or more criteria, you determine which objects are to be found. Most criteria allow to specify multiple values or a from-to range. A second browser offers a list of modify actions for object attributes or geometric transformations. By specifying a value for one or more actions, you determine the changes applied to the objects when you press Modify or Modify All. You can set the Modify All scope to be the complete document, or limit it to the current page or selection. The Align keystone ------------------ The Align keystone provides Tailor with comprehensive alignment tools and functions. Main alignment tools are a background grid and a crosshair. The grid's width and height can be specified separately. The crosshair can be aligned to any existing object, or its position can be specified numerically. The crosshair position can be numerically displayed relative to any reference position. Alignment functions include : 7 snap to grid and/or to crosshair while moving or resizing objects 7 align or resize objects to grid or crosshair 7 align or resize objects to each other 7 distribute objects Alignment operations can be performed on an object's left/bottom, center or right/top. For text lines, font metrics (baseline) may be optionally used instead of the regular bounding rectangle. Availability ------------ The Find and Align keystones are available now as MAB's for HP PA-RISC, Intel and Motorola. They are compatible with Tailor version 2.0a or higher. The keystones are included in the distribution package for Tailor 2.0d (see below). The keystones are offered to Tailor Office users as a set for USD $120.- per user. Educational users receive 50% discount as usual. Tailor Publishing includes both keystones. Registered users of Tailor Publishing may request their free license strings for the Find & Align keystones from FirstClass NV. Please specify the serial number of your Tailor copy (a number in the form of LNNNNN, where L is a letter and N is a digit). If you cannot download the keystones from the archives (see below), specify your regular mail address so we can send you a floppy disk. Floating network licenses ------------------------- Tailor 2.0d, the latest revision, has floating licenses. If N is the number of licensed users, up to N users on the local area network may simultaneously use Tailor and all licensed keystones, regardless of the specific system they are working on. Tailor 2.0d is available now as a MAB for HP PA-RISC, Intel and Motorola. Archive Server -------------- A complete demo & distribution package for Tailor 2.0d is available from ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/Tailor_2.0d_Package.tar The complete Tailor 2.0d distribution, including the keystones ReconstructText, SaveIllustrator, SpotColors, Find, Align. In demo mode (when unlicensed) Tailor is fully functional except : - it does NOT load keystones (ReconstructText,...), - it has disabled output functions (save, print, copy). ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/Tailor_2.0d_Information.tar.Z General information on Tailor, including product brochure and customer testimonial. New brochure on Find & Align keystones. FirstClass NV ------------- FirstClass NV was founded in Ghent, Belgium in 1993 by publishing industry professionals, as a privately owned company. Its business mission is to develop and market graphics applications for high-end desktop platforms. Contact : Peter Camps voice : +32 9 227 62 48 fax : +32 9 227 15 89 e-mail : peter@firstclass.be Avennesdreef 32 9031 Drongen, Belgium