╘HE FOLLOWING IS A REVIEW OF ╨APER├LIP ╨UBLISHER. ┘OU MAY DUPLICATE THIS FILE ON BOTH ELECTRONIC AND PRINT MEDIA AS LONG AS THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ACCOMPANIES THE FILE:
┼XCERPTED FROM THE ═AY, 1988 ISSUE OF ═IDWEST ╬EWS, THE MONTHLY JOURNAL OF THE ═IDWEST ├-64 ╒SERS ╟ROUP. ╫RITTEN BY ─ALE ╥AY.
╘HANK ┘OU, ─ALE ╥AY (┼DITOR ═IDWEST ╬EWS)
╞OR MORE INFO ABOUT ═IDWEST ├-64 ╒SERS ╟ROUP WRITE:
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╨╧ ┬OX 9311
╚IGHLAND, ╔ND. 46322
╨APER├LIP ╨UBLISHER - A ╥EVIEW
╨APER├LIP ╨UBLISHER IS A DESKTOP PUBLISHING PROGRAM FOR THE ├OMMODORE 64 OR ├OMMODORE 128 IN 64 MODE. ╔T WAS WRITTEN BY ═IKE AND ┴LLAN ╙EDORE AND IS PUBLISHED BY ┼LECTRONIC ┴RTS. ╘HE SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE IS $49.95. ┘OU MUST HAVE A JOYSTICK OR MOUSE TO USE THE PROGRAM. ╘HE PROGRAM IS ON A 1541 FORMAT DISK AND IS NOT COPY PROTECTED.
╨RINTER ╙UPPORT
╨UTTING YOUR TEXT ON PAPER IN AN ATTRACTIVE, READABLE AND INTERESTING MANNER IS WHAT DESKTOP PUBLISHING IS ABOUT. ╘HE MAIN ADVANTAGE OF THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM IS THE ABILITY TO SPICE UP YOUR TEXT WITH GRAPHICS AND OTHER "SPECIAL EFFECTS". ╬ONE OF THIS CAN BE ACHIEVED, HOWEVER, IF THE PROGRAM DOES NOT SUPPORT YOUR PRINTER. ╨APER├LIP ╨UBLISHER SUPPORTS THE FOLLOWING PRINTERS:
├OMMODORE 1525
├OMMODORE 1526
┼PSON ╞╪
┼PSON ╠╪
┼PSON ═╪
├OMMODORE ═╨╙ 801
├OMMODORE ═╨╙ 802
├OMMODORE ═╨╙ 1000
╧KIMATE 20
╙EIKOSHA ╙╨-1000
╙TAR ╬╨-10
╙TAR ╬╪-10
╘HIS LIST IS NOT EXTENSIVE. ┬UT MOST PRINTERS THAT PLUG DIRECTLY INTO YOUR ├OMMODORE CAN USE THE 1525 OR 801 DRIVERS AND THREE MODELS OF ┼PSON ARE COVERED WHICH HAS BECOME AN INDUSTRY STANDARD. ╘HERE ARE NO PROVISIONS FOR CUSTOMIZING OR CREATING YOUR OWN PRINTER DRIVER WITH THE PROGRAM.
╨APER├LIP ╨UBLISHER UTILIZES THE PRINTER IN GRAPHICS MODE, THE BETTER YOUR PRINTER IS AT PRODUCING GRAPHICS, THE BETTER YOUR FINAL OUTPUT WILL LOOK. ╘HIS MAKES A WIDE VARIETY OF FONTS POSSIBLE, AS WELL AS SUPPORTING THE INCLUSION OF GRAPHICS IN YOUR LAY-OUTS. ╘HE TRADE-OFF HERE IS THAT PRINTING IS SLOW. ╘HOSE OF YOU WITH PRINTER BUFFERS WILL CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THEM IF YOU USE THIS PROGRAM.
╒SING ╨APER├LIP ╨UBLISHER
╘HIS PROGRAM HAS SO MANY FEATURES AND THERE ARE SO MANY DETAILS, THAT TO COVER EACH OF THEM IN A REVIEW IS IMPOSSIBLE. ╘HE MAIN TASK YOU PREFORM IN ╨APER├LIP ╨UBLISHER IS TO DRAW BOXES ON A SIMULATION OF YOUR PAGE AND THEN FILL THESE BOXES WITH TEXT OR GRAPHICS FROM THE TEXT AND GRAPHICS EDITORS.
╘HE MAIN SCREEN PROVIDES A VIEW OF ONE PAGE OF YOUR DOCUMENT. ╘HE PAGE IS TOO SMALL TO BE ABLE TO READ TEXT OR CLEARLY SEE YOUR GRAPHICS. ╔N ORDER TO PLACE YOUR BOXES PRECISELY AND TO VIEW YOUR TEXT IN A READABLE FORM A MAGNIFY MODE IS PROVIDED. ╘HE MAGNIFY MODE ALLOWS YOU TO SEE APPROXIMATELY ONE SIXTH OF YOUR PAGE AT A TIME. ┴LL TOOLS AND COMMANDS ARE AVAILABLE IN BOTH THE MAGNIFY AND MAIN SCREEN.
╘OOLS AND ═ENUS
╘HERE ARE NINETEEN TOOLS AVAILABLE IN THE TOOLBOX LOCATED AT THE RIGHT EDGE OF THE SCREEN. ╔N ADDITION TO THESE THERE ARE FIVE MENU CHOICES ON A COMMAND BAR AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN. ╘O VIEW THESE YOU MUST PLACE THE CROSS-HAIR LIKE CURSOR ON THE COMMAND BAR, PRESS THE MOUSE OR JOYSTICK BUTTON AND HOLD IT DOWN. ╘HE MENU CHOICES APPEAR AND A DROP DOWN MENU FALLS FROM THE CHOICE THE CURSOR IS ON. ╘HE CURSOR IS NOT VISIBLE AT THIS POINT, INSTEAD THERE IS A BLACK BAR HIGHLIGHTING YOUR CHOICE. ╫HEN YOU HAVE THE BAR ON THE CHOICE YOU WANT TO MAKE RELEASE THE BUTTON.
╘HE COMMAND BAR MENU IS USED TO OPEN AND CLOSE DOCUMENTS, MOVE FORM ONE AREA OF THE PROGRAM TO ANOTHER, SET THE PAGE AND BOX PARAMETERS, AND TO SET THE LEVEL OF PREVIEW YOU ARE CURRENTLY USING.
╧THER AREAS OF THE PROGRAM AVAILABLE ARE A TEXT EDITOR AND A GRAPHICS EDITOR. ┬OTH OF THESE ARE WELL THOUGHT OUT AND PROVIDE YOU WITH THE TOOLS YOU NEED TO GET YOUR OUTPUT READY TO PRINT. ╘HE TEXT EDITOR PROVIDES FOR SETTING YOUR TEXT TO BOLD, ITALIC, UNDERLINED, SHADOWED, BACK SLANT, UP-SIDE DOWN, MIRRORED, SUPERSCRIPTED, SUBSCRIPTED, AND REVERSED. ╘HE GRAPHICS EDITOR LETS YOU PIXEL EDIT YOUR GRAPHICS, BRING MORE THAN ONE GRAPHIC IN TO COMBINE THEM IN A NEW GRAPHIC, ENLARGE AND REDUCE YOUR GRAPHICS, MIRROR, TURN THE GRAPHIC UPSIDE DOWN,AND REVERSE THE COLOR OF THE IMAGE.
╧PTIONS
╨AGE OPTIONS INCLUDE ADJUSTING PAPER SIZE FROM 8 X 11 TO 8 X 14. ╘HIS CAN BE ADJUSTED IN QUARTER INCH INCREMENTS. ╘HIS IS IMPORTANT FOR THOSE PRINTERS THAT DON'T TRULY EMULATE A 1525. ╞OR EXAMPLE, MY ╧KIDATA 120 SHORTENS THE OUTPUT COMPARED TO A 1525. ┬Y SETTING THE PAGE LENGTH TO 12.5 INCHES THE PAGE SHOWN ON THE SCREEN REFLECTS WHAT IS NEEDED TO FILL AN 8 X 11 SHEET.
╨AGE MARGINS CAN BE ADJUSTED IN QUARTER INCH INCREMENTS FOR BOTH VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL MARGINS. ╘HESE MARGINS ARE INVALUABLE GUIDES TO PLACING YOUR BOXES CORRECTLY ON THE PAGE.
╧NE OF THE BEST FEATURES OF ╨APER├LIP ╨UBLISHER IS HOW IT LAYS OUT COLUMNS. ╧N THE ╨AGE ╞ORMAT MENU YOU SIMPLY ENTER HOW MANY COLUMNS YOU WANT AND THEIR WIDTH. ╘HE PROGRAM AUTOMATICALLY DRAWS IN THE MARGIN LINES FOR YOU. ╒P TO 15 COLUMNS ARE ALLOWED ON A PAGE.
┘OU MAY FORMAT ALL PAGES OR AN INDIVIDUAL PAGE WITH THE ╨AGE ╞ORMAT MENU.
┬OX FORMATTING IS SIMILAR TO PAGE FORMATTING. ┘OU SET THE DEFAULTS YOU WANT THE BOXES YOU DRAW TO HAVE AND THEN YOU CAN CHANGE ANY OF THE ITEMS FOR EACH BOX IN YOUR DOCUMENT.
┘OU CAN MAKE EACH BOX TRANSPARENT OR OPAQUE. ╘HE BOX CAN BE SET TO LEFT JUSTIFY, RIGHT JUSTIFY, CENTER OR FULLY JUSTIFY TEXT IN THAT BOX. ┘OU MAY FILL A BOX WITH ANY OF 26 FILL PATTERNS. ╘HERE ARE FIVE BORDERS YOU CAN CHOOSE FOR THE BOXES. ╘HE ┬OX ╞ORMAT MENU IS WHERE YOU CHOOSE THE FONT YOU WISH TO USE FOR THAT BOX ALSO.
┬OXES ALSO CAN HAVE BOTH HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL MARGINS. ╘HESE ARE USEFUL TO GET YOUR TEXT EXACTLY WHERE YOU WANT IT INSIDE THE BOX. ╘HE AMOUNT OF SPACING BETWEEN LINES OF TEXT IS ADJUSTABLE. ┘OU ALSO CAN SET THE MAXIMUM SPACING BETWEEN LETTERS AND WORDS FOR USE WITH FULL JUSTIFICATION. ╨APER├LIP ╨UBLISHER PRINTS ALL FONTS PROPORTIONALLY, SO THESE SETTINGS ARE IMPORTANT.
╔F THAT ISN'T ENOUGH, YOU CAN ALSO MAGNIFY OR REDUCE THE CONTENTS OF THE BOX BY SETTING THE MAGNIFICATION FOR BOTH VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL ASPECTS OF THE BOX. ╘HIS MAKES IT EASY TO CREATE LARGER FONTS FOR HEADLINES. ╙IZE ADJUSTMENT RANGES FORM 1/8 NORMAL TO 8 TIMES NORMAL.
╘HE ┬AD
╘HINGS ╔ DON'T LIKE ABOUT ╨APER├LIP ╨UBLISHER INCLUDE THE FACT THAT THERE IS NO SUPPORT FOR THE ╥AM ┼XPANSION ╒NITS. ┼ACH TIME YOU MODIFY A BOX, INFORMATION IS WRITTEN TO YOUR WORK DISK. ┴LSO EACH CHANGE CAUSES THE DOCUMENT TO BE REDRAWN ON THE SCREEN. ╘HE ╥┼╒ WOULD SPEED THIS UP CONSIDERABLY.
╨APER├LIP ╨UBLISHER ONLY SUPPORTS ONE DRIVE. ╘HIS MEANS YOU EITHER HAVE TO SWAP DISKS TO ACCESS GRAPHIC AND TEXT FILES, OR INCLUDE ALL OF THE ONES YOU'LL NEED ON YOUR WORKDISK.
┬OXES CAN ONLY CONTAIN GRAPHICS OR TEXT. ╘HIS IS NOT AS BAD AS IT SOUNDS THOUGH. ╫HILE IT WOULD BE EASIER TO BE ABLE TO PUT BOTH IN THE SAME BOX, DRAWING BOXES AND LINKING THEM IS NOT AS DIFFICULT AS ╔ FIRST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.
╞ORMATTING OF TEXT (IE CENTERING, ETC.) IS DONE BY THE BOX DEFAULT SETTINGS. ╘HIS MEANS TO CENTER A PARAGRAPH HEADER, YOU MUST DO IT MANUALLY IN THE TEXT EDITOR, OR HAVE THE HEADER IN A SEPARATE BOX. ┴ CENTERING COMMAND IN THE EDITOR WOULD BE USEFUL FOR THIS.
╘HERE SHOULD BE A WIDER VARIETY OF PRINTER SUPPORT. ╩UST BECAUSE YOU BUY A ├OMMODORE COMPATIBLE PRINTER DOESN'T MEAN YOU WANT TO USE IT IN 1525 EMULATION AT ALL TIMES. ═OST OF PRINTERS HAVE FEATURES NOT PRESENT ON ├OMMODORE PRINTERS THAT WOULD IMPROVE THE OUTPUT.
┘OU CANNOT ADD FONTS TO YOUR WORKDISK DURING A WORK SESSION. ╔F YOU ARE AS BAD AT PLANNING AHEAD AS ╔ AM THIS CAN BE A REAL PAIN.
╫HEN YOU DUMP A BOX OR ITS CONTENTS INTO THE TRASH THE INFORMATION REMAINS ON YOUR WORKDISK. ╔T WOULD BE NICE IF THESE UNNEEDED FILES WERE SCRATCHED WHEN YOU CLOSE YOUR DOCUMENT. ┘OU CAN'T RECOVER THEM ANYWAY. ╘HAT MAKES ME THINK OF ANOTHER COMMAND ╔'D LIKE TO SEE: ╧╧╨╙! ╘HE TRASH CAN OPERATES ON THE CURRENT BOX (WHICH YOU SET BY PLACING THE CURSOR ON IT AND PRESSING THE BUTTON). ┴N ╧╧╨╙! COMMAND WOULD HELP US FUMBLE FINGERED COMPUTER USERS.
┬OXES CANNOT BE MOVED FORM ONE DOCUMENT TO ANOTHER. ═OVING THEM FROM PAGE TO PAGE IN THE SAME DOCUMENT IS EASY, BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE A BOX FROM ONE DOCUMENT AND USE IT IN ANOTHER.
╘HE ╟OOD
╨APER├LIP ╨UBLISHER INCLUDES UTILITIES TO CONVERT FONTS FROM ╟┼╧╙ AND ╧UTRAGEOUS ╨AGES. ╘HERE ARE MANY ╟┼╧╙ FONTS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN, SO THIS MAKES NEW FONTS EASILY ACCESSIBLE. ┴LSO THE ╟┼╧╙ ╞ONTPACK DISKS ARE NOT VERY EXPENSIVE. ╘HE UTILITY FOR DOING THE CONVERSION WORKS WELL.
┴NOTHER UTILITY WHICH COME WITH ╨APER├LIP ╨UBLISHER IS A ╞ILE ├ONVERTOR. ╘HIS CONVERTS BOTH TEXT AND GRAPHICS FILES. ╟RAPHICS FILES YOU CAN CONVERT WITH THIS PROGRAM ARE: ╧UTRAGEOUS ╨AGES, ╨RINT═ASTER, ╨RINT ╙HOP (3 BLK ONLY), AND ─OODLE. ╘HE PROGRAM WORKS WELL BUT DOES NOT OFFER AN OPTION TO CONVERT ALL THE FILES ON THE DISK (AS THE FONT CONVERTOR DOES) AND HAS THE ANNOYING FLAW OF PROMPTING YOU TO INSERT THE DESTINATION DISK EVEN WHEN USING TWO DRIVES. ╘HAT'S RIGHT, THE UTILITIES SUPPORT TWO DRIVES, BUT THE MAIN PROGRAM DOES NOT.
┬EING ABLE TO SET THE PREVIEW LEVEL MAKES THINGS FASTER. YOU CAN PREVIEW ALL THE BOXES, ONLY THE CURRENT BOX YOU ARE WORKING WITH, OR NONE OF THEM. ═OST OF YOUR WORK CAN BE DONE WITH THE CURRENT SETTING. ┬Y DRAWING LESS AFTER EACH CHANGE THE WHOLE PROCESS IS SPEEDED UP.
╘EXT FILES YOU CAN CONVERT ARE: ╨APER├LIP ╔, ╔╔, OR ╔╔╔, ╨APER┬ACK ╫RITER, ┬ANK ╙TREET ╫RITER, AND ╫ORD ╫RITER ╔ OR ╔╔╔. ╘HESE ARE THE LISTED CHOICES. ╔ SELECTED ╨APER├LIP FROM THE MENU AND IT CONVERTED MY ╞LEET ╙YSTEM 4 FILE FINE (THE FILE WAS SAVED IN ╙┼╤ FORMAT).
╨APER├LIP ╨UBLISHER IS NOT COPY PROTECTED. ╘HIS IS A BIG PLUS FOR OWNERS OF 1571, 1581, AND HARD DRIVES. ┘OU CAN COPY THE PROGRAM WITH ANY DISK COPY OR FILE COPY PROGRAM MAKING MOVING IT TO ANOTHER FORMAT EASY.
╘HE ABILITY TO LINK BOXES TOGETHER, REGARDLESS OF WHAT PAGE THEY ARE ON, MAKES LAYING OUT THE TEXT IN A MULTI PAGE DOCUMENT MUCH EASIER. ╘HE TEXT WILL FILL THE FIRST BOX IN THE CHAIN AND THEN EACH SUBSEQUENT BOX. ├HANGES IN BOX SIZE RESULT IN THE TEXT BEING REFORMATTED THROUGHOUT THE CHAIN
╘HE CONTROL GIVEN TO THE USER BY THE LARGE NUMBER OF USER SET PARAMETERS REALLY PUTS YOU IN CONTROL OF YOUR OUTPUT. ┴ND THE SCREEN PREVIEW IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU GET ON PAPER.
╘HE BIGGEST PLUS FOR ╨APER├LIP ╨UBLISHER IS THAT IT DOES WHAT IT SAYS IT WILL DO. ┴LL OF THE TOOLS AND MENUS ARE EASY TO USE. ╘HE DOCUMENTATION IS EXCELLENT. ╘HE TUTORIALS ARE EASY TO FOLLOW AND A MUST FOR SOMEONE INEXPERIENCED WITH PAGE LAYOUT PROGRAMS. ╧UT OF FIVE STARS ╔ WOULD GIVE IT FOUR. ╘HE BIGGEST DRAWBACK IS THE LACK OF MULTI DRIVE OR ╥┼╒ SUPPORT. ┘OU ARE HOLDING A SAMPLE IN YOUR HANDS. ╘HIS MONTHS NEWSLETTER WAS FORMATTED AND THE ORIGINALS PRINTED USING ╨APER├LIP ╨UBLISHER AND A PRINTER THAT COST LESS THAN $200. ╔ THINK THAT IT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
