{S:X;X;0;3;Wordz users should instantly feel at home with Resultz. The two programs share the same user interface and page layout conventions. Any Wordz user who has previously used a spreadsheet will probably start using Resultz without even thinking of looking at the documentation. Not that we recommend this...}
{S:X;X;0;4;Wordz and Resultz are part of the Fireworkz family. As such they have not only been designed to have the same user interface and file format philosophies, but they are also designed to integrate together. This works at two levels:}
{S:X;X;0;5;(i){ITT-X}Data file interchange. Resultz can load Wordz files and you can use Resultz calculation facilities to add numeric tables and live calculations to your word processed documents. Wordz can load spreadsheets created in Resultz and you can use the extra word processing facilities provided by Wordz to annotate and round-off your numerical report.}
{S:X;X;0;6;{ITT-X}Versions of Wordz before 1.04 do not recognise the Resultz filetype. If you change the filetype of a Resultz file to be that of Wordz, you will find that Wordz can load the file but will understand only the text and not the numbers. Wordz 1.04 understands the values in the numeric cells, but not the formulae or charts (you can convert charts to drawfiles in Resultz).}
{S:X;X;0;7;(ii){ITT-X}Complete integration. Wordz + Resultz = Fireworkz! Fireworkz is a combined package which is a superset of both Wordz and Resultz. Because it was always designed to provide perfect integration, rather than being an afterthought, it has the following advantages over "integrated" packages which are merely several applications bolted together:}
{S:X;X;0;8;a){ITT-X}Consistent user interface. This is not just in terms of menus and dialogue boxes, but also the way you see your data on-screen and the way you control its page layout. All of the Fireworkz programs use scaled page views (to be completely WYSIWYG), all of them use the powerful style editor, and they all have button bars and the status line to give you instant access to commands and immediate feedback. These common features reduce the learning curve to its minimum. }
{S:X;X;0;9;b){ITT-X}Integrated data. Even in a multi-tasking environment like RISC OS where dragging files between applications enables a certain amount of data transfer, the problems of having one program understand another program's data are immense. This problem gets worse as application programs provide increasingly sophisticated page layout facilities. }
{S:X;X;0;10;{ITT-X}In Fireworkz you work on one document which can contain both text and live numbers. All the facilities of both Wordz and Resultz are present. You don't need to worry about whether your data is in the word processor or the spreadsheet program and what you have to do to get it into the other. }
{S:X;X;0;11;c){ITT-X}Memory. Bolting two applications together doubles the amount of memory used by the program. But designing an integrated package from scratch enables all of the user interface and page layout work to be done once. Since this is a large part of any RISC OS program, there is a considerable memory saving. {ITR-X}In addition to this, Fireworkz uses dynamic link libraries. Fireworkz is constructed from "objects", not all of which need to be loaded. For example, if you are working on some text you probably do not need charts or calculations, if you are working on your cashflow forecast you may not need a spelling checker or mailmerge. So Fireworkz won't have them loaded. But when you do want these facilities, Fireworkz will load them automatically. {ITR-X}Resultz is the first member of the Fireworkz family to use dynamic link libraries. All future releases will use them to minimise memory usage.}
{S:X;X;0;13;Future}
{S:X;X;0;14;The Fireworkz family will also have a database program called Recordz. This will also be available as a powerful stand-alone application or integrated into the Fireworkz program. }
