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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Path: usenet.eel.ufl.edu!warwick!spuddy!dmarsh
- From: dmarsh@spuddy.mew.co.uk (David Marsh)
- Subject: Final Writer 4 queries and comments
- Message-ID: <Do0nvI.Lx1@spuddy.mew.co.uk>
- Organization: Spud's Public Usenet Domain
- Date: Sat, 9 Mar 1996 20:06:54 GMT
-
- Hello, sorry for intruding here as I don't have SoftWood's email address but
- I do know that they do follow this newsgroup. I have a very slow modem
- and a long-distance call so I can't download the entire newsgroup and stay
- solvent...
-
- If anybody from SoftWood or elsewhere picks up on this message, could they
- please respond to me by email, for the above-mentioned reason? :(
-
-
- I've recently aquired Final Writer (Lite)▓ from the Amiga Format coverdisk,
- after having used WW from the Desktop Dynamite Pack, and more recently
- PageStream2 (perhaps overkill for simple letters :) and I must say it is an
- excellent program!
-
- I'm _very_ tempted to upgrade to the full version (ie _full_ FW4) of the
- program, (this would be a true honour: it would be the first non-coverdisk
- program I've bought!) but I'd like to make a few comments/suggestions/queries.
-
- I'm sure some of these things have probably been mentioned already, in which
- case I'm sorry:
-
-
- The Amiga Format registration offers a very good deal on full FW4 Lite
- (cheaper than RRP). Is a similar discount also available on an upgrade to FW4?
-
- Unfortunately, FW4 Lite doesn't appear to work with MagicMenus (v1.29). I find
- this program almost essential (certainly if using MUI3 apps) and would like to
- ask if this "bug" if present in either full FW4 Lite or FW4, or if a patch is
- available? This is a major irritation :(
-
- I have had problems saving files to T: on the RAM drive (ie when needing a
- temporary ASCII copy), with "Could not save file. Not enough disk space."
- error messages (certainly not true).
-
- I've also had a few problems with "file open errors" (-> guru) on trying to
- reopen some files previously saved on DiskSpare floppies while running
- FastCache (possibly a FastCache error?).
-
- I have a Canon BJ-10 printer (using Wolf Faust's CanonDisk driver) and
- sheet-feeder but find that printouts from FW always seem to start far too
- close to the top of the page and finish well above the bottom. What page
- margins and "printer type" (DeskJet, Laser etc) should I use to solve this?
-
-
- Does the full FW4 Lite allow import of non-ILBM images (particularly TIFF,
- structured or PS images) or is this feature only in FW4?
-
- What file formats can FW4 handle? I would very much appreciate the ability to
- handle RTF and <sigh> Word documents for transfer to Uni.
-
- Does full FW4 Lite have an ARexx port, or only FW4?
- I've heard great things about what you can do with FW's ARexx port!
-
- Is it possible to define buttons for small-caps and all-caps in FW4 Lite or
- FW4? I find this a slightly annoying omission, but that's just my formatting
- style... ;^)
-
-
- Some suggestions, but don't feel I'm knocking what is an excellent program!
-
- I would prefer that the program used standard or ReqTools file requesters
- (as I have many assigns on my HD and the inability to stretch the window to
- match is quite annoying). However, I do like the default-option return-key
- which appears on the other requesters! It would seem sensible to follow this
- with other hotkeys on requesters (ie Y for yes, N for no, etc). For some
- reason, I also find that tab-to-next-gadget seems to work in reverse (ie
- tab-to-prev-gadget, shift-tab-to-next-gadget).
-
- I would prefer a standard font-requester: my fonts are (deliberately) in
- several places on my HD but are all in the FONTS: path, so tracking them down
- is a little tricky with this selection method!
-
- I would like the ability to select the screen font or a smaller font size. I
- run the program in Multiscan Productivity as DBLPAL HiRes NoFlicker _is_ a
- little flickery, and NTSC too restricting vertically. Unfortunately, even the
- Multiscan screen loses a lot of space to the various tool gadgets. A smaller
- font for the title bars and toolbars would free up a little more vertical
- space.
-
- Likewise with the useful click tabs, I feel they are a little too large. The
- option to show section tabs _only_ would be useful (again to save space). Page
- up/down could be done from the scrollbar or info bar in this case.
-
- Could I suggest that the date and time and position be added to the menu bar
- or window title bar, and so getting rid of the information bar (page up/down
- could be selected from a user-defined toolbar). (saves space again)
-
- Alternatively, it might be useful to have invisible toolbars (like (excuse
- me) the Windows95 taskbar which can be configured to be invisible at the
- bottom of the screen and only pops-up when you move the mouse to it╣). This
- would strike me as a very sensible option as you need any toolbar far less
- frequently than you type text and I prefer to have as much of the document
- context visible on-screen as possible while typing.
- [This seems such a good idea that I hereby copyright its usage for toolbars
- within applications, 9 March 1996 (unless Microsoft's getting there first
- prevents this :( )]
-
- ╣ImageFX was arguably there first in a similar manner :)
-
-
- If anybody can answer my queries, I'd be extremely grateful.
- I'd particularly like to know if there is a special upgrade price to FW4 for
- Final Writer (Lite)▓ owners, as I suspect that FW4 may better meet my needs
- than FW4 Lite.
-
- Once again, could any replies please be sent by email.
-
- Many thanks,
-
- David Marsh. dmarsh@spuddy.mew.co.uk, david.marsh@strath.ac.uk
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