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- From: woody@softwood.com (Woody Williams)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Final Writer 5 Features
- Date: Tue, 09 Apr 1996 14:39:26 -0700
- Organization: SoftWood, Inc.
- Message-ID: <woody-0904961439260001@woody.softwood.com>
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- At long last SoftWood is happily announcing Final Writer Release 5. Ship
- date is estimated to be the first week of May, 1996. This first
- announcement is in the form of a list. Over the next week or so more
- details will be given both here and on our web site.
-
- The following list is not in any order of importance. Some features are
- minor while other are major. This list contains everything we have done
- to Final Writer in Release 5.
-
- 1. Added "Font" menu item that bypasses TypeSpecs requester and goes
- directly to the font requester.
- 2. Added predefined zoom magnification levels to the "View" menu.
- 3. Made the "Define Styles" requester operate in immediate update mode
- for faster more intuitive operations.
- 4. Implemented "Next" style.
- 5. Implemented "Based On" style.
- 6. Increased maximum main styles from 16 to 256.
- 7. Named Preference sets.
- 8. Named Stylesheet sets.
- 9. Begin new documents using templates.
- 10. Updated Grammar Correction System to the latest version.
- 11. AutoCorrect--correct as you type.
- 12. Datatype support for graphics.
- 13. Option to show section click-tabs without showing page click-tabs.
- 14. Added TypeSpec definitions to macros which can be named, saved and
- activated by buttons or menu items.
- 15. Ability to create a new style based on where the insertion point is.
- 16. Ability to modify existing style based on where the insertion point is.
- 17. ASL file requester option.
- 18. Ability to rearrange main sections.
- 19. FW's custom screen is now public.
- 20. Font preferences--ability to specify fonts to be preloaded.
- 21. Tables.
- 22. RTF import/export--this is a full, useful implementation unlike...
- 23. HTML export--create a useful web page from a Final Writer document.
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- Woody
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