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- From: dmeyer@tiac.net (David Meyer)
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- Subject: Re: Final Writer 5 Features
- Date: 10 Apr 1996 01:55:57 GMT
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- Woody Williams (woody@softwood.com) wrote:
- : 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.
- : 23. HTML export--create a useful web page from a Final Writer document.
-
- Some are major, some minor. I can see being enthusiastic over a
- bit more than half of them. Like jumping up and down, whooping and
- hollering. Nothing excessive. Thank you, ladies and gents, thank you.
- Looking forward to the -second- week in May.
-