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- From: gmz@netcom.com (Gerry Zeitlin)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: Re: FAX to Prof Draw Trace?
- Message-ID: <t3qma#c.gmz@netcom.com>
- Date: 31 Jul 92 19:10:48 GMT
- References: <1992Jul29.213222.54@pro-freedom.cts.com> <71pm!1_.gmz@netcom.com> <1992Jul31.044135.29066@sfu.ca>
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- In article <1992Jul31.044135.29066@sfu.ca> flui@fraser.sfu.ca (Francis Wai Gee Lui) writes:
- >
- >Opinions, opinions. If you want to get a taste of PageStream 2.1 (next-to-
- >latest version), try the PageStreamDemo on various FTP sites (e.g. wuarchive).
- >I think you'll find there's very little to be jealous about (well, the kerning
- >controls). The demo version is uglier than a hacker's backyard! The latest
- >version, 2.2HL, looks much better, but I don't think that even Hotlinks is
- >enough to woo me over. I think ProPage 3.0 is finally the Amiga professional's
- >choice in DTP software, for it's stability (no more bugs in style/para tags,
- >and it's only crashed on me once since I got it) and ARexx power. However,
- >I wish it had ligatures, editable kerning tables, and proper `` and '' marks
- >that don't spread apart in justified paragraphs (the Mac and NeXT have them!).
- >
- Thank you, Francis. I had sort of thought that ProPage couldn't have
- been around this long if it were so clearly inferior to the competition.
- I assumed that our correspondence on this would drag out an alternative
- opinion, and so it did, and it was you!
-
- One of the reasons I selected ProPage was that in a comparison of DTP products
- some magazine ran not too long ago, even though each had its advocate who
- thought it to be the best one, the ProPage advocate seemed most sure of his
- opinion.
-
- Guess trying them out would have been better, but anyway here I am, and I
- rather do like the Gold Disk DTP line.
-
- Thanks again.
-
- =gerry
-