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- From: ewilts@galaxy.gov.bc.ca (Ed Wilts)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: Re: PageStream tabs
- Message-ID: <1992Aug12.085058.840@galaxy.gov.bc.ca>
- Date: 12 Aug 92 08:50:58 -0700
- References: <James_Hastings-Trew.0i7e@telepro.UUCP> <1992Aug12.003514.221@pro-freedom.cts.com>
- Reply-To: EWILTS@GALAXY.GOV.BC.CA
- Organization: BC Systems Corporation
- Lines: 24
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- In article <1992Aug12.003514.221@pro-freedom.cts.com>, eeb@pro-freedom.cts.com (Ed Brown) writes:
- >
- > > What desktop publishers REALLY look for is proper TABS.
- > > ProPage does not have them, and neither does PageStream.
- >
- > Well, page 5.5-5.6 of the PgS manual indicates that taps ARE available.
- > Guess the definition hinges on the word "proper". Overlapping columns
- > and/or proportional fonts wreck tabbing in many programs, not just PgS.
-
- Left-justfied TABS are supported, even for proportional fonts. That alone is a
- miracle! What is not yet supported is right-justified tabs or period-justified
- tabs. Numbers are frequently aligned over a period.
-
- The tabs still need some work, like if you have an article that scans multiple
- columns, you'll have to manually set the tabs on each one rather than copy the
- setting.
-
- Soft Logik has acknowledged the limitations in the tabs functionality and
- promised to fix these in an upcoming release.
-
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- Ed Wilts, BC Systems Corp., 4000 Seymour Place, Victoria, B.C., Canada, V8X 4S8
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