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Welcome to the demo of PAGESTREAM, version 1.8. This is a fully
functional demo of the most powerful desktop publishing program
available for the Atari ST. The demo will allow you to explore
all of PageStream's powerful features, and to print out your
results. Saving your documents is not possible with this demo
version, and when you print a diagonal "PAGESTREAM" will appear
across the length of your page. Those are the only limitations
of the program.
SETTING UP:
===========
Along with this README.TXT file you should find three LZH files:
PSPRG18.LZH, PSFONTS.LZH and PSOTHER.LZH. First extract the
PSPRG18.LZH onto any hard drive partition, RAM disk or floppy
disk. You can extract it to any folder or onto the root
directory of your disk.
Next, extract the PSFONTS.LZH file into a folder called PSFONTS,
inside the same folder as the PageStream program and resource
files you previously extracted. Finally, extract the PSOTHER.LZH
file into a folder called PSOTHER in the same folder as the
PageStream program and resource files. Using the "Extract to
Folder" options from many LZH shell programs makes this task
very easy.
In the end your files should look like this:
*PSFONTS--folder with font files
*PSOTHER--folder with PRT and IMP files
PSDEMO.PRG
PGSTREAM.RSC
PGSTREAM.DAT
All of these files and folders can be in any other folder or on
the root directory of your disk. You are now done setting up..!
RUNNING THE DEMO:
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Double click on PSDEMO.PRG. The program will load, and will take
a little extra time on the first running to set up a font list
from the PSFONTS folder. All subsequent loading of the demo (and
real version) will be faster as the program will not have to
create the font list each time.
When the program has finished loading select "New Document" from
File menu (ALT+N). Then select your paper size, single or double
sided document, and hit RETURN.
You now have a blank page in front of you. Use the VIEW menu bar
to set different viewing scales and to hide the grids, add a
ruler, etc. Keyboard equivalents are available for every
PageStream menu item, and the eq's for the viewing percentage
are ALT+1 double page view, ALT+2 full page, ALT+3 50%, ALT+4
actual size, ALT+5 200%, ALT+6 full width (so you don't have to
scroll horizontally), and ALT+7 user size (0-999%).
PageStream uses menu bars, keyboard eq's and a tool box (the
tool box also has keyboard eq's). The tool box contains 7 pairs
of icons. The first pair are the letter A and the Arrow icon.
The A is for text. Click here and then click in any column to
type text. Or click anywhere on a page to type in a free
floating text object (no columns necessary!). The arrow icon is
the Object icon, and is used to select object for moving,
resizing, etc. You can shift/click to select more than one
object, or use the familiar click and drag to rubber band a
group of objects. When you select more than one object they are
still individual objects. To group them select "Group" from the
Object menu bar (ALT+G).
The next pair are the box with text in it and the box with an X
in it. The left box is the text column box. Click here to draw a
column. Now click once, move the mouse diagonally down, and
click again to draw your column. You will find it much easier to
use the LAYOUT menu bar and "Create Columns" menu item to create
multiple, linked columns. The box with the X in it is the
reshape icon which you use when reshaping any polygon at any
intersection point.
The next pair are the rectangle and circle icons which are used
to draw rectangles and circles.
The next pair are the restricted (vert or horiz line) and
unrestricted line icons. Use these to draw lines.
The next pair are the circle and oval icons.
The next pair are the two arc icons. Use these to draw parts of
circles (good for pie charts).
The final pair are the polygon and freehand drawing. The polygon
works like this. Draw a series of lines, clicking the left mouse
each time you want to change direction. To finish the polygon to
back to right near the first point and click twice. The polygon
will now be completed. You can use the Reshape tool to "pull" at
any corner of a polygon and reshape it.
THAT'S IT
=========
That's it for the demo documentation. PageStream is very easy to
use, and you should be able to explore the program without too
much difficulty. Before signing off, here are some features you
should play around with--features not available with any other
Atari ST publishing program:
--Duplicate: Draw a horizontal line. Now click on the Object
icon (arrow) so the line is selected. Now select Duplicate from
the Object menu (ALT+D) and duplicate it 10 times with an x
offset of 0 and a Y offset of .25. Now type ALT+A (select all)
and now type ALT+G (group) and now resize the group of lines.
--Align: On a blank page, draw a box. Now draw a line. Now
select the A icon (text) and click anywhere on the page and type
in your name. Now type ALT+A (select all). Now type ALT+I
(Align) and click on the right pointing arrow. All your objects
are now aligned along the right edge..! This is a VERY powerful
tool, and you can combine alignments (top left, middle right,
etc).
--Two Dimensional Font Sizing: Go to a blank page and type ALT+2
to get into full page view. Now click on the A icon and click in
the middle of the page and type your name. Now click on the
Object (arrow) icon so your name is selected as an object. Now
type CONTROL+F (for font) and click on the "Block" when you see
the dialogue box asking if you want to change the font for the
Document or Block. Now clear the font size line and type in
"100,200" (without the quotes) and hit RETURN. Your name is now
sized 100 points by 200 points. Type the Esc key and then type
the letter U to force a quick redraw of the screen (don't hold
down the esc key, just type it and then type U). Now click the
mouse on the upper right box surrounding your name and resize
the text object in any way you want.
--Rotating Objects: You can rotate graphics as well as text. Not
only can you rotate things, you can slant and skew them. Select
any object and then select Rotate from the OBJECT menu bar.
That's all...for help using the demo, please visit the SoftLogik
RT on GEnie. Type "m385;1" and look for the Demo topic in
Category 1.