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  2. 1G-Print!
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  4. ÇThisisademonstrationofäG-Print,Çanewprintformattingprogram
  5. fortheAtariST,STE,MEGA,andStacycomputers.
  6.  
  7. äG-PrintÇwasdesignedwithseveralkindsofpeopleinmind.It's
  8. idealforthosewhosefavoritewordprocessorisü1stWordÇ,üWord
  9. WriterSTÇ,orüSTWriterÇbecauseitcandirectlyimportfilesfrom
  10. theseprogramsandprinttheminanyGDOSfontwithmanystyleand
  11. formattingoptions.OwnersoftheAtariLaserPrintercanuseäG-
  12. PrintÇontwomegabytesystemsandstillhaveroomforseveral
  13. differentfonts.äG-PrintÇcanprintthemathematical(½µ±√)and
  14. foreignlanguage(öñá¿ç)symbolsinyourST'scharactersettoo!
  15. Finally,äG-PrintÇisperfectforownersofunexpandedSTsbecause
  16. itleavesenoughmemoryforfonts.Someofthegoodiesavailable
  17. are
  18.  
  19. *üNoviceModeÇfornewuserspresentsonlythemostcommonlyused
  20. optionswithexplanationsofeach.
  21. *üMultipleColumnsÇ
  22. *üRotatedPagesÇ
  23. *AutomaticformattingofübookletsÇonrotated8-1/2by11paper.
  24. *DifferentfontsforüheadersandfootersÇ
  25. *üSuperscriptsÇandüSubscriptsÇ
  26. *AspecialéExtraFontÇwhichyoucansettoreplaceseldom-used
  27. optionsinyourwordprocessorsuchaslightprint.
  28. *üASCIIfilesÇcanbeprintedwithseveraloptionsforhandling
  29. linebreaksandabsoluteTABS
  30. *üMicrospacejustificationÇtogetthosecleancolumnsyouseein
  31. magazines.
  32. *FlexibleüTitlePageÇoption
  33. *üRulesÇbetweencolumnsoratthetopandbottomofthepage
  34. *SquareandroundedübordersÇaroundeachpageorjustthetitle
  35. page.
  36. *AbilitytoreassignüspecialtexteffectsÇsoallofyour
  37. underlinedtextcan,forexample,beprintedasêoutlinedÇtext
  38. *AutomaticüpagenumberingÇstartingwithanynumber
  39. *üAdjustablemarginsÇ
  40. *üTypographicalQuotationMarksÇautomaticallygeneratedfromthe
  41. "standardquotationmarks"inyourfile.
  42. *üQuickpreviewÇfeaturetoletyouseehowmanypagesyouhaveand
  43. wherethelinesbreak
  44. *üTruepreviewÇfeature(optionallywithscreenfonts)toseejust
  45. howyourpagewilllookbeforeyouprintitout--including
  46. borders,rules,headers,andfooters
  47. *SupportforüinchesÇandücentimetersÇindialogs
  48. *AbilitytoürunaprogramÇfromwithinäG-PrintÇsothatyoucanrun
  49. yourwordprocessorwithoutleavingäG-PrintÇifyouspotatypo
  50. whilepreviewing
  51. *üConfigurationfileÇsystemtoletyousetupäG-PrintÇtostartup
  52. thewayyouwantitortosetupmultipleconfigurationsforthe
  53. kindsofdocumentsyouprintmostoften.
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  55. Asifthatweren'tenough,italsocountsyourwordsforyou.And
  56. äG-PrintÇdoesn'tusemuchmemory.Theprogramhasbeen
  57. deliberatelykeptsmalltofreeupvaluablememoryforyour
  58. documentsandfonts.Itrunsfineonanunexpanded520STwitha
  59. single-sideddiskdriveandanineortwenty-fourpinprinter,
  60. (althoughitisnotpossibletorunlargeprogramsfromwithinäG-
  61. PrintÇonsuchasystem).
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  63. Formoreinformation,contactMacDonaldAssociatesPublishers,909
  64. NWStarlitePlace,GrantsPass,OR97526,(503)476-0071.
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