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- WELCOME TO THE PAGESTREAM 3.0b FREE UPDATE! OCTOBER 13, 1994
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- CHOOSE MACROS/VIEW README.NOW TO READ THIS FROM WITHIN PAGESTREAM3.
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- This is the second in a series of free update patches to PageStream3. This
- update implements more features and fixes problems with the initial
- release. We still recommend not attempting the tutorial lessons because
- not all of the necessary features are implemented.
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-
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- CHANGES FROM 3.0a TO 3.0b
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- TEXT:
- - Text entry and formatting is 50% faster in this version. Yes, it is still
- way too slow, but it's getting there.
- - Paragraph Format: Left/First/Right Indent are now implemented.
- - Ctrl C and D special character shortcuts are now implemented.
- - Insert Character works again.
- - Default tab spacing has been implemented.
- - Cut/Copy/Paste in frameless text objects works now.
- - Keyboard shortcuts for moving the insertion point in frameless text
- objects have been implemented.
- - Edit palette arrow gadgets for text size, width, tracking and leading
- can now be used with a Shift key for greater precision.
- - Fixed the Convert Case commands.
- - Pasting a text wrapped object now updates text frames overlapping it.
- - Note: some Text Wrap methods which worked in 3.0a have been disabled for
- this release. They will return next time.
- - Fixed the displaying of PS or DMF fonts at low magnifications or very
- small sizes on screen which would offset them from their baseline.
- - Fixed Times Bold/Italic reversal on PostScript printers.
- - Fixed ASCII, FTXT, Excellence and Final Writer filters for problems
- caused by converting more than 11 dashes.
- - Double spacing between sentences no longer permits the 2nd space to fall
- at the beginning of a line.
- - Fixed all known problems for printing Compugraphic fonts to PostScript.
- - Linked frames on the same page should now update properly.
- - Fixed leading problem when the previous line had a larger point size.
- - Fixed problems with leading options in the Edit palette.
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- PRINTING:
- - Fixed color HP.printer DeskJet problems.
- - Fixed HP.printer PaintJet problems.
- - New Fargo.printer driver for the Primera wax thermal and dye sublimation
- printer. (This will not work with the Primera Pro.)
- - Improved Epson.printer color printing to decrease saturation.
- - Corrected A4 paper size in HP.printer and Epson.printer.
- - Print requester options will now remain set from one print job to the
- next during the current session.
- - Improved ordered dithering for HP, Epson and IFF ILBM printer drivers.
- - PostScript: error handler is now off as the default. If you have saved
- your settings, you can speed up printing by turning off the error
- handler in Printing Preferences and then saving your settings again.
- - Fixed color PostScript printing of certain pictures.
- - Fixed display and printing of the bold and italic variations of the
- standard 35 fonts, by adding DMF files for these fonts. (This requires
- the PS3B2.LHA archive.)
- - Fixed some problems printing drawings to PostScript.
- - Fixed printing multiple frames on one page to PostScript.
- - Fixed some non-standard character PostScript printing for resident fonts
- and for downloaded Adobe Standard Encoded fonts. The characters include
- typographic quotation marks, British Pound sign, bullet, ellipsis,
- ligatures, en and em dashes, daggers, etc. The remaining characters and
- other font types will be completed in 3.0c.
- - Fixed HP.printer printing when the paper size was greater than 8.5x11".
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- PAGESTREAM2 DOCUMENT LOADING:
- - If you converted 2.2 documents to 3.0 with previous versions of 3.0,
- each article will really be one paragraph. (New Line codes were inserted
- instead of New Paragraphs. Refer to page 168 for info on new lines vs
- new paragraphs.) This is somewhat important, because paragraph spacing
- cannot be used if the entire article is one paragraph, and things like
- automatic drop caps and bullets will only appear at the start of the
- article. You can fix this by positioning the insertion point at the
- start of each 'paragraph' (new line), then pressing Backspace and then
- Return. Alternatively, if you haven't already made a change to the
- document in 3.0, simply reload the 2.2 document into 3.0b to convert it
- properly.
- - Text was being loaded with Track table set to Normal, which could change
- line breaks. It now loads with Track table set to None.
- - Fixed the problem with PageStream2 text frames having multiple columns
- on loading.
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- MACROS & AREXX:
- - added the sendtopageliner script.
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- MISC:
- - Loading a 3.0 document now preserves double-sided master page.
- - PageStream 2.2 documents now load unnamed.
- - Changed AmigaDOS 2.x color allocation to be more stingy with colors.
- - Text frame backgrounds now default to transparent instead of opaque. If
- you have saved your Toolbox Preferences, you can change this and then
- save your settings again.
- - Settings/Screen: if the Display DPI text gadgets are blank, PageStream
- will use the default resolution for most standard screen modes now. This
- is convenient if you often switch between screens of different standard
- resolutions. If you enter values, it won't switch automatically.
- - Problems with moving drawings containing groups and lines are resolved.
- - Several of the filters have been reduced in size to save memory.
- - Fixed problems with master pages renaming to default.
- - Added a busy pointer when showing font samples.
- - Added the ability to change PageStream3's interface colors. Refer to the
- Screen option in the Interface topic group in the main PageStream3 Help
- screen for more information. You must download the PS3B3.LHA archive to
- get the new version of the help files.
- - The Visual Reference gadgets in the Help system did not work under
- AmigaDOS 2.x. The new help files in the PS3B3.LHA archive fix this
- problem. Depending on when you received PageStream3 and whether you had
- AmigaGuide on your system already, the WDisplay utility may not have been
- installed in your Sys:Utilities directory. If it is not there and you have
- AmigaDOS2, you should decompress it from the Guide.LHA archive on your
- original disk 2.
-
- BME
- - New Emboss and Sharpen effects have been added! Refer to the help system
- for information. (The new help files are included in the PS3B3.LHA
- archive.)
-
- NOTES:
- - You cannot rotate/slant/twist Compugraphic fonts beyond 50 degrees in
- either direction at this time. (This includes rotating Compugraphic
- fonts in frameless text objects.) Other font formats can be rotated
- without restriction.
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- CHANGES FROM 3.0 TO 3.0a
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- TEXT:
- - Frameless text objects implemented!
- - Eliminated extra text redraws when applying attributes!
- - Current attribute defaults are now implemented. (You can now place the
- insertion point (cursor), change the font or other attributes, and then
- type, without reverting back to Triumvirate.)
- - Edit palette arrow gadgets now repeat for text features.
- - Changed default alignment from justified to left.
- - Amiga keyboard shortcuts now work.
- - You now get a normal height cursor when you click in a frame.
- - Right indent tab are now done.
- - Stopped text from being displayed outside of its frame.
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- PRINTING:
- - New custom Epson driver included!
- - HP color variants now supported.
- - Some Canon variants are now supported. Choose the Epson driver from the
- Printing Preferences' Type popup, and choose the Canon model from the
- Model popup. (These Canon printers are similar to Epson printers.)
- - Printing Compugraphic fonts to PostScript now saves the generated PFB
- versions of the fonts on disk. This solves the timeout problem.
- - Improved Floyd-Steinberg dithering.
- - TO color percentage fixed for PostScript.
- - Collate now defaults to off.
- - Do Not Print flag (Edit palette, Object/Edit) now implemented.
- - Parenthesis problem (PostScript) fixed.
- - Multiple copy problem (non-PostScript) fixed.
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- MISC:
- - Tab key problem fixed.
- - Enforcer hits on changing Edit palette modes fixed.
- - Object selection (it selected the stack of objects) fixed.
- - Select and move immediately problem fixed.
- - Click click drawing for Column tool fixed, and all click click drawing
- made less sensitive. (Click click drawing is the 2.2 method of drawing
- objects instead of 3.0's drag draw method and is still supported for
- those who haven't learned the new method yet.)
- - View Prefrences Scale problem fixed.
- - Toolbox Preferences: Pie and Arc are no longer reversed.
- - Toolbox Preferences: Opaque/Transparent is no longer ignored.
- - Fixed the Set Grid pica problem.
- - Font Prefreferencess: Cache settings are now loaded.
- - Autoscroll now works when resizing objects.
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- POSTSCRIPT FONTS:
- - Fixed enforcer hits when adding ABF files. YOU MUST UPDATE ALL FONT PATHS
- WITH ABF FILES IN THEM OR THEY WILL NO LONGER WORK.
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- COMPUGRAPHIC FONTS:
- - Intellifonts should now rotate/slant/twist correctly.
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- FILTERS:
- - ASCII and IFF FTXT tabs now import correctly.
- - PageStream2 document filter now loads frameless text objects correctly.
- - An expanded PageStream2.fontlist file is included for greater
- compatibility.
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- BME:
- - Trace effect now works with lines and curves. (File requester wouldn't
- open to let you save your traced drawing.)
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- UNIMPLEMENTED FEATURES
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- To help you know what isn't finished, here is a list of unimplemented
- features:
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- - Append
- - Save Template As
- - Revert
- - Plate Control
- - Place
- - Export text - not all formats export yet
- - Paste - text in text frames is not pasted
- - Undo - only for object features so far
- - Find and Replace
- - Spell checking
- - External text
- - External graphics
- - Send to Editor - not all text codes are done yet, so sending text
- will lose attributes. Sorry, work in progress.
- - Document Structure - you can't drag yet. Click on icons to create.
- - Layout/Information
- - Facing Pages
- - Greek Text
- - Bold and Italics - applied bold and italics are not done yet
- - Outline
- - Weight commands
- - Text Line/Fill
- - Paragraph Format - Left/First/Right and Bulleted are done.
- - Auto Hyphenation
- - Insert Soft Hyphen
- - Conditional Break
- - Picture fencing
- - Object/ Information
- - Gradient/Shape/Radial - done to PostScript. Only linear 0,90,180,270
- gradients done to screen and non-PostScript
- - Bitmap fills - done to PostScript, but not screen or non-PS
- - Misc line/fill - most are done to PS, but not screen or non-PS
- - Trapping
- - Text Wrap - offsets and some modes are not done.
- - Text Anchor
- - AutoBackup
- - Typographic Prefs
- - Edit Hyphenation
- - Edit Kerning
- - Font/Style palettes - partially done
- - Page palette - only shows page icons
- - Pen tool - can only draw basic line segments
- - Reshape tool
- - Edit palette - done except for multiple selected objects
- - Primera driver - use Preference driver for now
- - Canon driver - use compatible Epson or Preference for now
- - Landscape printing
- - Double/triple click
- to select text
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- We hope you enjoy using this updated version of PageStream3. We are
- committed to giving you the best possible software for your Amiga
- computer. Thank you for your patience, and thank you for supporting Amiga
- software companies.
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- We expect to release v3.0c at the end of October.
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- Deron and everybody at Soft-Logik
-