Getting Into Ovation

Roger Amos

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Description from the back cover

Getting into Ovation

Getting into Ovation provides the complete introduction and comprehensive overview to the use of RISC Developments' Ovation DTP package. This is one of the foremost DTP applications for Acorn's 32-bit series of computer systems, and it is widely used by home users, by teachers and children in schools, and by professional and business users including those who work in typesetting and in graphic design.

This book complements the official Ovation Manual, but provides a simplified introduction, particularly useful to the new user of Ovation, while covering all the main features of Ovation in an easy to understand way which may even help the more experienced Ovation user.

Getting into Ovation also covers the use of RISC Developments' Desktop Thesaurus and TypeStudio applications, which augment the desktop publishing capabilities of Ovation.

All in all, this book makes an ideal companion for all Ovation users.

About the Author

The author, Roger Amos, was involved in writing the current manual for Ovation, and has also written Graphics on ARM Machines and ArtWorks Made Easy published by Dabs Press.

£4.95

ISBN 1-85142-089-4
9 781851 420896

Contents

Note that the source files reproduced here appear to represent an earlier version of the book than the one that was finally printed (for example, the chapter numbers are out of step with the printed edition, and there are other anomalies). However, the differences overall are minor.

Ov Title pages
Ov 1. Introduction
    What Ovation is
    What you need
    What this book is about
    Installing and starting up Ovation
    Loading an existing document
    Creating a new document
    Menus and keystrokes
Ov 2. Typing your text
    Typing
    Using special characters
    Moving the caret around
    Changing the view
    Selecting material
    Deleting material
    Copying and moving text
    Find and replace
    Fonts, sizes and other font styles
    Formatting your text
    Saving your work
    Importing text
    Exporting text
Ov 3. Using the Tools
    Text frames
    Linking text frames
    Picture frames
    Lines
    Cutting, copying, pasting and duplicating objects
    Nested objects
    Interaction between objects
    Borders
    Hints and tips
Ov 4. Planning your Document
    Using master pages
    Chapters
    Paragraph styles
    Stylesheets
Ov 5. Other Facilities
    Checking your spelling
    Using the thesaurus
    Special text effects
    Printing your work
    Reproducing your work
    Mail merge
    Conclusion