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WELCOME TO THE PAGESTREAM 3.0g FREE UPDATE! MARCH 24, 1995 ================================================================== Choose Macros/View ReadMe.Now to read this from within PageStream3 This is the seventh free update patch to PageStream3. This update implements more features and fixes many problems. The main new feature of this release is landscape printing to non-PostScript printers, but there are many other newly implemented features in this release as well as bug fixes. Text entry and non-PostScript printing speed is unchanged in this release. TUTORIAL LESSONS ---------------- Lessons 1, 2 and 5 can be successfully completed with this version. Lessons 3 and 4 cannot be done at this time due to unimplemented features in PageStream3. The files required for lesson 2 are included with this update. You MUST refer to the manual errata section of the help system for last minute manual changes before completing the tutorial lessons. Because the tutorials were designed before the program was complete, there are important changes which you must be aware of before starting. (Click on the Manual Errata gadget in the main help system contents screen.) JPEG IMPORT/EXPORT ------------------ A JPEG import/export filter is now available for PageStream3. This filter is sold separately for $20 directly from Soft-Logik. Contact us at the phone numbers or address at the end of this file to order. This filter can be used in PageStream3 and BME. WORDWORTH DOCUMENT LOADING -------------------------- The Wordworth document filter (which will open entire Wordworth documents as opposed to importing text into a text frame) will be available in approximately one month for $20. CHANGES FROM 3.0f TO 3.0g ------------------------- TEXT: - Implemented quadruple click to select an entire article. - Starting a new text frame or object while text is highlighted will now deselect the text. - You no longer have to press Return in the Tab requester's text gadgets for your changes to take effect. - Fixed applying of style tags spelled with characters greater than 128. FONTS: - Large and complex PostScript fonts that did not work with previous versions of PageStream3 should now work. - Fixed some character mapping problems (apostrophe types, centered periods etc.) - Fixed the display of the closesnglquote character for PostScript fonts. - Fixed oblique PostScript fonts. Characters were backslanted instead of slanted. - Rendering a PostScript or DMF font (the first time before it is cached) is up to 15% faster now, depending on your processor. - Fixed slanting and twisting of Compugraphic fonts beyond 50 degrees. PRINTING, ALL TYPES: - Fixed printing of chapter level pages. POSTSCRIPT PRINTER DRIVER: - Fixed printing of color separations. (Note: spot colors are not yet implemented.) - Fixed printing of merged paths. (The overlapping areas printed as filled instead of unfilled in 3.0f.) - Fixed printing of arrowheads. - When you choose a PPD file, the default filename will now be the last used PPD file. - Thumbnail printing: now inserts 15% as the default scale so that you don't accidentally print 100% thumbnails. Correct page numbers are now printed with crop and reg marks for thumbnails. - Fixed printing of bitmap fill patterns. - Fixed an obscure dashed line problem. ALL NON-POSTSCRIPT PRINTER DRIVERS: - Implemented landscape printing to non-PostScript printers!!! - Implemented faster and better quality Floyd-Steinberg dithering. EPSON PRINTER DRIVER: - The Epson driver no longer has a 1/2" margin at the bottom for continuous paper. - Added more Canon models to the Model list. FARGO PRINTER DRIVER: - The Fargo driver now supports the PrimeraPro as well as the Primera. (This was actually added in 3.0e, but the output quality has been improved to a usable level in this version.) - Improved color correction has been implemented for wax thermal output on the Fargo Primera and Primera Pro. - Improved 4 color output has been implemented for the Fargo Primera and Primera Pro. - Fixed the stop problem with the Fargo driver. (Could not print again after stopping printing.) IFF ILBM PRINTER DRIVER: - Corrected the B4 and B5 output sizes for the IFFILBM printer driver. - Modified the black&white and grayscale output for the IFFILBM printer drivers to make it compatible with programs that do not properly support all IFFILBM options (Deluxe Paint and Brilliance believe it or not). These programs won't work with true black & white or grayscale pictures, so the driver now outputs palette pictures. OBJECTS: - Improved the speed of object drawing and selection by 10% compared to PageStream 3.0f. The amount of change will depend on your processor and the type of object. - Improved the speed of the Transform command. It is now up to eight times faster than 3.0f and three times faster than 2.2. A busy pointer has been added while the copies are being created. - The Transform requester now displays the last values entered rather than resetting them to the defaults each time its used. - Fixed Send to Back, which was broken in 3.0f. - Due to popular request, a Crayons color library has been added to match the color Crayon64 color palette from 2.2. - Make Drawing now updates the menus and Edit palette correctly. - Fixed applying of colors spelled with characters greater than 128. - Grid objects are now limited to 99 cells as documented in the manual. GRAPHIC IMPORT/EXPORT: - Fixed a problem with Freehand EPS files crashing during import. PAGESTREAM3 DOCUMENT OPENING/SAVING: - Fixed the document naming problem. (Document names were not set properly in 3.0f.) - Changed Save as Template to work as described in the manual. (Opening a template will now create an untitled document.) PAGESTREAM2 DOCUMENT OPENING: - Fixed converting of document, color and style tag names containing characters greater than 128. PROPAGE DOCUMENT OPENING: (big improvements!) - Fixed paragraph indents (left, right, first). Note: due to the order ProPage processes embedded indent commands, it is possible to have a paragraph appear indented in ProPage but not in PageStream. In ProPage, a hanging indent command could be applied in mid-paragraph, which would indent the paragraph. In PageStream, the first character in the parargraph must be indented for the paragraph to be indented (which makes a lot more sense!) - Fixed leading (line spacing). - Fixed paragraph spacing. (Paragraph spacing is not implemented in PageStream3 yet, but now the values will be preserved so that when you open the document in a version that has this feature finished, it will be correctly spaced. - Fixed character mapping problems (accented and special characters above 128 didn't work). - Fixed the new line vs new paragraph problem. (New Paragraphs were imported as New Lines.) - Fixed rotated columns which imported unrotated. - Fixed text wrap problems. - Fixed the column count problem. The Column tool setting would affect the number of columns in imported ProPage frames. NEW FEATURES: - Added a tip number indicator to the Navigator. Now it will say "5 of 103" in the Navigator when you are reading tip 5 out of a total of 103 tips. MISCELLANEOUS: - The Edit/Undo and Redo command names will change to reflect what you are undoing or redoing. ie: Undo Move. (This is a bonus feature the Amiga version inherited from the upcoming Macintosh version.) - Fixed problems with undoing scaling. - Fixed appending and saving color palettes (from Settings/Colors). Also prevented user from editing black or white, and <As Is> was removed from the list as it was not applicable in this requester. - Fixed enforcer hits related to the page palette. - Fixed a bug in changing the chapter numbering method. - Set Grid and Set Guides no longer reset the view magnification to the upper left corner of the page. - Corrected Save Style Tags file requester title. - Added alert requesters for accessing the help system when AmigaGuide, the help files, or a help node cannot be found. - Fixed the use of special characters (including accents) in color names, bullets and filled tabs. - Create Columns will now display a busy pointer while the column frames are created. - Edit palette coordinates are now shown for the Magnify tool. - Exporting a macro script now defaults to the macro name, not the last used file. - Changed the way unnamed tasks are unnamed. (If you don't use virtual memory, this is irrelevant to you. If you do, you probably still don't care. :) SEND TO EDITOR & TEXT CODES: - New Feature! You can now return to PageStream from PageLiner, TurboText or BME by just closing the article or picture window. This will leave the editor open when you return to PageStream. - When text is sent to the editor, the cursor in PageLiner or TurboText now appears after the <PageStream3.0> header instead of before it. - Fixed paragraph indent text codes; indented text sent to PageLiner would return with incorrect indent values. OTHER MACRO SCRIPTS: - Added two new features to the Print Font Specimens macro script (FontSpec.rexx). You can now select the fonts to print specimens for, and choose to print 6 font samples on a page instead of one per page. - Improved Go to Master Page script (GotoMasterPage.rexx). Choosing it the first time will display the current page's master page. Choosing it when a master page is displayed will display the previous page. You can now use it to toggle quickly between a page and its master page. - Fixed the Mail Merge script which wouldn't print. MACRO COMMANDS: - New commands: loadprintprefs, saveprintprefs - New parameters for: selecttext, getpagemasterpage, scaleobject - Fixed the scale parameter for scaleobject. - Corrected documentation for: settoolmode, settypestyle, addarexxgadget, setarexxgadget - Added some instructions to the help system on using requesters from macro scripts. Choose Macros & ARexx from the main help contents screen, and then choose Using Requesters in a Macro from the next screen. - Added an example to the help system of how to create a string sensitive alert requester function. HELP SYSTEM: - Added instructions for installing additional fonts. NOTES: - In 3.0e, a keyboard shortcut was added for Type/ Line/Fill: Control L. This was omitted from the 3.0e/f ReadMe file. BME: - The Edit/Undo and Redo command names will change to reflect what you are undoing or redoing. ie: Undo Crop. (This is a bonus feature the Amiga version inherited from the upcoming Mac version.) - The selection marquée in non-active windows is now shown differently from the marquée in the active window to avoid confusion. - Closing a window with a selected area is faster. - Fixed a problem with running out of memory while making a selection. This could cause a crash. - Fixed a problem with redoing an erase operation. - No longer records 'setbrushsize' when opening or creating a picture. - Some redundant redraws have been removed. - Undoing a deselect is now faster. - Fixed a small (24 byte) memory leak. - New macro command: getpicture PAGELINER: - New macro command: getarticle - Saving settings no longer deletes the PUBSCREEN item from the pref file. - Changed About requester date format to match PageStream and BME. TECHNICAL NOTES: - The PageStream3.printprefs file is no longer used. Printing preferences are now saved in the main PageStream3.prefs file. - The SoftLogik 8 AmigaDOS font changed in this version. If you have moved your SoftLogik fonts to your system Fonts: directory, you will have to install the new version from the patch manually. UNIMPLEMENTED FEATURES ---------------------- To help you know what isn't finished, here is a list of unimplemented features: - Append - Revert - Plate Control - Insert text - Word & WordPerfect filters are limited - Export text - cannot export in all formats yet - Paste - Undo - only for some object features so far - Find and Replace - Spell checking - External text - External graphics - Document Structure - you can't drag yet. Click for now. - Page Numbering - Layout/Information - Facing Pages - Greek Text - Bold and Italics - applied bold and italics are not done yet - Weight commands - Outline & Text stroke - done to PostScript but not screen or non-PS. - Paragraph Format - Left/First/Right and Bulleted are done. - Auto Hyphenation - Insert Soft Hyphen - Conditional Break - Picture fencing - Object/ Information - Bitmap fills - done to PostScript but not screen or non-PS. - Multiple line strokes - Trapping - Text Anchor - Auto Backup - Typographic Prefs - Edit Hyphenation - Edit Kerning - Font/Style palettes - All/In Use toggle not implemented. - Page palette - only shows page icons - Pen tool - can only draw basic line segments - Reshape tool - Edit palette - done except for multiple selected objects NOTES: - If you need to force a screen redraw because PageStream didn't properly redraw the screen, choose Macros/Refresh Window. This is assigned to F10 as the default. - For most Canon printers, choose the Epson driver from Printing Preferences' Type popup gadget. KNOWN BUGS: - You cannot apply colors to text using the Color Palette. - You cannot customize a type style's color/line/fill attributes within a style tag. - The Line/Fill button in the toolbar cannot be used for text; choose Line/Fill from the Type menu instead. - You can't copy and paste (or duplicate/transform) text frames. - There are still some cursor-related problems in this version. Clicking at the end of a line will place the cursor at the start of the next line, although the cursor will appear at the end of the line. Clicking in a blank article of linked frames will make the cursor appear in the last linked frame. Clicking around a tab may place the cursor on the wrong side of the tab. Pressing Return will not make the cursor appear to move to the next line, although it really will be there. - There are some unresolved style tag problems. - Resizing rotated objects does not work as expected. - You can't open docs with >50 pages of frames. - Color separations doesn't work. - Typing past the end of a frame will not advance the cursor to the next frame if the next frame is on another page. - Spot colors are separated as process colors. We know that typing speed and non-PostScript printing are not as fast as everybody would like. We will try to speed these up in the future. 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. We don't have much news yet on the upcoming Macintosh and Windows versions of PageStream3. There will be discounted upgrades for owners of the Amiga and Atari versions. PageStream3 documents will be compatible across all platforms, and PageStream for Macintosh and Windows will be able to open PageStream2 documents. We expect the Macintosh version to be released before the Windows version, but release dates and pricing are not available at this time. And yes, there will be more updates to the Amiga version in the future. Deron and everybody at Soft-Logik WE MOVED -------- Soft-Logik Publishing moved recently. Please keep a copy of the new information with your manual for future reference. OLD STREET ADDRESS NEW STREET ADDRESS 11131F South Towne Sq. 315 Consort Drive St. Louis, MO 63123 St. Louis, MO 63011 OLD POST OFFICE BOX NEW POST OFFICE BOX PO Box 510589 PO Box 3838 St. Louis, MO 63151 Ballwin, MO 63022-3838 OLD PHONE NUMBERS NEW PHONE NUMBERS SALES 1-800-829-8608 1-800-829-8608 314-894-8608 314-256-9595 TECHNICAL SUPPORT 1-800-829-5816* 1-800-829-5816* 314-894-0431 314-256-9333 FAX 314-894-3280 314-256-7773 BBS** 314-894-0057 314-256-8971 * for paid technical support only ** the BBS now has two 28800 lines! TECHNICAL SUPPORT ----------------- By now, the 90 days of free technical support has expired for many PageStream3 users. After you 90 days has expired, you have to pay for telephone support. You can choose to pay $149 per year or $25 per call. (Refer to your technical support brochure included with PageStream3 for details on each plan.) Remember that you can still receive free technical support by mail and online. Our Soft-Logik BBS and the GEnie online network are the most popular choices for downloading new patches and asking questions. Official technical support is also available on CompuServe and in the comp.sys.amiga.applications Internet newsgroup, and non-offical support is available on Portal. Contact tech@slpc.com to get technical support via email. THE CONTENTS OF THIS ARCHIVE ARE COPYRIGHT 1995 SOFT-LOGIK PUBLISHING CORPORATION. (EXCEPT FOR SPATCH WHICH IS COPYRIGHT 1992 SAS INSTITUTE AND LHEX WHICH WAS WRITTEN BY COMMODORE.) THIS ARCHIVE CAN BE DISTRIBUTED AS LONG AS IT IS LEFT INTACT WITHOUT ANY CHANGES! NO CHARGE ASIDE FROM A REASONABLE COPYING AND DISK FEE CAN BE CHARGED FOR IT. ©1995 SOFT-LOGIK PUBLISHING CORP.