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WELCOME TO THE PAGESTREAM 3.0f FREE UPDATE! FEBRUARY 7, 1995 ================================================================== Choose Macros/View ReadMe.Now to read this from within PageStream3 This is the fifth in a series of free update patches to PageStream3. This update implements more features and fixes many problems. The main new feature of this release is the implementation of text color, fill and stroke attributes. There are other new and implemented features in this release, as well as the fixing of many bugs. Text entry and printing speed is unchanged in this release. Landscape printing to non-PostScript printers will be implemented in the next release. TUTORIAL LESSONS ---------------- We recommend not attempting tutorial lessons 2, 3 and 4 at this time because a few of the required features are not implemented. Lessons 1 and 5 can be done now. Please refer to the manual errata section of the help system for last minute manual changes before completing the tutorial lessons. We expect that at least lesson 2 if not 3 as well will be functional in the next release. NOTES FOR LESSON 1 - page 53, #3. The window will remain titled. In this version of PageStream3, template windows are titled (but you are prevented from accidentally overwriting them). NOTES FOR LESSON 5 - page 94, #1. You must create a new document (the size is unimportant) before starting this lesson. - page 94, #4. If your text column frame has a gray background after changing the color to Yellow, you are in four color mode. After you finish #5, you may wish to use Settings/Screen to change to 8 or 16 color mode. REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT NOTE ----------------------------- Documents saved from 3.0f CANNOT be used with previous versions of PageStream3. 3.0f CAN load documents created with previous versions. CHANGES FROM 3.0e TO 3.0f ------------------------- - Fixed a document loading/saving bug that crept into the release version of 3.0e. Documents with groups and drawings could not be loaded or saved. - Implemented double click to select word and triple click to select paragraph. CHANGES FROM 3.0d TO 3.0e ------------------------- TEXT: - Implemented text color/fill/line attributes. - Implemented Reverse and Shadow type styles. - Implemented Outline type style for PostScript. Outlined and stroked text does not work on screen or to non-PostScript at this time. - Note that bitmapped fills are not implemented for text or objects to screen or non-PostScript printers at this time. - Fixed the disappearing character in linked frames bug! - Fixed the tab at the start of a paragraph formatting bug! - Fixed the tab in subsequent lines formatting bug! - Fixed the blank sample display problem in the Insert Character requester. - Fixed the edit style tag problem with text reformatting. - Fixed the edit variable problem with text reformatting. - Fixed the copy discontinuous text problem. (Copy is now disabled when discontinuous text is selected because you shouldn't be able to copy it.) - Text frame linking: can now be ended by clicking a second time on the same frame or on a blank area of the page. - Text frame linking: can now be started by clicking on the overset indicator. - You can no longer base a style tag on itself, which is clearly illogical. TEXT IMPORT: - Updated Final Writer, Excellence, ProWrite, Word, WordPerfect Amiga, WordPerfect 5, and Wordworth filters. Added text code support to the WordPerfect filters, removed Line Feed options from inapplicable filters, fixed indent problems in some filters, etc. - Fixed the tab problems when importing Wordworth files. - Fixed the indent problems with importing Wordworth files. - Added support for Final Writer release 3 files. FONTS AND PRINTING: - Character mapping problems for PostScript bitmap font (ABF) files. They did not map the same as the outline fonts, which caused some confusion. - Fixed Auto Ligature (fi & fl) problem with DMF fonts. - Fixed DMF character encoding errors (currency printing instead of space, etc.) - Added support for SEAC in PostScript fonts. Accents characters that did not appear in some fonts will now appear. - Fixed PostScript Landscape problems. (This will also make envelope printing possible.) - Fixed enforcer hit problem when adding font directories containing TrueType fonts or Gold Disk ATC files to the Font Preferences requester. (The PostScript engine thought they were PFM files.) - Fixed PostScript printing of CS fonts (Times and Triumvirate) when no PPD was selected. (This resulted in an Intellifont 69 error.) - Fixed non-PostScript printing problem of disappearing rotated text. - Changed HP printer default from manual to cassette. - Added more printer models to the Epson printer driver (Panasonic and Star models). If you use the Epson driver, you should choose Settings/ Printing and reselect the Type and Model and then click on Save. - Fixed a memory problem with the Epson driver. - Changed preferences printing so that formfeeds would not be sent to the port directly. (This will solve the page eject problem when using fax software.) - Stop gadget for printing: it actually works now, albeit not always immediately. - Fixed non-PostScript printing of Sine and inverse Sine gradient fills. - Added standard fax default resolutions to the IFF ILBM printer driver. - Improved non-PostScript halftone dither printing. - Fixed the PostScript bitmap picture and bitmap fill bit strip problem. (A common symptom was a line printing on the right side of a picture.) - Fixed DeskJet envelope printing problems. (Note that until Landscape printing is implemented for non-PostScript printers, you must create your page in the same orientation as your paper. So if the short end of the envelope is fed into the printer, you must create the envelope in PageStream with the same orientation.) GRAPHICS: - Radial fills are now implemented to screen and non-PostScript. (They were already implemented to PostScript.) - Fixed the crash problem when resizing gradient filled objects to a very small size. - Fixed pasting of bitmap pictures copied to the clipboard from BME. GRAPHIC IMPORT/EXPORT: - Added support for 2 color PCX version 2 files that have both colors set to the same value. The filter will set the second color to the opposite of the first. - Fixed line cap problem with Art Expression EPS import. - Fixed problems loading some Freehand3 EPS files. Note that newer Freehand files are not supported by the current filter. DOCUMENT LOADING/SAVING: - Fixed the PageStream3 IFF DOC page spread loading problem. - Fixed the ProPage loading picture offset problem. NEW FEATURES: - You can now do math in text gadgets in PageStream3. For example, if a box's left coordinate is 8.125" and you want to move it right by 0.333" but can't add that in your head, just enter the following into the Edit palette's appropriate text gadget: 8.125"+0.333. When youpress Tab or Return, the expression will be evaluated and its sum of 8.458" will appear in the text gadget. The following math operators are supported: + add; - subtract; * multiply; / divide; () parenthetical expressions. Additionally, `pi' (3.1416...) may be entered. - Added two new popup gadgets to the Edit palette Character view for type size and width. This makes changing the type size more convenient. - Added more preset type sizes and widths to the Font requester scrolling lists. - Added four new default page sizes for envelopes and compact discs to the New Document page size popup gadget. If you have a page size default request, let us know. - For large screens only (900-1000 pixels wide): Added Insert Date and Insert Time icons to the toolbar. If your document window is not wide enough, you will not be able to see these icons; they are just a bonus for those with large screens. MISCELLANEOUS: - Fixed the delete page crashing problem. - Fixed the move page crashing problem. - Pasting now updates the document changed status. - Page palette no longer shows page icons when all documents are closed. - Fixed the Save then Quit bug which quit without saving. - You can no longer delete the default master page, which should never have been possible. - The Toolbox and Edit palette icons in the toolbar will now be depressed when the Toolbox and Edit palette are open. (ie, when their equivalent menu commands are checkmarked.) - Added more options to the help system contents, and extended the recommended reading list. - Documented PageLiner's startup options in the help system. - 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 AND MACRO SCRIPTS: - Fixed page number variable, and style tag ':', and greater than '>' problems when sending text to an editor. - Improved send text to editor scripts. If text is selected, only the selected text will be sent to the editor now. If text is not selected, the entire article will be sent as before. - New "Mail Merge" script. See the help system for more information. - New "Print Font Specimens" (FontSpec.rexx) script. This will print a font specimen sheet for each font installed in PageStream. (One font per sheet. An option to print multiple fonts on a sheet will come later.) - New "Place Graphic At" (PlaceGraphicAt.rexx) script. This will import graphics in a similar fashion to PageStream2.2. Shift drag to maintain aspect ratio is supported. - Open Template macro: added avery label size 7664 (European 3.5" disk labels). Fixed measurement system problems for European label sizes. MACRO COMMANDS: - New commands: getfontfamilies, getfontstyles, getregion. - Renamed appendstyletag to appendstyletags, and savestyletag to savestyletags. - Documented clearstyletag command. - Corrected documentation for setvariablename and setvariablevalue. NOTES: - Vertical text wrap offsets were implemented in 3.0d, contrary to its readme file. All text wrap options, but not fencing (irregular bitmap picture text wrap) are now implemented. BME: - Fixed a Color Palette bug. If the palette had been opened and closed, and then the picture was closed, a crash could occur if the palette was reopened while no pictures were open. - Fixed an Eye Dropper tool bug that allowed it to be used outside of the picture. - Fixed a low memory crash problem. - Fixed a bug that caused the undo levels to be 1 less than the number in the undo level gadget in the General Preferences requester. - Loading a Black & White picture now consumes less memory. PAGELINER: - Now displays an alert if saving a file was unsuccessful in all cases. CHANGES FROM 3.0c TO 3.0d ------------------------- FONTS: - Triumvirate Oblique and Bold Oblique can now be used. - Now supports more PFM file variants. TEXT: - Text entry speed has been increased. Text entry speed is still dependent on the length of the article. Typing on the first line is not much faster than 3.0c, but typing on the thirtieth line of an article is now twice as fast as 3.0c. - The screen will now scroll as you type to keep the cursor visible. - Implemented double click to end text frame linking. At this time you must double click anywhere to end linking. You can't single click a second time on the last linked frame to end linking yet. - Holding down a Shift key while choosing Type/Manual Kern will remove all manual kerning from the selected text. If you import a PageStream1 or 2 document that contained batch kerned text, you should use this to remove the batch kerning (which was really manual kerning) and then apply Auto Kerning instead. - Fixed leading problems on the first line without text. - Fixed all known tab highlighting problems. - Fixed manual kerning problems. - Fixed disappearing text problem with rotated frameless text objects. - Discontinuous selection: Ctrl for discontinous text selection works again. - Text codes: no longer converts accented characters to codes if they're present in the selected character set. (Makes non-English text more readable with SendToEditor in PageLiner.) - Text codes: fixed blackslash problem. TEXT IMPORT/EXPORT: - Fixed WordPerfect 4.1 linefeed problem. (Words were joined without spaces.) - Fixed ProWrite margins import problem. GRAPHICS: - Faster display of unrotated pictures. - Resizing objects now snaps to grid properly. - Resizing drawings, groups, etc, now have correct Edit palette values. - Implemented gradient fills at all angles, and all taper types, on screen and to non-PostScript (already was done for PostScript). - Improved wide curve display and printing to non-PostScript. - Implemented all Text Wrap modes and horizontal offsets. Vertical offsets are not implemented yet. GRAPHIC IMPORT/EXPORT: - Placing a picture or drawing will now show the rotation and slant values in the Edit palette (they were initially blank in 3.0c). - Fixed all known ProDraw Clip import stroke weight and fill problems. - Fixed problems importing EPS files with an EOF. - Fixed line weight problems for Art Expression EPS import. DOCUMENT LOADING/SAVING: - Fixed ProPage loading picture scale problem. PRINTING: (some of these changes were made in printer drivers uploaded after 3.0c, but before 3.0d. The improved drivers are also included with 3.0d.) - Fixed all known Preference printing crash problems. (Finally!) - Implemented the print progress meter. (The meter advances after rendering (non-PostScript) or sending (PostScript) each object. Non-PostScript printing is done in strips, and the meter will not advance while a strip is sent to the printer; only when the strip is created. - Fixed PostScript printing of DMF fonts. - Fixed PostScript printing of spaces in Compugraphic fonts. - Fixed PostScript printing of hyphens and other characters. - Fixed PostScript printing of special characters on second use of font (multiple page problem). - Faster printing of unrotated pictures to non-PostScript printers. - Added gamma correction for HP color printing. (Makes colors look better.) - Improved the color output on HP CMYK Deskjet printers by substituting K for CMY when desirable. - Fixed Printing Preferences Source option problems for certain HP models. - Fixed Fargo.printer driver that was broken in 3.0c. - Added HP520, 540 and 560 models to the HP driver list. - Fixed a band problem with Floyd-Steinberg dithering. - Fixed PostScript tiling problem. - Fixed cancelling of printing to disk. - PostScript thumbnail printing: now inserts a default scale percentage so that you don't accidentally print 100% thumbnails. Correct page numbers are now printed with crop and reg marks for thumbnails. - Non-PostScript thumbnail printing is now implemented. Note that the fancy thumbnail extras for PostScript such as page borders and numbers are not printed to non-PostScript at this time. - Fixed problems when printing multiple ranges using a space instead of a comma. PAGESTREAM2 DOCUMENT LOADING: - Now loads text wrap options correctly. (Some text wrap options, including offsets, are not implemented in 3.0d so they may not display correctly.) - Fixed bug in loading characters 1 to 31 (the font name was inserted into the text instead of the character). TUTORIALS: - SetLessonDefaults now sets the default window position to be above the Edit palette, as shown in the tutorial lesson screenshots in the manual. MISCELLANEOUS: - Fixed enforcer hit problems when opening a window, typing, highlighting text, and creating a text frame. - Worked around conflict with CBE, PowerSnap and other clipboard utilities. (Program locked up on first Copy after a Paste.) Not really a bug fix, but the conflict has been avoided. - Fixed all known Undo crash problems. - Fixed Paste command to paste objects in the center of the window rather than the objects' original position. (This was supposed to be done in 3.0c but didn't make it into that release.) Note: Hold down Shift while choosing Paste to paste in the objects' original position. - Changed the default document window height to be 32 pixels from the bottom of the screen, to leave room for the Edit palette. (If you have already chosen Settings/Snapshot Display, this will not affect you.) - Improved visual mouse position accuracy at high magnifications. - Drawing with grid snap on will now display Edit palette coordinates in multiples of the grid. - Enlarged the large toolboxes to be 50 percent larger than the small toolboxes. The icons are still the same size. (This may change in the future.) - Added two new optional PageStream3.prefs entries: COPYFTXT TRUE|FALSE and COPYDR2D TRUE|FALSE. The default for both is true. Use these to stop PageStream3 from copying IFF FTXT and/or IFF DR2D to the clipboard when copying text and graphics, respectively. Turning off IFF DR2D is not a big deal---you will only lose clipboard compatability with TypeSmith and the handful of other programs that support DR2D in the clipboard. If you don't need this compatibility, turn IFF DR2D off to cut object copying times. (You will still be able to paste and import IFF DR2D, but you will no longer copy the redundant data.) Turning off IFF FTXT is not recommended, because you will lose compatibility with all other programs that support text in the clipboard. ie: PageLiner, Turbotext, Final Writer, etc. - Fixed Settings/Toolbox and Edit Palette checkmarks being out of synch when starting PageStream. - The length of the rulers in Set Guides should now equal the size of the page. - Fixed the problem with Object/Edit for a group's original width/height. MACRO SCRIPTS: - Automatic Text Frame macro is now fully implemented. - Send to BME now maintains text wrap attributes. - Fixed Tech Report macro when Company registration was not set, and when names were short. - Fixed enforcer hit during Open Template macro. - Added Avery 2160 label size for Open Template macro. MACRO COMMANDS: - Recording a macro that executes an ARexx script stored in "Ram Disk:" will now work. (The space in "Ram Disk:" was causing a problem.) - New commands: removepairkern - Improved commands: setpairkern, getcursor, settextrouting, settoolmode NOTES: - Adding lots of fonts no longer slows down text entry speed. (As of v3.0c.) CHANGES FROM 3.0b TO 3.0c ------------------------- PAGESTREAM2 DOCUMENT LOADING: - Expanded PageStream2.fontlist file that recognizes more PD fonts. - Fixed the Macros/Analyze FONTLISTv2 macro which did not work at all. - Fixed problems with hanging outdents not being properly imported. IMPORT/EXPORT: - Improved ASCII import filter quote conversion. - Fixed ProDraw Clip import line weight problems. - Implemented PageStream text code engine. Send to Editor for text now works as advertised. TEXT: - Text entry speed has been further increased. Typing text in a new frame is twice as fast as 3.0b if the Edit palette is open, and 50% faster if the Edit palette is closed. Having text attribute palettes no longer slows down typing so text entry and editing speed is identical with the Edit palette open and closed now. - Sped up rasterizing PostScript fonts. (The first time you use a PostScript font at outline size, it will appear twice as fast as in 3.0b.) - Fixed the big text object bug. (Create a text object, delete it, create another, crash.) - Obliqued PostScript fonts (ones that have the oblique bit set in the font, such as most Futura and Uniform fonts) are now supported. (This was added in the final version of the 3.0b update, in PS.font 1.0d.) - Fixed Paragraph Format, Right Indent. - Improved PostScript and Soft-Logik bitmap screen font scaling. (It was not as good as v2.2 before, now it's better.) - Monospaced tracking is now implemented. - Changed default tab spacing to 0.333" as indicated in the manual. - Adding style tags will now update the palette lists. - Changed the default background of columns created with Create Columns from transparent to opaque to make it the same as previous versions of PageStream. (Users were confused by the grid and guides showing through the column frames.) - Added support for PFM files as mentioned on page 14 of the manual. (Mac Type 1 support is not done yet.) If you have a font with both AFM and PFM files, you should generally use the PFM because it is smaller. (You can delete the AFM if you wish.) PRINTING: - Adding font re-encoding for PostScript printing. (In layman's terms, this means that non-standard characters should now print. If you find characters which still don't print, report the font type, font name and character to us for testing.) - Changed the offsets for the HP, Epson and Fargo drivers. Offsets of 0,0 should now be suitable for most people. You MUST change your offsets in the Printing Preferences requester or else your printing will be double offset. - Fixed problems printing backslash characters to PostScript. - Made DMF fonts with spaces in their names print to PostScript. (ie, Roman Bookface and West Side.) - Fixed the other A4 page size problem in the HP.printer driver. - Fixed potential crash problems with the Preference.printer driver. - Added more supported printer models to the Epson.printer driver. - Removed the 'M' printers from the HP driver model list. If you have a HP4M 4ML, 4MP..., you should use the PostScript driver, not the HP driver. If for some reason you wish to print non-PostScript, use the corresponding HP4, 4L, 4P... driver. (These were removed to avoid confusion.) - Stop gadget during printing is now implemented, but will not stop printing until after the current object. (Just like 2.2.) Note that the progress meter is not implemented yet. MACROS & AREXX: - New commands: openbusyrequester, setbusyrequester, getbusyrequester, closebusyrequester. (Look at the improved TechReport.REXX script for an example of correct usage.) - getcoord macro works again. (This was used by the StickyNote script which is why it didn't work in 3.0b.) - New parameters for: pasteobject, placegraphic, savedocument. PAGELINER: - If you run it a second time (ie, if you use Send to Editor for text when PageLiner is already started), it no longer presents a Shutdown/Cancel requester. - Modified spell checker to ignore PageStream text codes. MISC: - Save as Template is now implemented. - Fixed snap-to-grid problems. Objects should now snap correctly. - Fixed Paste command to paste objects in the center of the window rather than the objects' original position. - Scrolling popup menu gadgets now scroll 10 times as fast instead of 4 times as fast when the mouse pointer is over the scroll arrow. This makes it feel more responsive when you have a large number of fonts. - Scrolling popup menu gadgets now do not start to scroll when the mouse pointer is over the up or down arrows until you move the mouse at least 2 pixels. This prevents the Font popup gadget in the Edit palette from scrolling when it first opens. - Fixed a problem with Save As in which the internal document name would not get changed. - BMP filter problems fixed. - Fixed some insertion point (cursor) redraw problems. - Fixed a memory problem when exporting macros. - Changed the weight of hairlines from 0 to 0.3pt as indicated in the manual. - Fixed screen display and non-PostScript printing of bevel joins. - Adding a font path when it already exists will now update the existing path. CHANGES FROM 3.0a TO 3.0b ------------------------- TEXT: - Text entry and formatting is 50% faster in this version. - 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. - 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. 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. - Fixed HP.printer printing when the paper size was greater than 8.5x11". 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. 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. MACROS & AREXX: - added the sendtopageliner script. 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. - 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 are fixed for all versions of AmigaDOS. 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.) CHANGES FROM 3.0 TO 3.0a ------------------------ 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. 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. 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. 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. COMPUGRAPHIC FONTS: - Intellifonts should now rotate/slant/twist correctly. 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. BME: - Trace effect now works with lines and curves. (File requester wouldn't open to let you save your traced drawing.) UNIMPLEMENTED FEATURES ---------------------- To help you know what isn't finished, here is a list of unimplemented features: - Append - Revert - Plate Control - Insert text - not all versions of Word/WordPerfect are supported yet - Export text - not all formats export yet - Paste - text in frames is lost when a frame is pasted - 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 on icons to create. - Layout/Information - Facing Pages - Greek Text - Bold and Italics - applied bold and italics are not done yet - Weight commands - Type Style>>Outline - done to PostScript, but not screen or non-PS. - 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 - Canon driver - use compatible Epson or Preference for now - Landscape printing - done for PostScript, but not non-PostScript - Double/triple click to select text - Page numbering - Spot colors 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. - 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. 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. - Pasting a text frame will result in an object unable to contain text. - 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. These problems will be fixed in an upcoming update. - There are some unresolved style tag problems. - Resizing rotated objects does not work as expected. - Typing past the end of a frame will not advance the cursor to the next frame if the next frame is on another page. 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. 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. 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