Issue 167 (April) of Acorn User

Features

• How the award-winning Atomwide "puzzle" advert was created
• Putting multi-language accents into all your documents
• "I wrote that..." with Jason Tribbeck of VTi
• From a place down-under: Acorn Australia
• Acorn User printer survey

Cover disc

• Swarm: major new game from Matthew Bloch
• The amazing 'Float' program for multi-language accents
• Update of DiskTree (minor bug fix)
• Pocketbook goodies
• plus *INFO programs, all the regulars

Reviews

We review:

• PadLock (and PadLock Jnr) from Base5 Technical Graphics
• Custodian from Byte Back Computing
• WimpWorks from Jaffa Software
• Money Manager by Wynded Software
• MenuBar from Beebug Ltd
• Buttons from Lindis International

Regular columns

• News - Full details and comment on the Acorn/Apple Joint Venture; Olivetti's loses its controlling share of Acorn; Late news on Java processors.
• Graphics/DTP - on Photoshop 2, Top Model and StrongARMs
• Comms - the Cybervillage; Searching on the WWW; Jolly Roger BBS and more.
• PD pages - Speed testing; Clip-art viewing; ClikBack disk backup; and loads more besides.
• Portables - PocketLab; MediaPad; 3a Chess; case study request;
• Business - Return of the Business pages; Acorn's new portable?
• Game Show - Paradise and Inferno; TBA, TAG and Merp, Mirror Image and Proposal; Plus new Interactive Fiction competition.
• Letters - New look Acorn User? ColourMobile correction; Acorn and Oracle a different view.
• Free ads - over a page of second-hand bargains.
• The Regan Files - Interviewing Aaron Trimbell of iSV

Hands on

Our regular technical columns:

• Hints and tips - Mike Cook takes over this column to answer your queries.
• C tutorial - how to show, and put things in, windows
• Run the RISC - Mike Cooks whizzy LED thingy (part 1)
• *INFO - including a bar organiser; clock and space display; pretty graphics; fast disc wiper; blinking task manager; Programmer's challenge.

The Education section

• Editorial - CSH's Robbie Burns; The Acorn Companion; SecureIT;
• Calabash Pirates review
• Using PocketBooks in schools
• Alternative software for multimedia authoring