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WELCOME TO THE PAGESTREAM 3.0b FREE UPDATE! OCTOBER 13, 1994
CHOOSE MACROS/VIEW README.NOW TO READ THIS FROM WITHIN PAGESTREAM3.
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.
CHANGES FROM 3.0a TO 3.0b
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.
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".
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.
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. 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.
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
- 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
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 expect to release v3.0c at the end of October.
Deron and everybody at Soft-Logik