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From: FUCHS@pucc.Princeton.EDU (Ira Fuchs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Frame questions
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Date: 23 Oct 89 12:35:17 GMT
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Can someone who has used Frame (and maybe even seen the documentation) answer
any of these questions?

1. It appears that Frame (like Writenow) still uses Printer Font spacing
on the screen. This results in spacing which looks different on the screen
from what is printed. Is this true? If so, is Frame changing to use different
widths for each?

2. Is there a way to apply a Postscript "special effect" to a portion of text
in a Frame document? Say for example one has some PS code which tilts a font
or some such. Is there a way to embed this in a document and see the result
on screen?

3. Does Frame support variable kerning? That is can I select a piece of text
(part of a word, part of a sentence, etc.) and ask Frame to "tighten it up",
a little, a lot, or whatever?

4. Can Frame be used in a mode where you create a template and only have
pointers to files which are read in when the document is constructed? In other
words can I keep the text of a document and the formatting separate so that
I can go on making changes to a set of separate files which constitute the
final document? I believe that Ventura Publisher can work this way (Pagemaker
cannot). As an example, imagine a newsletter "template" which describes
the basic layout (editorials, events calendar, etc.) but where these pieces
are kept in files which are edited outside of Frame. I would like Frame to
construct the document by reading these files in and formatting based on the
template each time. Frame would not store the entire formatted document unless
requested to do so. Can do?