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From: schwager@uiucdcsm.cs.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: Another silly ad idea (sorry)
Message-ID: <7200033@uiucdcsm>
Date: Mon, 23-Nov-87 17:52:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 23 17:52:00 1987
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> /* Written  9:15 pm  Nov 20, 1987 by john13@garfield.UUCP in uiucdcsm:comp.sys.amiga */
> 
> In article <7200030@uiucdcsm> schwager@uiucdcsm.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
> >
> >Surprise!  Decent output
> >(doesn't match a laser printer, but who's got $1000+ for a printer?)!
> 
> There are lots of them around if you know where to look :-). I've tested
> output from Scribble and DPaint (captured using CMD) and WordPerfect
> (saved to a file as a printing option) on a LaserJet+. Maybe your university
> has one, or you know someone with one at their office (and a modem line in).
> 

What is CMD?  We've got laser printers at work; the problem is that the basic
PageSetter doesn't print to 'em (they're Imagen!).  No big deal, for $100 I
don't expect it to.  

> Troff? The non-WYSIWYG thing with the cryptic commands? Get real :-).

I'm trying :-)!  Let's face it, troff is stone-age text formatting.
Ugh.  But it's got some more powerful commands, I'll give it that.  Even
without the power, I'm happier to use PageSetter because I'm so much more
productive.

> 
> >(About PageSetter): Second, there's no way to get
> >different boxes of text/graphics to move as a group (I don't think).  
> 
> You can use the coordinate display to line them up (relatively) easily, or
> turn on grid-snap so you don't have to worry about that last 1/50".
> 
> John
> -- 

I realize that.  That's not the question, the question is: I've got all
this stuff (a dozen boxes) lined up just the way I want it.  Now I've
decided I want to put a heading above it, so I want to move it all down
an inch.  Sure, a dozen moves is not much of a problem.  But the really
slick way to do it would be to surround the whole bunch with a big box,
and just one quick and easy move and- voila- thar 'tis!

Pagesetter is really cool, but I'm fresh out of troff... are there other
DTP's that are more powerful, maybe having features like automatic section
numbering and/or automatic page numbering?
That would make it a really professional tool, in my opinion.  Or am I
expecting too much from a DTP?  Maybe that's the job of a word
processor?
-mike schwager
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