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From: cziud07@MVS.ULCC.AC.UK ("David Tilley, +44 1 405 8400, x500", 0)
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Subject: Timeworks Desktop Publisher ST
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Date: 12 Feb 89 20:05:58 GMT
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I've just read your query in Vol.88, issue 546 of Info-Atari16. Since I'm still
catching up on later issues, my reply may have been overtaken by later
contributions.  Anyway, here goes:

I have version 1.12 of Timeworks DTP.  It CAN write Postscript files to disc
and they come out nicely on both an Apple LaserWriter and on a Linotronic 300.
However, it has the following bugs and 'features':

* The positioning of left and right pages gets out of synchronisation when a
  new page is inserted.

* Horizontal lines of the same requested line-type have inconsistent
  thicknesses (even when copied and pasted).

* The appearance of the corners of round-cornered boxes is inconsistent with
  the adjacent straight lines.

* It cannot import PC Paintbrush and Publisher's Paintbrush bit image graphics,
  encapsulated PostScript, or TIFF files.

* I have seen no mention in the documentation on how an em-dash may be inserted
  in text mode.

* A PostScript file containing bit-mapped graphics sometimes has a maximum
  record length in excess of 1,000 characters.

* The manual in out of date and there's no README file.

Perhaps I'm being fussy.  It's an excellent program for just 75 pounds!