wn0e+@andrew.cmu.edu (William Nichols) (01/16/91)
>> I've used Pro Page 1.3 and 2.0, and Pagestream 1.8, 2.0, and 2.1 (as well as >> PageMaker and Quark Express on the Mac), and PageStream 2.1 is IMHO, the >> *BEST* of them all. Easy to use, feature-packed, allows more fonts than any >> other (Pagestream fonts, Compugraphic fonts, Adobe fonts (!)), pretty damn >> solid, and by far the best built-in structured graphics tools of any DTP >> software. Imports practically ANY graphics file, including Pro Draw clips >> (Pro Draw is not the hottest structured graphics program I've seen, but >> that's where all the clip art is), practically ANY text file, and outputs ************************* Reijo Ronkko Ronkko@cc.helsinki.fi writes >Is that true? Can I import from ProWrite and Excellence? And also from MS Word >and the different (MS-DOS) versions of Word Perfect? And NOT just stupid ASCI, >but normal files with all typographical data? If that IS true, my PPage 1.3 is >for sale...;-). Here is the complete list, from the PageStream Manual. The Import is done through separate modules, so that new import support can be added without requiring an entire new program release. Text- Expect to loose some complictated page layout type features, like the columns in WordPerfect. ASCII PROWRITE EXCELLENCE IFF TEXT WordPerfect- up to WP4.2, Amiga, Atari, and MS-DOS files are compatable 1stWord WordWriter ST 1stWord Plus Rediger - A French word processor Bitmap Graphics formats IFF - HAM, ILBM, 24 bit IMG - Digital Reasearch format Tiff- Ragged Image File format MACPAINT GIF- Compuserve's Graphic Interchange Format DEGAS- B/W and Color NEOChrome Tiny Object Drawning ProVector 2 Dimensional format Aegis 2000 ProDraw GEM Metafile- Another Digital Research format Postscript - but only prints to a postscript printer EPSF MACEPS- ignore the PICT header IBMEPS- displays the TIFF header Bill Nichols Dept. of Physics Carnegie Mellon University