In desktop publishing, a happy medium
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Serif's Serif PagePlus 3.0, about $99, strikes a good balance between high-end desktop publishing packages that are too complex and expensive, and those which are easy to use but limited. As with other desktop publishers, PagePlus 3.0 helps users create a publication containing independent elements produced with other programs. PagePlus consists of three levels, Intro, Publisher and Professional. Help is frequently provided at the intro level, sometimes when it is not needed, while help is also always provided at the higher levels, but it appears less frequently. The program's word processor is above average, and a slew of add-ons range from clip art to Drawplus. More advanced features include kerning and the ability to produce spot-color and process-color separations. Version 3.0 comes with a guidebook, 'Getting Started,' as well as a short tutorial and a chapter on templates. A 386SX chip or better, a mouse, 5MB hard disk space and 3MB RAM are required.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1995
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Your best face on the Web
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Web authoring software makes it relatively easy to design a Web page, although it is not as easy as some proponents claim. Claris Home Page is available for Windows and the Macintosh. The application's commands may take some time to learn, but it is not as difficult as C++ programming. A rudimentary page can be designed in about 15 minutes. Claris Home Page is priced under $100. MyInternetBusinessPage, from MySoftware Co, is priced under $120. The software comes in four 3.5-inch disks for Windows 3.1 systems, or a CD-ROM for Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 systems. The application functions much like a word processor and documents from other word processing applications can be imported. The text can be changed to improve the design of the page, including changing text size and styles. Both applications have several ways of creating hypertext links.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1996
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Making an old operating system sit up and do some new tricks
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Users can make their older operating systems more interesting and fun to use by learning some interesting tricks. Typing the word ver at the prompt will tell the user what version of the DOS operating system they are using. If the user types a series of symbols and letters, the operating system will provide the date, time and day, and users can make this a permanent prompt by retyping it into the autoexec.bat file. Users can also place phrases in place of the prompt command or clear the screen entirely with the word cls. DOS 6.2 even includes a simple word processing program that allows users to write memos and edit DOS files. There is also a simple debug program which the user can invoke by typing the word debug at the prompt. Typing the word dir will provide the user with a directory listing of the DOS files.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1995
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