The 3rd Word: Microsoft's word processor just got better for desktop publishers
Article Abstract:
The powerful Microsoft Word 3.0 word processing software for IBM PCs and compatibles has added several important capabilities. The package now has an outline processor which can be used with Word's style sheet formatting capabilities to maintain consistency between finished text and the original outline. Additional features include index and table of contents generation (although the process is time-consuming), the ability to annotate a file with "hidden text" that will not print out unless on-screen during printing, and a limited ability to sort items numerically or alphabetically in a paragraph, table, or outline. Word can also exchange Document Content Architecture (DCA) format files (but does not have a graphics capability), can drive 61 different printers, and can download fonts to the Hewlett-Packard LaserJet and IBM Pageprinter (but not to the Apple Laserwriter). A 97-page manual plus a disk file thoroughly cover the printers the package supports.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1986
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Still video captures the scene: instant filmless images pay off for publishers
Article Abstract:
Several products illustrate the range of still-video and digital camera technologies and their outstanding advantage: instant images without a darkroom that are editable in a computer. Still-video stores single-frame images captured with a charge-coupled device as analog information, while digital cameras capture images as digital data. Resolutions are generally in the low-to-medium range but are entirely suitable to such low-resolution applications as small printed images and screen and multimedia presentations. Still video systems discussed include Canon's semi-professional $2,100 RC-470 camera and companion $2,450 FV-540 Video Floppy Disk Drive, and professional systems from Sony and Nikon. Digital cameras discussed include the $995, low-resolution Model 1 from Dycam (Chatsworth, CA) and the $12,000, medium-resolution Toshiba MC200 system.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1991
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Deciphering Cybertype
Article Abstract:
Cybertype 1.3 ($495), from Cyber Research, adds graphic and font control capabilities to Microsoft Word. Such graphic elements as circles, angled lines, and arrows, unusual fonts, and angled text are possible; however, Cybertype requires a PostScript printer, as well as effort to learn the program's codes. Cybertype can add impressive capabilities to Microsoft Word, but to use the new program effectively requires patience and experience
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1987
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
- Abstracts: Wide loads: wide-format printers push desktop publishing in new directions
- Abstracts: Are electronic books "books"? Transition to ISBN for U.S. publishers. Small and big publishers in France: is literature a rare species?
- Abstracts: The red jacket: UTB as a model for cooperative textbook publishing. Who funds startups?
- Abstracts: 1-2-3 on the Laserjets. HP introduces two new Laserjets, desktop scanner. New, improved HP Laserjets
- Abstracts: The next chapter for book publishers: best-selling reasons to adopt desktop publishing. Self-service publishing: now there's easy access to desktop publishing by the hour