Show pageOld revisionsBacklinksBack to top This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ====== Desktop Publisher ====== Desktop Publisher is a full function desk top publishing program. It was also sold as Deluxe Desk Top Publisher (complete with [[qlwiki:EyeQ]] and [[qlwiki:The Editor]] Special Edition). It was later upgraded and sold as [[qlwiki:Professional Publisher]]. Advertised features include: * Full WSYIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) * 12 Integral graphic fonts, 8 integral QL text fonts plus 10 non-integral fonts supplied and decorative fonts * All fonts can be adjusted both horizontally and vertically * 150 Integral graphic symbols and 160 Integral paint brush shapes * Up to 15x Zoom with separately adjustable X & Y axis magnification and reduction * 960 x 800 pixel drawing area (x 2 if you have expanded QL and cut/copy/paste over 21 pages) supporting up to 80 lines and 160 columns * Borders and margins generated form a graphics menu * All positions redefined piexl by pixel * Centre and true descender editing of characters * Merging with AND-OR-XOR * Whole and partial reversion plus Mirror Imaging * Switchable Grid * Stipples, stripes, rotation * Import text and non-text documents from [[qlwiki:The Editor]] * Import text documents from any word processor (even [[qlwiki:Quill]]) * Import screens, partial screens, compressed screens, part-coloured screens from [[qlwiki:EyeQ]] * Import full screens saved by any graphics package * Free-hand drawing of screens with restriction from mixing/overlapping/combining of text and pictures * Full cut and paste facility * Selective save * Hierarchical escape-undo function * Full device independence * Portrait or Landscape Printing facility built-in * UDGs measuring 8x8 and 16x16 pixels with full feature integral font editor * Full feature integral graphics generator * Left, right, centre justification (PIXEL x PIXEL) * Bold, Italics left & Italics Right * Pixel by Pixel or character by character movement * Perfectly usable with a microdrive only system (384K RAM needed) * 4 different cursors * 4 different underline styles (single / double / plain / stipple) * Cursor dragged user definable boxes * Columns to any width (multiple justifications allowed) * Epson-compatible hard copy output in either A4 or foolscap * Variable line feeds * Fully menu driven * Screen & Window pans and scrolls * Text / Picture within window pans and scrolls * Direct Entry of text with full range of editing and movement commands * Clip art * Caps lock indicator * Horizontal and vertical rulers * Full status reports on-screen * Help facility * Extremely fast * Multiple pass printing (up to 5 passes) and fully configurable printer driver * Alteration by block, line, word, character and pixel Unfortunately, despite what the advertised features might suggest, the program was only capable of working on one single page layout at a time. v2.0 of Desktop Publisher (the Special Edition) required more memory (512K minimum), but still could only handle one page at a time. ---- Title: **Desktop Publisher**\\ Language: SuperBASIC Compiled with [[qlwiki:Turbo]] + machine code extensions\\ Author: Andrew Astrand\\ Publisher: [[qlwiki:Digital Precision Ltd]]\\ Year of Publication: 1987\\ Platforms Suitable for: All Sinclair QLs and emulators with minimum 384K \\ Commercial Status: Freeware\\ Price in July 1987: £69.95 (Deluxe Desktop Publisher - £124.95)\\ Reviewed: Unknown\\ Sources Available from: Unknown\\ Latest Version available from: [[http://www.dilwyn.qlforum.co.uk/graphics/|Sinclair QL Homepage]]\\ qlwiki/desktop_publisher.txt Last modified: 2023/08/25 12:23by 127.0.0.1