#FCII attributes?
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I'm not sure whether you got my previous message so I resending – sorry if
this is a repeat. I'm thinking about alternative wordprocessors to the
one I have and Final Copy ranks fairly high, there are some questions that
I haven't been able to resolve locally, so can FCII do:
– Index and Table of Contents
– Footnotes – numbered sequentially and tied to the same page
– Import/export to other WPs, particularly clone programs like Word and
WPerfect with all attributes and formatting
– Any work arounds for the postscript problem of not recognising
transparent as a colour i.e. in overlaid graphics, the top one
completely obliterates ones underneath.
– Tables, a minispreadsheet sort of thing in appearance, without the
functions
– Fonts, how transportable are fonts to & fro FCII
– Dictionaries apart from US English
– Stylesheets
I would appreciate finding out whether FCII has these or in the pipeline
(like FCIII or FCLXXIV 🙂
regards, Lu
As a FCII Rel 2 user, I can only say: No; no; only ASCII (too expensive
to create attribute-translators, probably); don't know (don't use PS);
possibly, with some REAL good Function-Key defining (or Arexx scripting);
fairly good with Release 2's recognition of CG fonts and Type 1 (PS)
fonts; Collins British available at least (seen in British magazines); as
many as you are willing to write separate "template files" for.
If you really need Indexes and Footnotes, you might do better with
Wordworth Version 2 (_don't_ get the earlier version); it costs more than
FCII but it does have all the fancy link-flagging. FCII is more of a
"page-processor" than a "formal" word-processor, and what it lacks in
textual-crosslinking it more than makes up for in page-layout simplifica-
tion (if you're doing flyers, newsletters, things like that). Personally,
I write fiction, an occasional TV or radio commercial script (also usually
fiction), and the odd Neighborhood Group Propaganda, for most of which I
get very little money and need as much speed and simplicity as possible
(and I have a BIIIG print-spooler). If you're writing non-fiction (as I
assume) you just might be better off with Wordworth, _especially_ if you
want a "British English" dictionary.
The best thing you can do right now is get hold of _Amiga_Shopper_ #25
(May 1993), which compares the top Amiga word-processors; if you can't get
it locally, it's published by: Future Publishing, Somerton; Somerset TA11
6TB; UK. Tel: 0458 74011. Hope this helps.
Thanks for your comments. regards, Lu
Lu,
I'll cover what's different from your last message:
Postscript transparency can be worked around with your own Postscript
programming, but it is not directly supported in Final Copy II.
Different dictionaries from our British English, German and French
versions are not compatible with each other or the American English
version. Because of this, if you want a different language, you will need
to buy it from someone that sells that version. We, SoftWood, cannot
directly sell the other language versions to end-users because of
copyright laws and the way the other dictionaries were licensed.
StyleSheets (or StyleTags) are supported.
Ric Fischer – SoftWood Tech Support
Phoenix, Arizona, USA – (602) 431-9151
Thank you for your prompt reply…any hint of what's in the pipeline? 🙂
regards, Lu on AutoPilot downunder