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Hi Deron et all:
I must say, it's looking good. Some of the problems reported with
earlier versions are still there, so here is what I have so far.
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*** Exploring PgS/Opening a Document/How to open an existing document
***
The two information boxes (which were sidebar entries in the old
manuals) still have the same problem that I reported a year or two ago -
"page 7 - Du! I wonder how this one slipped by for so long -
The sidebar information is reversed, and was in the old manual too.
'Show all files in file selector' is selected to show all files, and
deselected to show only PgS files. I couldn't believe that it would have
been in the manual wrong, so I waited until I got home to fire up the
Amiga and check it.
Also this feature is under the Files tab of pref's, not the General tab
as
implied here."
*** Exploring PgS/Opening a Document / Font substitution ***
This problem, reported earlier, still exists -
""It may be just me but I'd like to see a difference between the action
and the object of the action. I realize that this manual is presented
the same way as the Release 3 manual, and this point must have been
discussed before with Michael Loader et all. The problem I'm pointing
out is particularly obvious in the font substitution paragraph at the
top of page 8
"Select Remember to save this substitution for future documents. Select
Display As instead of Convert To if you don't want to permanently
change the font name in the document. When you are finished, click
Done."
I'd like to see the object of the action highlighted by bolding or
changing
the font size/type/italicise. For this email example I'm going to
enclose
in single quotes.
"Select 'Remember to save this substitution for future documents'.
Select
'Display As' instead of 'Convert To' if you don't want to permanently
change the font name in the document. When you are finished, click
'Done'."
I think it would help the understandability.""
*** Exploring PgS/Opening a Document / Appending a document ***
The sub subsection "Appending a document" should be raised one level,
and have the same font size as "Opening a Document" and "Saving a
Document"
*** Exploring PgS/ The PageStream Screen/ Toolbox ***
The Toolbox descriptions have some ambiguities:-
In the first paragraph it would be good to note that the flyout tools
happen on the Amiga/Mac(?), while on Windows they are rotated through.
There is no consistency in the way the groups are indicated. Some groups
(Column, Box, Ellipse & Polygon) are clearly shown, where others are
not. I would suggest that the icons for the object group be collected
and placed in a line above the descriptions. The next lines (as they are
now, with their icons) be indented by one tab and shown as they are now.
The Path drawing group, the Pen and the Freehand & Grid group, the Grid
and the Table, should also be treated the same way.
The Table icon and description are missing.
*** Using Objects/ How to move objects ***
In this section it would be nice to add a note about moving very small
objects. - At the time the object is selected, if the mouse button is
held down, the object can be moved, but if the button is released and
then clicked again on an already selected object to start the move, you
will more-than-likely get a sizing handle and the object will be sized.
*** Using Objects/ How to resize objects/ 3. Position the mouse
pointer. ***
"Resizing an object usually changes its aspect ratio (the ratio of the
horizontal to vertical size). To resize an object proportionally, hold
down a
Shift key while you drag the mouse."
This paragraph doesn't mention the aspect ratio icon in the Edit
palette, and the fact that if the icon is set, holding down the Shift
key will allow the aspect ratio to change during the sizing action.
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Peter Martin
pjmartin@magma.ca
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