Re: Graphic Writer III

[gareth@vcn.bc.ca (Gareth Jones)]

Julian P Watson (perrywat@unity.ncsu.edu) wrote:
: In article <jesse-2709962143380001@jesse2.gi.alaska.edu>,
: Jesse P. Atencio <jesse@gi.alaska.edu> wrote:
: >Has anyone used the new release of Graphic Writer III yet?
: >If so...please post your impressions of it.  Thanks.

: I have had GWIII for a few months.  I was having trouble with letters
: missing from the ends of words.  I was using a DJ500C, Harmonie Driver,
: 4 MB memory card, a ZipGS, and the standard ROM 01 with 210 MB on two
: hard drives.  Come to find out (thanks to Gareth Jones in British
: Columbia) I needed to have Seven Hills Independence Printer Driver.

: Now that Independence is installed, the letters are always there.
: It is a *very* powerful Desk Top Printing Program.  I find it to 
: be quite flexible, although I am still learning how to use it
: to the best advantage.  As of this date, I believe it to be superior
: to the other two major DTP's (PublishIt!4 and AppleWorks GS) which I
: have used in the past.

: Serving as Editor for my Masonic Lodge newsletter, I think I have
: finally found *the* DTP.  I would advise one and all to install the
: Independence Printer Driver as this seems to work well in tandem with
: GWIII.

: This is strictly my own personal evaluation over a few short months.

: 	-Perry

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Thanks for the plug, Perry. :-)

I think that the performance of GWIII 2.0 as a piece of software is a 
separate issue from the printer driver or printer used (so I won't bother 
to mention how _marvellous_ text looks when printed with a PostScript 
laser printer :-)

Anyway, the short answer is that version 2.0 of GWIII is the best dtp 
ever written for the GS. Yes, Publish It! 4 has a few features not in 
GWIII, such as auto-hyphenation, but for every feature another program 
has over GWIII, GWIII has at least one over it. I use it to publish a 
monthly, 12-page, multi-column, illustrated newsletter for a Users' 
Group, and it does the job reliably and well. I believe that Joe Kohn is 
switching from AWGS to GWIII to publish his newsletter. Apple Blossom 
magazine is done in GWIII...

-Gareth