Re: A2 desktop publishing

["Tim Haynes" <timhaynes@alumni.NO.SPAM.PLEASE.uwaterloo.ca>]

"Jeff Thomas" <a2forever@usa.net> wrote in message
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> Scott Alfter wrote:
>
> > PublishIt! was da bomb. :-) I used it to produce the newsletter for the
> > local Apple user group.  It could generate PostScript output, which I
would
> > upload to a UN*X box at school for printing on their laser printer.  You
> > couldn't tell that it was put together on an Apple II...it was that
good.
>
> The most powerful text-based word processor that I ever saw, was the
ProDOS version
> of "Apple Writer v2.0" which supported Postscript, and could directly
control a
> LaserWriter to print full page graphics. It could do many things that were
> difficult or somewhat impossible when attempted with another program on
any other
> computer.

Wow, now that is impressive.  Could it do multiple columns,
horizontal/vertical lines, print preview, etc?

Cheers
Tim