Re: AppleWorks v5.0 - Has it shipped

[dempson@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

In article <CzHHH5.F6I@dorsai.org>,
William Katz <druid@amanda.dorsai.org> wrote:
> Bruce Milyko (bmilyko@dgs.dgsys.com) wrote:
> : The latest from Quality Computers is the expected ship date for AW 5.0 is
> : Nov 21. part of the delays were because of manual printing delays.
> 
> wow, so there will be an AppleWorks v5.0 comming out?

Yes.

> what will this new version have that AW v4.0 didn't have?

A full list of the new features was posted well over a month ago.  Off
the top of my head and from a quick scan of the list: it includes a
full version of UltraMacros, requires 256k of RAM, a 65C02, MouseText
and a 3.5" drive or hard drive.

A selection of the more interesting new features:

Desktop: keeps list of recently loaded files, optional print buffer,
option to reverse sort order in directories, improvements to AW4's
directory selection scheme (closer to AW3, which I preferred), more
MouseText, can load more than 12 files at once, alarms, change file
types.

Word Processor: outliner, enter MouseText, print odd or even pages
only, mark lines as non-printing comments, print to screen preview,
set/find bookmark, shortcut to get out of Options screen after
entering a parameter, improved split-screen (variable height and
remembered if you leave and return to the document), text files are
loaded with zero left/right margins (yay!), settable default margins.

Spreadsheet: cell memos (notes), find can be restricted to words,
dynamic @Alert, @Today, @Find is case sensitive, "recalc before
saving" option, standard settings for currency/decimal/comma.

Database: background text in single record layout, hide categories in
SRL, create SRL layout from SRL report, new "mixed" mode showing
scrolling list of current category entires while in SRL (I'll have to
see this one), display single and double hi-res graphics (as with DB
Pix), Printshop graphics on SRL, option to add new records at end of
file with insert, tab accepts newly entered text in categories (yay!),
MouseText entry, Timeout app offering find/replace DB text.  Also bug
fixes in cursor movement, losing rules when copying/moving to
clipboard, and a few others.


I've skipped a few features that seemed pretty minor (or I didn't
understand).

> Also, will it work with an Apple //e with 1meg ram?

If it is enhanced and has a 3.5" drive or hard drive, yes.

> and possibly a HP LaserJet 4 printer? :)

You can use an HP LaserJet 4 with any version of AppleWorks - you just
need custom printer definitions.  If you mean "does it include the HP
LJ 4 in its list of standard printers", then I don't know (but I doubt
it).  If you mean "does it support any more features to make an HP LJ
4 more useful (e.g. font selection)", then the answer is probably no.

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I'll second that.  :-)
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