Atari Desktop Publishing Comparison Calamus Page Page Quark Ventura 1.09N Stream Maker XPress Publisher (Atari) 1.82 4.0 2.12 3.0 (Atari) (Mac) (Mac) (PC) + = yes - = no M = manual Price $299 $199 $795 $795 $795 Font Editor $99 Configuration 1MB 1MB 1MB 2MB 640K RAM RAM RAM RAM RAM Mono Monitor DOS 2.1 Page layout ------------------------ Configurable ruler lines + + + + + Show cursor position on ruler + + + + + Report cursor coordinates + - - + - Guidelines + + + + - Grid overlay + + - - + Configurable grid + + - - + Master pages - + + + - Multiple master pages - - - - - Turn master page on/off - + + - - Pasteboard - - + - - Tool palette + + + + + Style catalog on screen + - + - + File catalog on screen - - - - + Typography ------------------------ Max. font size 999.9 1310 650 500 254 Smallest increment (points) 0.1 0.01 0.1 0.25 0.5 Kerning precision (ems) 0.1pt 0.1 0.01 0.1 0.01 Edit kerning tables - + - + - Tracking control (levels) M M 5 Unlim. 2 Edit tracking graphs - - - + - Leading increment (points) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.001 0.01 Subscripts + + + + + Superscripts + + + + + Shift baseline 0.1pt 0.1pt + 0.01pt 0.01pt Column balancing - - - - + Vertical justification - - - - + Widow/orphan control M M + + + Text editing ------------------------ Search & replace text + + + + - Search & replace fonts + + + - - Spelling checker - + + + - ASCII markup language - - - - - Automatic text flow + + + + + Views ------------------------ 50% + + + + + 200% + + + + + 400% + - + - - 800% - - - - - User specified + + - - - Edit facing pages - + + + + Thumbnails - - - - - Printing ------------------------ Scale + + + + - Tiling M + + + - Print crop marks - + + + + Spot color overlays + + + + + Print to PS/EPS file - PS + + + Precise control ------------------------ Manually enter coordinates of frames/objects - + - + + Move objects incrementally with cursor keys - - - + - Numeric entry for tab stops - - + + + Align objects - M M - - Document control ------------------------ Two-way link to text file - - - + + Revision tracking - - - - - Change bars - - - - - Multiple files open - + - - - Document specifications ------------------------ Maximum pages 9999 254 999 100 Unlimited Max. page size 27.5x27.5 18x18 17x22 48x48 18x24 Double-sided + + + + - Mix portrait and landscape pages - - - - - Reorder pages + + - + - Long documents ------------------------ Automatic index generation + - + - + Automatic TOC generation - - + - + Cross-references automatically updated + - - - + Index of figures - - - - + Network support ------------------------ Simultaneous users - - + - + Lock files - - + - + Read only - - + - + Lock elements + + - - - Tabling - - + - + ------------------------ Equation editing - - - - + ------------------------ File formats ------------------------ Microsoft Word - - + + + XyWrite - - + - + WordPerfect + + + + + MacWrite - - + + - Write Now - - + + - EPS - + + + + TIFF - - + + + PICT - - + + + Sun Raster - - + + + HPGL - - - - + WMF - - - - + PCX - - - - + GEM + + + - + MacDraw - - + + - MacPaint - - + + + RTF - - + - - DCA - - - - + DBF - - - - - SYLK - - - - - Graphics manipulation ------------------------ Flow text around graphics + + + + + Run arund irregular shape - + + + - Text repel + + - + + Anchor graphics to text - - + - + Anchor graphics to position on page + + + + + Suppress display of graphics + - + - + Automatically scale graphic to fit frame + + + - + Manually scale graphic + + + + + Cropping + + + + + Contrast control - - + + - Halftone screening + + + + + Custom screening + + + + + Customized screening angle - + + + + Dithering controls - - - + - Negative + + + + - Drawing ------------------------ Rectangles + + + - + Circles + + + - + Polygons + + - - - Constrained lines + + + + + Other shapes + + - - - Free-form drawing - + - - - Special effects ------------------------ Rotate text (Degree increments)0.1 1 90 - 90 Rotate graphics (Degree increments)- 1 - - - Flip graphics - - - - - Pour text into shapes - - M - - Shapes for graphical frames - - + + - Step and repeat - - + + - Repeat frame across pages + - - - + Gravity - - + - - Condense/expand text - + + - - Color ------------------------ Spot colors + + + + + Process - + + + - Pantone - - + + - Charting functions - - - - - ------------------------