More OO3 Features

[mentorsw]

Well, the cat's out of the bag, so here are a few more features.

This is not really just an upgrade of OO2, it's a total rewrite. The list 
of features doesn't do it justice.

In my testing (many hours), I've crashed it once and had one error 
message ( *** -[NSCFArray objectAtIndex:]: index (-1) beyond bounds (0)). 
In other words, it's as stable now as most other software is as shipped. 
There are lots of little cleanup details, but as a UI designer I'm picky.

More features/details:

print: Fit to one page wide

Page setup and print both have an OO pane, both have a mini preview image 
of a page with a control to move through all printed pages. You can make 
a page setup change, i.e. turn on Expand to show all children, and see 
the results instantly.

Better Applescript support (long topic)

There are five inspectors, and the first two have a mini toolbar:
	Appearance
		Color
		Font (with button to open Apple font floater)
		Underline/strikethrough
		Border (draw outline around character)
		Shadow
		Type metrics (kern, baseline shift, etc.)
	Row
		Numbering
		Spacing metrics, i.e. points before note
		Display (show handles, set gutter color, sort children, page break)
	Column type
	Document
	Style Attributes

Ruler with tab stops and controls for Styles, alignment, spacing

[PRO]Styles view, a temporary overlaid column that shows icons for all 
defined styles. The icon is an "A" drawn in the style (i.e. if the style 
is blue bold Helvetica, it's drawn that way). There is an icon for style 
of this level, style of children of this level ("A" drawn below the 
baseline), and blank. If the mouse is above an icon, a thought bubble 
appears, i.e. 
	All level 1 rows
	Grandchildren of row "Clippings"
Coolest feature: you can drag-edit to copy styles!

[PRO] Row folding: shows first line of long row until you click on it
[PRO] You can save as MS word (haven't tried it)
[PRO] Multi-column sorting
[PRO] Custom headers and footers for first/other pages with page count, 
modification date, etc.


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David Amis
Mentor Software,Inc.
Atlanta, GA
(404) 228-4640