                        THE CALAMUS REPORT 
                           Version 1.8


PURPOSE

This report is to inform those interested in the Calamus Desktop 
Publishing System what features Calamus 1.09N and the latest 
version, Calamus SL, have. The features of BOTH programs are 
listed here.

Every feature of Calamus 1.09N is available in Calamus SL, except 
direct hand scanner support. The features marked with (SL) are 
exclusive to the SL version. Some marked features are available in 
1.09N, but were expanded in power and greatly improved in 
usefulness for SL.

CALAMUS OVERVIEW

- In Calamus 1.09N, a 210 page manual covering generation of 
pixels and vectors, getting around Calamus, preparing the layout, 
and working with functions that handle text and graphics. A 32-
page tutorial and index was added to help the new user. The index 
is to help average users find information in the main manual 
quickly and easily.

(SL) - In Calamus SL, a 600 page manual with thorough installation 
instructions, tutorial to help the user learn the Calamus system, 
DTP fundamentals which covers everything from how RAM works to 
types of graphics to character generation to grayscale imaging to 
color production to font terms and classification. Glossaries are 
logically placed throughout the manual. An index is included!

- GEnie message and file areas reserved for ISD Calamus users. ISD 
is also available on CompuServe.

(SL) - User-To-User program offers tips to users and earns points 
for monetary credit applied to the next ISD purchase for anyone 
creating a tip file.

- 1.09N comes on 2 double sided disks.

(SL) - Comes on 4 double sided disks.

- Compatible with all Atari computers. Will take advantage 
accelerated STs and ones with math co-processors.

(SL) - Supports ALL hardware configurations of ST/STE/TT030 to its 
full potential, including the use of TT faST RAM. No extra special 
versions to upgrade to. It is all there.

- Fonts/Documents save in a compact format.

- A font file comes in one small file, easy to manage. It possible 
to fit MANY fonts on a disk.

- FAST screen redraw.

- FAST printer output.

STANDARD ELEMENTS

(SL) - 16,777,216 colors for output available for all text and 
graphics. (To print in color requires the color separations 
module)

- Views include full page, 1:1 printer (based on DPI of printer), 
custom zoom from 1% to 999%. 1:1 and custom zoom are instantly 
accessible via mouse click on area plus either the alternate or 
control key respectively.

(SL) - Views include full page, 1:1 printer (based on DPI of 
printer), custom zoom from 0.001% to 999,999.999%.

- Custom size zoom. 

(SL) - Cut area to zoom with magnifying glass.

- Support for second monitor.

- Supports full page monitors.

- Flip through pages using arrow keys on screen or directly input 
page # in the page number display box.

- Double page support. Can view either left or right pages only or 
view both. Double pages editable in left or right view modes.

(SL) - Double pages are editable in left, right, and with BOTH 
pages in work window.

(SL) - View current selected master page only. (More on master 
pages later)

- Passing over functions reveals help message in top right corner. 
Help messages can hold longer titles than any drop down menu can.

(SL) - Message includes where to reference exactly in the manual 
in order to use the feature.

- Key bindings display. When passing over a function, its keyboard 
equivalent is displayed.

- Coordinate display showing mouse position. When a frame is 
activated, coordinates of frame and size is displayed. Direct 
editing of these number are allowed. Numbers are 1/100 accuracy.

(SL) - Coordinate display has 1/1000 accuracy.

- Custom size working window or click on expansion button on 
window corner to move into three predefined sizes, regular (all 
menus and tool pallet visible), full page width (tool pallet 
covered), full window (top menu and tool pallet covered).

- Tool pallet can move placed on either the right or left hand 
side of the screen by clicking on the "DMC" logo.

(SL) - Move tool pallet anywhere on the screen. Even the little 
box with "DMC" is movable. Why? I do not know, I guess it is cheap 
entertainment for those long nights.

(SL) - Full character set table available in all input fields and 
when inputting text using the Character Set Overview or the ASCII 
Input method.

(SL) - Undo key will restore original data in an input field.

(SL) - Control-Shift-Alternate halts drawing of current page. 
Great when working on a page with a lot of data and the part you 
want to work on is already displayed!

- Calamus File Selector Box allows viewing files using a file 
mask, sort by name, date, size, type, unsorted, delete files, 
create folders, rename files, and select appropriate drive letter 
button for present active drive.

(SL) - Size of page is only limited by hardware you are using. My 
computer, Mega STE w/1.6 megs free, can achieve a 21,474.83647 
inch by 21,474.83647 inch page!!

- Documents can be 9,999 page long.

(SL) - Documents can be 100,000 pages long.

DROP DOWN MENUS

(SL) - Open 7 documents at a time.

- Merge documents.

(SL)- Merge documents, even if they contain a different page 
format.

- Abandon Changes function allows you to abandon all changes made 
to a document since it was last saved and reloads the previous 
version.

- Print DPI configurable when using a dot matrix or ink jet.

(SL) - Print all or selected tile frames. (More on this later.)

- Printer interfaces supported include Parallel, Serial, SCSI, 
DMA, and Other, which is used when working in a network. "Other" 
will send information to a network file server or print-to-disk.

(SL) - Print document in gray scale (B&W) or select specific color 
layers, or just select all color layers for full color output. 
(Note: Color output requires color separation module).

(SL) - Min & Max buttons allow easy quick access to select first 
to last page to print.

- Print selective number of copies, scaling to enlarge or shrink a 
document, ascending or descending order, left, right or both side 
pages in a double page document.

(SL) - Print the left, right, or both pages in a double page 
document.

- Print in landscape, portrait, or automatic orientation.

- Print pages inverted (good for printing to negatives) or 
mirrored (good for printing to transparencies).

(SL) - Unload/Load modules at will. Great for those tight on RAM. 
Modules are like programs that perform certain functions. This 
allows you to perform DTP work that would normally take an 
external program to accomplish. Using an external program means 
you would have to save your work, exit Calamus, load the other 
program, do what you need to do, exit that program, load Calamus 
back up, reload your document, and finally take steps required for 
your changes to take affect.

(SL) - Unload/Load graphic and text import/export drivers at will. 
This allows upgrading your program for say, the latest picture 
format by only obtaining a 5k driver from ISD without having to 
pay an upgrade fee for a totally reprogrammed DTP program, which 
is released only when the entire program is ready.

- Select text font and point size at import of text.

- Format disks within Calamus.

- Toggle help messages on and off.

- Physical and Virtual copying of frames. Physical copies are like 
Xerox (c) copies, each frame is just a duplication and independent 
of each other. Virtual copies leave a relationship between the 
two. A change in the content of one, and Calamus will ask if you 
would like to make the same changes to the other(s).

(SL) - Input number of copies to make and how far to horizontally 
and vertically space each copy.

- Statistics report show number of pages in document, last page 
with contents, and free ST RAM.

(SL) - Statistics report includes time elapsed on current session, 
number of pages, number of last page, free memory for 
standard(ST), extended(TT), and virtual memory.

- Powerful reformat facilities for footnotes, indices, and chapter 
and page references.

(SL) - Reformat capabilities to reformat time and date codes.

(SL) - Set document parameters to save items like line breaks, 
color separations, unused fonts, text styles, master pages, and 
pages. If you wish not to save unused items at save, you may tell 
SL so.

- Custom set any function of Calamus to a keyboard equivalent. I 
believed it was mentioned on GEnie that there are 1,440 key 
combinations available.

(SL) - Macro Recorder to record series of mouse movements and 
keyboard clicks and assign to a key.

- Setting system paths is as easy as clicking to the path you want 
Calamus to use.

(SL) - Virtual memory use. Document size is limited to the 
available space on your hard drive. As you move to information in 
a document that could not fit in RAM, Calamus will swap with what 
is in memory with that part that had to be stored on the hard 
disk. What was in RAM is now on hard disk, and what was on hard 
disk is now in RAM. This extremely helpful since DTP is very 
memory hungry!

(SL) - Disable/Clear Contents if Virtual memory upon exiting. 
Disable will erase all files and folders related to virtual 
memory. Clear contents will just erase the files. When Clear 
Contents is active, SL will not have to recreate folders at 
bootup.

- Configure to save document with or without backup.

(SL) - Automatic save configurable in increments of 1 hr, 30 min, 
15 min, 5 min, 1 min, or OFF. No more forgetting to make a safety 
backup, Calamus will do the work for you.

- Turn display alert messages on/off.

- Turn display help messages on/off.

(SL) - Caches active for text, raster, grayscale, vector, line, or 
raster  area frames. You can turn anyone, all, or none of them on. 
Caches   active on a type frame will draw a copy of the frame to 
memory. This is helpful because instead of the program having to 
redraw a frame after you have moved around, it just plots it back 
from memory FAST!

(SL) - Configure Calamus to open its dialog boxes top left of 
screen, in the center, or at your mouse position (useful for big 
screen monitor users).

- Powerful select all function. When in text mode, it will select 
all text in a text piping chain. When a frame is selected in frame 
mode, it will select all frames of that type on the current page.
 CLIPBOARD FUNCTIONS(1.09N)/CLIPBOARD MODULE(SL)

- Five frame clipboards available to cut any type of frame.

- Five text clipboards allow cutting text from document.

(SL) - Place anything on the clipboard (frames, text rulers, text) 
and as much of it as you want. The only limit is your memory!

- Clipboard independent of documents. Clip items from current 
document, throw away document, load another, and then paste items 
from clipboard to newly loaded document.

PAGE MODULE

- Set style of page numbering; Number, Capital letters, Small 
letters, Roman Capitals, Roman Small.

- Set page size from 8 predefined standard sizes or enter your own 
custom size up to 27.54 x 27.54 inches. 
(SL) - Page size is limited to hardware.

(SL) - Printing pages larger than what your printer can handle is 
possible through tiling (explained later).

- Set page orientation, portrait or landscape. In other words, 
print vertically or horizontally.

- Set single or double page document. Double page is handy when 
making newsletters, manuals, or books. It sets your document to 
have two working pages viewable that are facing each other, like 
when you open a book.

- Set left, right, top, and bottom margin guidelines.

(SL) - Turn on/off crop marks. Crop marks are used to show where a 
cutting machine (or YOU) needs to cut to make page.

(SL) - Turn registration marks on/off. Registration marks are used 
to help you align color separations. A MUST for color printing.

(SL) - Turn on/off color separation name printing. If on, it will 
print what type of color separation used to print that page. It 
will print it below the bottom border if there is room.

(SL) - Overlap option. If on, internal portions of the page will 
be printed twice for double page documents. This allows 
compensation for portions of page that will be swallowed in the 
gutter that forms when pages are stapled (or bound) in the middle.

(SL) - Set Units of Measure, including basic measurement that 
Calamus bases all of its computation on, what exactly is an inch, 
and individually set what defines how large a point is for fonts 
and lines.

- Load/Save specific page(s). Upon loading, place pages anywhere 
in the document.

- Insert pages anywhere in a document. When inserting you can 
include the layout from another page.

(SL) - When inserting pages, you can include a layout from a 
page(s), or a master page (more on this later).

- Copy/Move Pages. Upon activation of the feature, pages can be 
placed anywhere you like.

- Delete page(s).

(SL) - Create master pages. Infinite master pages are possible. 
Simply scroll through the master page box and click the one you 
want. Master pages are pages that can be used as templates for 
document pages. Great if you want a standard look.

(SL) - Load/Save/Replace/Copy/Delete Master pages.

(SL) - Show current master page feature will move to and highlight 
the name of the current master page from the list of master pages 
used on the current document page.

FRAME MODULE

- Create text frames that can import Ascii, Calamus Text, and 1st 
Word (Word Writer), Word Perfect and Microsoft Write.

(SL) - Text frames can also import WordPerfect 5.1 (from my 
experience, without graphics. No problem, you have a very powerful 
program with more layout power than WP 5.1).

- Create Raster Graphic frames that can hold the following 
formats: CAL_CRG (Calamus Raster Graphic), Degas (.PI? or PC?), 
STAD, IMG, GfA Basic blocks, Degas blocks, and IFF.

(SL) - Create Raster Graphic frames that can hold the following 
formats: AIM, CAL_CRD (Calamus Image Doc), CAL_CRG (Calamus Raster 
Graphic), Degas, ESM (Cranach Studio), IMG, GIF, IFF, MOC (Matrix 
Screen Saver), Neo16 (640x480x16), Neo256 (320x480x256), NeoChrome 
(320x200x16), STAD, Targa, and TIFF.

- Create Vector Image frames that can hold Calamus Vector Graphic 
(.CVG) and GEM Metafiles (.GEM) art. Unlike raster graphic art, 
this art can be reshaped and resized and will not lose its 
resolution. No blockish appearance!

- Create Line/Raster Image Area frames. This images also can be 
stretched and reshaped with no loss of resolution when printing 
out. (More on this later.)

(SL) - Create tiling frames to print portions of a page. Useful 
when printing pages larger than what you are using in the printer. 
Once all pages are printed, you can tape or paste them together to 
get your one big page.

- Group frames by rubberbanding all them together or select 
individuals ones with the old faithful Shift-Mouse click routine. 
Once grouped, the frames can be moved or reshaped. If reshaped, 
frames adjust proportionally.

- Ungroup frames.

(SL) - Select master page elements for deleting from current 
document page, or to move them to the foreground or background.

- Protect frame will prevent a frame from being moved, deleted, or 
resized. You can modify their contents, be it text or a graphic.

- Proportional Sizing will allow the frame to resized but force 
the move to keep the height and width proportional to its original 
height and width.

- Copy/Delete frames.

- Frame to Background/Foreground. Useful when you have frames 
stacked on top of each other.

- Define text frame to be a regular text frame, footnote frame, or 
index frame.

- Set type of chapter numbering. Chapter numbers can be seven 
levels deep per numbering system. This works the same as page 
numbering.

(SL) - Set type of footnote numbering. Same as chapter numbering.

(SL) - Anchor picture to text. Have a picture follow text it 
should be with.

(SL) - Show text flow. When text is set to flow around certain 
other frames, this will allow you to see the path it takes. This 
path is editable with the Vector Graphic Module (additional 
purchase).

(SL) - Set text flow offset. This will allow you to set how close 
or how far text will flow around another frame.

- Flow text around an object or over an object. The flow text 
around an object will flow the text in an open area around the 
object. The flow text over an object will delete any text flow 
paths beyond the object. The latter can be very useful for 
interesting visual text effects.

- Flow text only to the left or right of an object.

- Pipe text frame to frame.

- Pipe text from previous page.

- Pipe text to next page.

- Pipe text once. This is the same as piping frame to frame, 
except that the extra text is piped to the next frame and both 
involved frames are independent of each other. Any editing in 
either doesn't  affect each other.

- Show piping chain. Draws lines to show what frame is flowing to 
where.

- Insert frame into piping chain.

- Remove frame from piping chain.

- Cut piping chain.

(SL) - Set raster graphic frame to be monochrome image, grayscale 
image, or color image.

(SL) - Set control line. This is a line that is graphed from 
darkest levels to brightest levels of the picture. Grab any point 
on this line to set brightness relative to its original raster 
representation. For color, there is a control line for each 
primary color, Red, Green, and Blue.

- Optimize Size for Screen. This will adjust a picture for viewing 
based on the dots-per-inch (DPI) of your monitor.

- Optimize Size for Printer. This will adjust a picture for 
printing based on the dots-per-inch (DPI) of your printer.

(SL) - Optimize enlargement. This will allow you to resize a 
graphic to the nearest geometric multiple (2x, 4x, 8x, etc.). This 
will prevent a Moire' effect from happening when resizing.

- Option to use Image Size Independent of Frame Size.

- Center Image in Frame.

- Crop or Add to Image.

- Ideal Size for Vector graphic. This sets a vector graphic frame 
to the original size and proportions it was drawn in.

(SL) - Three types of tiling frames are available, adjustable 
size, portrait, and landscape. The latter two will automatically 
make a tiling frame based on the size of the paper your are using 
in your printer. It will appear in the orientation as you choose.

(SL) - Automatic tiling will do all the work of copying and 
placing tiling frames all over your oversized page.

(SL) - Select writing mode of the frames. There effect is present 
when placed on top of another frame. The three choices are 
transparent, opaque, and inverse. An example of the inverse effect 
are the little icons representing different article categories in 
the magazine AtariUser.

(SL) - Mirror ANY frame horizontally or vertically.

(SL) - Assign names to frames. This is useful in that you can 
assign the name of a picture, for example, to the frame without 
actually having to load it until you need it.

- Rotate text frames any degree.

(SL) - Rotate/Unrotate ANY Frames. Raster graphic images will only 
rotate in 90 degree increments. Any other increment will cause a 
Moire' effect.

- Install vertical and horizontal guidelines anywhere you want.

- Delete guidelines.

(SL) - Set reference pin. This is used by external modules to act 
as a reference point. It can be used to make graphic effects or 
special text effects.

- Snap to horizontal or vertical guideline. This will cause frames 
to be magnetically glued to the nearest vertical or horizontal 
guidelines or both.

- Snap to horizontal or vertical grid. Same as the guideline, 
except for an established grid.

(SL) - Magnetic Vertical and Horizontal Frame. Frame will snap to 
a specified border inside or outside a selected frame. This 
function can be used for centering frames on frames and more.

- Setup multiple columns by establishing number of columns, rows 
of columns, row spacing, top/bottom margin, left/right margin, and 
column spacing.

- Establish parameters for grid lines and rulers.

(SL) - More parameters for grid lines and rulers, including 
magnetic frames.

- Turn ANY category of frames on and off from display.

(SL) - Turn master page elements on and off from display.

- Frame borders Visible/Invisible

(SL) - Make invisible frames selective. This allows you to work on 
frames that you have their display switched off.

- Guidelines and Grids Visible/Invisible.

- Elongated cross hairs on/off. Remember the cross hairs when 
cutting a block in Degas? Same thing.

- Layout rulers on/off. This will place true WYSIWYG rulers on the 
top and side of your page.

(SL) - Reference Pin Display On/Off

TEXT MODULE

- Insert Page number control code. When document is reformatted, 
this will change into the current page number the page is in the 
document.

- Insert the following page number. Control code entered into the 
text that is activated when document is reformatted.

- Insert chapter #. Same as the above two.

- Insert time/date.

- Force Piping to next frame. When this is inserted at the cursor, 
text is forced to move to the next frame at that specific point. 
It is like the pagination function in your better word processors.

- Reference to Previous Page. When this code is entered in the 
text, the last page the piping chain appeared on will be entered. 
Ex.: "Continued from page xx"

- Reference to Next Page. When this code is entered into the text, 
the next page the piping chain appears on will be entered.

(SL) - Reference markers can mark a spot in the text. A marker 
name is then entered. When working later in a manual or book, 
setting a reference marker back into text is as easy as selecting 
the marker from the list of markers you set. Ex.: "Change your 
motor oil with the recommended brand as described on page xx."

(SL) - Protect Text Block keeps text from being split by column or 
page breaks.

(SL) - Key bindings for the text editor. Assign key combinations 
to items that are not available from the regular keyboard set.

- Hyphenation Dictionary.

(SL) - Spellchecker.

- Character set overview. See all the possible characters in your 
current font in this scrollable window. See what you want? Click 
it!

- Set automatic hyphenating at import or when reformatting text.

(SL) - Set minimum number characters before the hyphen and after 
the hyphen.

(SL) - Set maximum number of hyphenated words in a row.

(SL) - Set minimum number of lines between hyphenation.

- Insert tabs by just clicking on text ruler.

(SL) - Insert leader tabs. Leaders tabs allow you to hit the tab 
key and fill in the space with a character(s). Great for a table 
of contents. Can do stuff like "Life with Fish <tab>3" would 
expand to "Life with Fish. . . . . . . . 3"

- Delete tabs.

- Text left, right, center, and justified justification.

- Select absolute or relative spacing.

- Set line and paragraph spacing.

- Manual Kerning easily accomplishable in small and large 
increments in text frames.

(SL) - Set minimum and maximum space between two words in 
justified text.

(SL) - Vertical text alignment. Set number of minimum lines at top 
of frames (widows) and minimum lines at bottom of frame (orphans). 
More than this!

- Insert text ruler by inserting ruler on marked text block or at 
cursor position.

- Delete text rulers by highlighting and dumping them into the 
trash can.

- Use text macros to assign a letter, a word, and even sentences 
to a key combination. It will even store the text style and layout 
codes if you wish. You can also store text rulers in text macros.

- Change macro contents after being created.

- Load/Save Macro Lists.

TEXT STYLE MODULE

- Change text style button available from type size and style 
command group.

(SL) - Change text style button available from six of the eight 
command groups in the text style module. This allows you to easily 
make your style changes and see their effects.

- Select font from a scroll box with the titles of all fonts in 
memory listed. Normally, titles are shown in the actual font to  
give you an idea what it looks like.

- Load/Delete/Replace fonts in memory.

- Choose from 14 predefined font sizes. Of course you can set them 
to sizes YOU use most.

(SL) - Measure font heights based on Em-Height (height of a line), 
Versal Height (height of an upper case character), or Designer 
Height (height preset in the font, ideal display size).

- Text effects include normal, underlined, outlined, shadowed, 
superscript, and subscript.

(SL) - More text effects include compressed, expanded, and skewed.

(SL) - Proportional spacing on/off. Non-proportional spacing is 
where every character has an equal space, like a typewriter.

- Automatic kerning. Kerning ON fits letters together to appear 
uniform.

(SL) - Automatic kerning on/off switch.

(SL) - Numeric Table Mode On/Off. With this on, nonproportional 
spacing is on for numbers. When you are making tables, the numbers 
have to take the same amount of space or you are going to get 
straggling numbers.

(SL) - Write from Right to Left... This is different from 
horizontal mirroring. This actually places letters down from the 
right to left. I guess this would be useful for anyone taking a 
class on the Japanese language or some other language where it is 
written in reverse.

- Set character and word spacing.

- Set intensity and offset of the shadow and outline of text.

(SL) - Set the color, intensity, and fill pattern(including the 36 
predefined patterns) of the text, the underline, the outline, and 
the shadow. Combine effects: Ex.: Red underline on a word that is 
purple with a yellow shadow.

(SL) - Set underline thickness, offset, and overhang.

(SL) - Underline in foreground on/off. Use this to make strike 
through fonts.

- Set outline thickness.

- Set shadow direction/offset.

(SL) - Text style list is a scrollable box holding text style you 
commonly use. You define what you want and assign it to the list. 
NOTE: 1.09N has text style macros which allow styles of text be 
assigned to a key combinations.

(SL) - Add text style to list offers every effect you can apply to 
text in one dialog box.

(SL) - Load/Save Text Style Lists.

LINE MODULE

- Choose from 18 different directions and styles for the line. For 
instance, there is a line curving to the right at a right angle 
and the other goes to the right in a gradual curve.

- Shadow the line.

- Set the point size of the line and the shadow. There are also 
eight predefined point sizes to choose from.

- Set the intensity and fill pattern of the line and shadow.
(SL) - Set the color of the line and its shadow, each can be set 
its own color.

- Choose from eight different line styles.

- Choose from three different type of ends to assign. Each end of 
the line is independent of the other.

- Raster area can be a square, square with rounded corners, 
circles, ellipses, stars, bang, triangles, and much more.

- Shadow any raster area.

- Set the intensity and fill pattern of the shape, its border, and 
its shadow.

(SL) - Set the color of the shape, its border, and its shadow, 
each can be assigned its own color.

- Set direction/offset of the shadow.

(SL) - Set the radius of the arc of a rounded corner of any shape 
with one.

- Set the thickness and style of the border.

SYSTEM PARAMETERS MODULE

(SL) - Save font directory On/Off. This saves a font file tree to 
a file called FILETREE.FNT.

(SL) - System paths can be defined as relative or absolute. If 
they are absolute, selector boxes will show and use the whole 
path. Relative will search folders relative to where Calamus was 
run.

(SL) - Set the density of your monitor. Horizontal and vertical 
inputs are available.

(SL) - Set minimal ST and TT RAM for use by the system. Since 
Calamus will reserve any available for work space, this allows you 
to set how much to set aside for an accessory that might need it. 
A setting too low in the ST RAM will deny you the ability to open 
any CPX modules.

(SL) - Set vector output buffer size.

(SL) - Establish your own date and time format.

TEXT EDITOR(1.09N)/PKS-WRITE MODULE(SL)

(SL) - Many key bindings to quicken editing. Remember how you 
could fly around in PaperClip XE because of helpful key 
combinations?

- Search/Replace Text/Style.

- Display control codes on/off.

(SL) - Set Control Codes/Parameters. This will allow you to set 
PKS-Write to display control codes or not, display text attributes 
in the editor, and show hyphens or not while in the text editor.

- Insert text rulers into the editor window.

(SL) - Perform manual kerning in the editor.

(SL) - When sending text back to the text frame, it can be added, 
replace current text, or merge at cursor.

- Insert text style in editor.

(SL) - Undo last operation. Save yourself!

- Delete all text.

(SL) - Tools available from PKS-Write include ones similar to 
those already mentioned. Ex.: Insert page number, flow controls, 
key bindings, dictionaries, etc. There is a total of 20 tools 
available in PKS-Write.

(SL) - Set markers in text. Three total possible.

(SL) - Go to specific line number.

(SL) - Go to previous position to move your cursor back before 
issuing the "go to line number" command.

(SL) - Go to beginning/end of marked block.

- Copy/Move/Delete block.

(SL) - Undo block operation.

(SL) - Unmark block.

(SL) - More text macros available! Works same as the ones 
mentioned before.

RASTER GENERATOR MODULE

(SL) - Allows raster points to be defined courser or finer for a 
selected frame, whole page, or document.

(SL) - Change raster settings per each color used.

(SL) - Choose raster shape to be triangle, circle, or square.

(SL) - Choose elliptical bias of raster. Graphic example in manual 
given.

(SL) - Set raster angle.

(SL) - Set raster width.

(SL) - Set raster size.

(SL) - Load/Save settings.
 
IS CALAMUS SL EXPENSIVE?

Calamus Route              Price     PageStream Route             Price 
----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Calamus 1.09N+             $ 129     PageStream 2.1++             $ 209 
Calamus SL Upgrade+++        200     2.1 is latest upgrade            0 
Color Separations Module+++   50     Color output built-in            0 
Built-in Text Editor           0     STeno2++++                      20
Auto-Kerning                   0     MegaKern lite(SL)               50 
Screen accelerator not needed  0     Warp 9++                        29 
Speed-Line Autotracer+++      50     Convector Professional++        99
Vector Editor+++              99     MegaPaint ][ Professional+++++ 169 
TOTAL                      $ 528     TOTAL                        $ 576

ANSWER: While the initial cost of Calamus SL is higher than 
Pagestream 2.1, the power growth of the DTP system rises at a 
reasonable cost. Sometimes the cost is half the price of the 
comparable program. While some programs might have more features 
than the Calamus module, the same could be said for the module as 
compared to the program. The main advantage to the module system 
is that each module interactively works with the Calamus program. 
You never have to leave your document to do what you need to do. 
This price comparison was made only to show that the two are not 
that far apart in costs.

SOURCES: Prices were first obtained from software packages that 
have come through the doors of Starbase Atari. The other sources 
are Atari mail order dealerships. ISD is an Atari marketing firm 
that is also an outlet for software products for Calamus.

* - MegaType's NEW Release (219-288-7468)  + - Rising Star 
Computers (1-800-252-2787) ++ - Starbase Atari (San Antonio Atari 
dealer - 512-590-7122) +++ - ISD Marketing (416-479-1991) ++++ - 
L&Y Electronics (703-494-3444) +++++ - Toad Computers (800-448-
TOAD)

THE FUTURE
In recent announcements, Nathan@ISD has made public the modules 
available now and the ones on the drawing board. Here is what he 
has said...

"We currently have three modules available for separate purchase, 
as  part of our decision to offer you "WYNIWYG"; Speed Line (auto-
tracer) Module, Color Separation Module and Vector Graphic Editor 
Module.

Speed Line Auto-Tracer

Speed Line brings Monochrome Auto-tracing to Calamus converting 
illustrations into vector graphics. It automatically creates 
vectors utilizing (Bezier) curves, lines and areas. The simplified 
user interface offers several optimizing functions to enable you 
to define line, angle and pixel correction together with 
conversion options for Bezier curves and line art. The Speed Line 
Auto-tracer converts a raster graphic to a vector graphic within 
seconds, which can then be modified by any of the existing Calamus 
drawings tools, particularly those contained in the Vector Graphic 
module or Outline Art. Your cost US $49.95. 

Color Separation

Our color separation module allows you to define separation 
filters, including the definition of undercolor removal and 
adornment (spot color). This module allows the use of CYMK, CMY 
and IHS models, as well as the capability to support new models 
such as Pantone, HKS and Truematch, once they become available. 
Your cost for this module is US $49.95. 

Vector Graphic Editor

Our Vector Editor allows the creation and editing of monochrome or 
color vector graphics, editing of polylines for irregular text 
flow and much much more. I have enclosed a few snap shots of the 
many features. This is the perfect internal tool for editing of 
auto-traced graphics. You can join sub-paths, distort and freely 
rotate all elements or even apply different colors to every vector 
graphic part. Your cost for this module is US $99.95."
 Here is what was said on a GEnie Roundtable Conference...

<[Nathan] ISD>
I will cover a few of the modules. I just happen to have the 
proverbial block to upload. :-)

Coming Soon.....

Type Art

This package was specially designed for the creation and 
manipulation of Typefaces and Logos. This software facilitates 
control over a fonts global kerning characteristics and specific 
kerning pairs. It also allows for the autotracing of scanned 
lineart allowing Logo libraries and fonts to be created. The tools 
allow the use of primitives and the merging of component parts 
such as stems and serifs etc. Two fonts can be in memory at any 
one time allowing the exchange and editing of up to 256 
characters. Type Art also has built-in digitizer plotter support. 
The tools are second to none including floating pop up tool menus 
and very powerful mapping functions. A transformation calculator 
allows the use of formulae while other functions include a text 
preview window for the contextual fine tuning of kerning 
information, magnetic snap to grid and guidepoints, online help, 
stamp, join and auto-outlining functions and clipboards. This is 
the perfect tool for the Typographic designer. 

Outline Art 2

This product is for the creation of vector based illustrations 
using lines and bezier curves. It has tools for typographic 
manipulation and mapping. Outline Art 2.0 has 24 bit color 
support, allows type to be put into circles, to follow freely 
defined paths, to be graduated or mapped onto planes, and 
transformed or distorted. The use of intelligent clipboard and 
calculator functions make this a typographic special effects 
dream. 

Dataformer

Dataformer is a series of modules specially dedicated to the 
export of data from Calamus SL. The product allows the export of 
any element or page from a document in a variety of formats. The 
first of two Dataformer modules can export to the following bitmap 
formats - GIF, IFF, IMG, PCX, TIF, TGA and the following vector 
based formats CVG, EPS (with or without TIF headers), WMF, GEM, 
HPGL and DXF. More formats will be added in time. 

Crescendo

For music publishers the introduction of a package to convert an 
I.M.M.A standard MIDI file to a notated text file for inclusion in 
a document or for the publication of music sheets. The capability 
to prepare notated pages within Crescendo using polyphonic 
notation makes it a must for all music publishers.

Job Manager

This is a module designed for use by service bureaus or production 
houses to allow the queuing of jobs. It allows the specification 
of documents for printing and assignation of printing 
characteristics such as mirroring, inversion, page selection, 
multiple prints, scaling, resolution, pagination, color separation 
and output device selection. 

Mount and Print

The specialist print module for Calamus. This module controls the 
final output of your document. Create left/right offsets for 
magazine production, collation, Imposition, tiling of pages, 
together with a host of other specialized functions to define your 
complete printing parameters to achieve optimum results.

Multimedia Module

This module is for the preparation of documents which include 
video and sound data for the purpose of preparing multimedia 
presentations. Purposely designed for the creation of product and 
advertising presentations, this module allows the specification of 
sound sampling rates of 6KHz to 50KHz. Video capabilities include 
control of playback speeds, Intensity, Hue, Saturation, Dissolves, 
etc,. Future Modules, specifications subject to change without 
notice, include:

Paint & Draw : a raster and vector graphic editing module

Curve & Line : an auto-tracing module for Monochrome, Grayscale 
and Color Images, which will be an upgrade from Speed Line.

Logo Art : a special vector editor for company logos and a Barcode 
generation module.

and about 95 others. It is my intention to release a few modules 
every couple of months without fail for the next few years. And I 
fully intend to meet that commitment!

CONCLUSION

Calamus SL is a very powerful DTP package. This software, coupled 
with TT030 computers, are taking over Macintosh publication houses 
in Germany. This software is also publishing full color magazines. 
Its power goes without question.

Will you ever need all that power? Did man ever need to move from 
the Ford Model T? The answer is yes, mostly. As time progresses, 
our demands become greater. While you may not use the power 
immediately, you will eventually use it. One day you will realize 
that you can't  do without it. You never know if you will use 
something if you don't know what that something is. Calamus SL 
will take you to the limit.

Any bad remarks? Yes, a couple. You must remember the version of 
Calamus I am using is technically not the release version. It has 
been released as an upgrade first so it gets a good field test. My 
disappointment is how some features are grayed out because they 
are not active yet. While they will be active in near future 
revisions, which they will be free, I find myself wanting to try 
them now. Good things come to those who wait.

The documentation is nothing short from spectacular. It is 
graphically appealing, has plenty of examples, and is written 
clearly. (For old Calamus users, the new manual is worth the 
$200!) There are about two minor problems with the manual. There 
is one typo in the tutorial. Very minor compared to the manual as 
a whole. (NOTE: The two minor errors were brought to the attention 
of ISD and will be corrected in future printings of the manual.)
 CREDITS for this text file :

Author - Kyle A. Miller
Verified - Lou Rocha

SPECIAL THANKS

ISD and staff for providing an inroad for another market.
Nathan Potechin for providing exclusive module information.
ALL the Calamus SL users out there giving their "blood, sweat, and  
tears" to field test this product.
ALL the USER to USER Tip file writers. You're making a great 
product better and my life easier.

