Appearance: NEW FACTORY SEALED, some wear and loose seal
Functionality: NEW FACTORY SEALED

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Similar to pictured, PageSetter for the Commodore Amiga computers. This is a special version: "Commodore User Group Promotion".

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Details from https://archive.org/stream/AmigaFormatIssue008199003FuturePublishingGB300dpi/Amiga_Format_Issue_008_(1990-03)(Future_Publishing)(GB)(300dpi)_djvu.txt:

DTP Software need not be expensive, as Gold Disk
demonstrated when they released the original PageSetter
program. Now they've released a major upgrade, in the form
of PageSetter 2. JASON HOLBORN checks it out.


We certainly have a great
deal to thank Gold Disk
for - not only have they
supported the Amiga from day
one, but their range of DTP soft-
ware defines the standards that
others must meet. Indeed, the
combination of Professional Page
and Professional Draw gives even
Mac and PC-based DTP systems a
run for their money.

The first DTP package from
Gold Disk (which, incidentally, was
also the first to be released for the
Amiga) was PageSetter. While it
was adequate for very simple DTP
tasks, it really was nothing more
than a stop gap until Gold Disk
eventually produced their piece de
resistance, Professional Page.
After the release of Pro Page, it
seemed that Gold Disk had left the
home DTP market in favour of
the more profitable professional
market. However, after almost
four years, Gold Disk have sur-
prised us all by releasing
PageSetter version 2.

Instead of taking the easy
option of just making modifications
to the existing PageSetter code,
Gold Disk have rewritten the sys-
tem from scratch. It is obvious
that much of the new code is actu-
ally borrowed from Gold Disk's
other DTP system, Pro Page.
Because of this, PageSetter 2 has
a far more professional feel to it
than its predecessor. Although
PageSetter 2 looks and feels very
similar to Pro Page in many key
areas, it still manages to work as
a program in its own right, rather
than just a stripped down version
of Pro Page (which wouldn't neces-
sarily be a bad thing).

PageSetter Mechanics

PageSetter 2 allows you to create
single page documents in a range
of sizes from A4 to B5, with the
maximum page size being limited
to 8.5 by 14 inches. Ifs a shame
that it doesn't support multiple
pages within a single document,



which can be rather limiting if
you're intending using it to pro-
duce multi-page reports, fanzines
etc. As it is, each page within your
multi-page document will have to
be worked on separately from the
rest. This is a problem that both
PageSetter 2 and Pro Page suffer
from, which Gold Disk should seri-
ously consider correcting.

Like both its predecessor and
Pro Page, PageSetter 2 uses the
now familiar PageMaker style prin-
ciple of 'frames'. Once a page has
been created, text and graphics
are pasted down by creating
frames (boxes) to contain them.
These frames can then be easily



The PageSetter II pattern editor.


modified by clicking the mouse but-
ton while the on-screen pointer is
over the required frame, therefore
making the frame 'active'. Because
frames can be layered, you often
have to send overlaying frames
behind the required frame before it
can be selected. Selected frames
can be cut, copied, moved and
then re-pasted down and even tem-
porarily taken off the page and
stored on the 'Art Board'.

Frames can be linked together
in chains so that text can be
flowed between several frames,
allowing you to create multiple
columns of text. When an alter-
ation is made to text within a chain
of frames, the program will auto-
matically re-adjust the contents of
later frames within the chain.

Fonts For The Memory

Unlike the previous release, text
can now be typed straight onto
the page - gone is the
PageSetter text editor of old. This
has the advantage of allowing you

An Amiga Format cover
knocked up using PageSetter II -
just goes to prove that you don't
need expensive Macintosh II
computers and Linotron image-
setters to produce your own
magazine.

to write copy to length and see
the results immediately, as they
will appear on the final printed
page. Just like a conventional
word processor, the text editor
includes full search and replace
functions as well as the usual cut,
paste and copy facilities.

Probably the most major addi-
tion to PageSetter 2 is the inclusion
of AGFA/Compugraphic fonts. Unlike
the standard Amiga fonts such as
those found on your Workbench
disk, Compugraphic fonts are 'con-
structed' as and when they are
needed for display on either the
screen or dot matrix printer. Two
Compugraphic fonts are included
with the package and Gold Disk plan
to release more separately.