Thank you for your interest in purchasing this product from DMC Publishing. This file is adapted from the Introduction to Calamus SL in the actual manual. The development of Calamus, its graphic interface, and its related products bring you to the forefront of desktop technology. Calamus supports state of the art color technology, printers and graphic boards. Functionality and modularity allow a step-by-step expansion of the system, customized to your needs - WYNIWYG (What You Need Is What You Get). New developments are easily integrated and guarantee compatibility. The remainder of this information highlight differences between Calamus 1.09N and Calamus SL. You will notice many important advances. Comparing Calamus 1.09N to Calamus SL Calamus SL is color capable. Up to 16.7 million colors can be accessed from the various color display and output options. Screening Calamus SL uses technically correct screens that are automatically defined by the printer drivers for true WYSIWYG. Precision The calculation precision of Calamus SL can be adjusted and is set to 1/10000 mm. Modules Calamus SL incorporates a number of basic internal functions and standard elements and modules. Add to these an increasing number of optional modules. This concept guarantees flexibility as Calamus products continue to be developed. True WYNIWYG! Magnifying Glass The magnifying glass makes it possible to zoom in on any part of the document. Multiple Documents You are able to work on multiple documents (up to 7) at the same time and exchange data between them by using a scrolling clipboard. The number of clipboard items is limited only by available RAM. Double Pages Calamus SL has a true double-page mode. Double page documents are displayed and can be edited in the double-page mode. Floating Submenus The command areas of Calamus SL can be moved anywhere on the screen. You can also create and display multiple command areas simultaneously. Design a command area configuration for your desktop based on your own preferences. Improved File Selector The file selector box has been expanded and improved. Editable Macro Keys with Macro Recorder A command sequence can be recorded with the help of the Macro Recorder and then assigned to a key (macro key). This allows you to configure Calamus SL to your needs. The assigned macro keys can be edited later. Virtual Memory Calamus SL contains virtual memory management that allows it to create documents that are larger than available RAM. This is achieved through the use of free space on your hard disk drive to "page" parts of your document. Master Pages Instead of the header/footer frames, Calamus SL has a fully implemented master page management system which can handle repeated elements with a great degree of flexibility. Master pages can also be saved and used in any document you wish. Improved Caching Calamus SL can cache all frame types unlike the vector-only cache in 1.09N. This dramatically speeds up screen redraw. Pulldown Menus Import Drivers Calamus SL can import more formats than 1.09N. Since all import drivers are separate modules, they can be loaded or deleted at any time. You can also save selected drivers in your setup file. Multicopy with Offset Besides the ability to select a frame copy type as Virtual or Physical, you now have the option to enter the number of desired copies as well as x and y offset from the original. Lock Document To prevent a new/different format at a different workstation or service bureau, documents can now be locked. This option also allows you to automatically remove empty pages, unused fonts, text styles and color lists from a document when you save. Expanded Setup The system default CALAMUS.SET file has been expanded. All settings of Calamus SL are saved now. Additions include the unit of measurement, text style and ruler settings. The CALAMUS.SET file contains over 200 user-selected parameters. Clipboard Clipboard functions are now more flexible. In addition to frames, you can copy vector objects, text and text rulers to the clipboard. Data Exchange between Documents Document limitations have been removed. Both text and graphics can now be copied between documents using the universal clipboard. Unlimited Entries The number of entries available on the clipboard is now limited only by the amount of available memory. Modules Page Module The units of measurement in Calamus SL can be adjusted more precisely than before. When importing a document from Calamus 1.09N, you may adjust your work to the more precise standards of Calamus SL. Master Page Control Master pages have their own command field in the Page module. Frame Module Handling of proportional frames has been improved. Text can now flow around any vector object. The outline of a vector graphic is considered as the flow border and not the frame itself (as is the case with bitmapped graphics). The handling of textflow chains has been dramatically improved. You can now connect different textflow chains as well as insert one chain in another and insert frames into an existing textflow chain, before or after a selected frame. Control Lines (Gradient Curves) for Images Since you are now able to load more than just bitmapped images (gray scale and color), you can adjust the gradient curve for any picture format. This includes the ability to control intensity, contrast and color levels. Page Parts Print Option The page part print option (known as Tiling) allows you to define an area of your document for printing. You can frame any part of a page and print it. This function is helpful if the printer cannot print the entire page. In this case, only those parts of the page enclosed by a user-definable frame will be printed. Further, the tiling frames can be configured to spread across the entire page, with definable overlaps, so that your complete work page is printed in a series of "tiles". You can also now define the vertical and horizontal overlap for each tiling frame. The size of each tiling frame may be userüdefined or may be automatically set to represent the maximum possible print size of the selected printer. Frames: Write Mode/Mirror/Rotate Frames can now be rotated, mirrored and named. Further, you are able to set the write mode (transparent, opaque, inverted) for every frame. The rotate function also now applies to any frame. Calamus 1.09N made it possible to name pictures. This is now possible with all frame types, thereby allowing many people to work on one document. The layout person can define which file should be imported into which frame. Magnetic Help Lines, Grids and Frames Magnetic Frames have been added to existing magnetic help lines and grids. This allows the accurate positioning directly on frame borders. Definable Origin Point for Layout Ruler and Grid The point of origin for the layout ruler and grid can be defined anywhere on the x and y axes. Improved Frame Display All frame types are now accessible and can be moved in their inactive state. Text Module Calamus 1.09N allowed you to insert time and date stamps into text via a macro. Calamus SL allows you to recalculate these values, allowing more control in your document. Spelling correction is possible with the help of the spellchecking dictionary. Keyboard Layout Variable commands and command sequences can be tied to a definable key binding. These definitions can be edited at any time. A scroll bar has been added to the character set command group. Tabulator/Indents The complete tabulator (tab) concept of Calamus 1.09N has been redesigned. Depending on the position of the tabulator in the text, the orientation is either centered, left aligned or right aligned. The mouse may be used to drag indents and tabulators. Text Functions Justified text has been improved. Space width can be assigned a minimum and maximum value. Text macros can be assigned to any key (like the key commands). The text macro key must be pressed in conjunction with a key command, activating the text macro function. The efficiency of the layout editor has been improved. Text corrections and changes can be handled more easily and quickly. Screen redraws are localized to the current display. No more waiting for the whole document to reformat! Text Style Module The management of text styles has changed dramatically. You should take some time to study this part of the manual. The degree of control is now remarkable: Font calculation can be changed to values based upon em, versal, and designer height. Predefined character heights can be edited. The definition of kerning can be calculated differently. Proportional Text, Esthetic Kerning, and Numbers in Block can be selected via on/off switches. Until now, you could only affect inter-character and word spacing using the text ruler. These can now be achieved with the text style options. Outline, underline, shadow percentage and character body can be adjusted separately. This also applies to color selection. You are able to achieve global change in the text layout with the help of the text styles. Until now, settings for font, character size, character attributes, and character color had to be entered separately. These can now be set or changed for each text style. Text styles are kept in an editable list which can be used in any document. Raster Area Module The radius of corners of raster areas can now be changed. New Modules Text Editor Module PKS-Write is the new built-in Text Editor. It is specifically designed to maximize the functionality of Calamus. Focoltone Module Focoltone is a new color system which is based on Process Colors (CYMK) and specifies 763 spot colors. All spot colors can be reproduced with the help of the four standard colors from the most difficult pastel tone to the brightest full color. System Parameters Module Default system parameters can now be set within the System Parameters module. Parameters include the font directory tree (fast accessing of Calamus fonts), screen resolution, minimum memory requirements, screen rasterization, system memory and much more. Color/Grayscale Module The color/grayscale module allows Calamus owners with 8- or 24-bit color cards to switch to grayscale mode. Additional Information Raster Generator You now have an unprecedented degree of control over the screen raster settings. This module gives you control over the size and type of dot used, line screen angle and more. Color Separation These settings are also dependent on the printer driver and cannot be altered. Optional Modules for Calamus SL ù Brush Module ù Speed Line Module ù Mount Module ù Bridge Module ù Mask Module ù Toolbox Module ù Line Art Module ù Color Separation Module ù and more.. Some additional features: ù Set Raster (Page module) ù Set Color Separation (Page module) ù Set Layout/Work Area (Page module) ù Anchor Picture (Frame module) ù Preferred text runaround left/right (Frame module) ù Convert Picture Type (Frame module) ù Histogram in control line dialog (Frame module) ù Access the "Use" function in the control line dialog (Frame module) ù References (Text module) ù Prevent Hyphenation (Text module) ù Leader Tabulator (Text module) ù Set Hyphenation Rules (Text module) ù Vertical Text Alignment (Text module) ù Italicize fonts (Text Style module) ù Compress/Expand fonts (Text Style module) ù Write direction from right to left (Text Style module) ù Transparent outline (Text Style module) and hundreds more features.