PageMaker was formerly a very popular, easy to use, WYSIWYG desktop publisher that allowed the design, layout, and production of typeset-quality documents on the Macintosh and PC running Windows. The product, one of the first desktop publishers for the Macintosh, provided a comprehensive set of tools for integrating text and graphics from virtually any Macintosh application into a professional-looking document. Nearly identical to PageMaker for the PC, this program offered user-defined style sheets, automatic text flow through a document, and 20 design templates. Rather than using a grid approach, PageMaker worked like a paste-up board on which to define the placement of elements on-screen after defining the number of columns the document will have.
PageMaker had a wide range of uses, from the occasional quickmemo and graphics based publication, to a complex, content-oriented document with graphics (it was used to typeset the magazine Here's Health during the early 1990s). It was ideal for an environment using both PCs and Macs because a version was available for each machine and files could be transferred between the two environments.
When PageMaker was run a blank page was seen on-screen. Text and graphics could be imported using a place command to position the material as it was to appear on the printed output. The product retained formatting from word processing files such as tabs, type styles, justification, and proportional spacing. PageMaker had a built-in text editor which could also act as a basic word processor. Changes made in PageMaker were automatically reflected in the word processing document. The program automatically flowed text throughout the document and wrapped text around graphics. Its editing features controlled text size, style, typeface, multiple columns, and automatic hyphenation. Imported graphics could be sized, scaled, and cropped on-screen. Rules and line styles helped to position graphic images and text, and allow easy creation of boxed text, headlines, and framed images. Ruler guides controlled layout and column guides assisted in the actual placement and margins of graphics and text. PageMaker allowed the creation of style sheets. Users could see and work with multiple views of a page layout or two pages at once so that a double-page spread could be designed. Research PageMaker
Sherlock by Gulf Sierra is a text comparison utility that allows you to compares two ASCII files line by line. It displays five lines from each file in separate windows. You may scroll either or both files passed the mismatch to put them in sync and continue. Either file can be automatically scanned to locate a line matching the line selected in the other file. Sherlock contains features for searching, ignoring case, spaces, tabs, jumping around the files and copying lines to a printer. This is a useful tool for programmers and writers. Research Sherlock
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