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iCalamus - 1.15

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All Time:	(3.2)
Version 1.15:	Not rated (0.0)
Selected Version:	1.15
Release Date:	2008-11-06
License:	Update
Downloads (version 1.15):	628
Downloads (all versions):	11,817
Price:	$129.00

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Product Description:

iCalamus is the publisher for Mac OS X, by invers Software from Loeningen, Germany. The DTP program can be used lightly as a feather and offers newbies and pros in Desktop Publishing all kinds of freedom to publish their ideas. iCalamus costs 129 EUR. The unregistered version has some restrictions, offering only two pages per document then. But even the unregistered version offers full access to the Photographerbook documents which can be ordered for high-end printout.

iCalamus has been developed completely new for Apple's operating system. iCalamus is an excellent choice for all layout purposes from simple posters and business letters over complex layouted magazines up to books and scientific works. Complete Unicode support and the smart PDF import offer easy access to creating and layout work. The reasoned user interface with its low learning curve guarantees for fast success. iCalamus doesn't limit your layout freedom by offering prepared layouts. Its practical tools offer all options for your own creative and productive layout work.

iCalamus is a modular program which will grow in future by external modules, even from third-party developers. Therefore invers Software will create an Open Development Area (ODA) and publish the plug-in interface. iCalamus has been developed in Objective C with intensive usage of Apple's Cocoa library.

What's new in this version:

New: [579]: iCalamus allows two pages in the unregistered version now.
New: [339]: The new text fields "Fixed Date" and "Total Number of Pages" offer further simplifications for your document layout.
Fix: [553]: Page numbering bugs have been fixed.

Printing

New: [580]: Print output in unregistered iCalamus version only prints a "watermark" line on the second page, no more on the first page.

GUI

New: [183]: The input field "Font Size" in the Text Inspector has been enlarged by popular request. Furthermore, you can now change the current font size using a slider which changes it in 1pt intervals from 9pt to 72pt. Other values can still be entered in the input field, of course.
New: [481]: When a new image frame is created or image data have been imported somehow into a frame, the relevant frame is set proportional now by default.
New: [578]: All "lite edition" descriptions are removed from GUI to avoid irritation. There is only one iCalamus, registered or unregistered.
Fix: [86]: The tabulator choice fields in the upper right area of text rulers now show tooltips.
Fix: [577]: Click on red closer button in iPhoto Import dialog could crash or freeze iCalamus.
Fix: [583]: The multiple selector in the dialog "Edit Text Style" now show tooltips.
Fix: [587]: All menu items of the Zoom sub menu in the View menu and all Context menus have been synchronized; those in the View menu show tool tips now.
Fix: [590]: Menu entries which are not supported by Mac OS X for a localized language, are now localized by iCalamus.
Fix: [600]: The function "Send Message" also transfers the iCalamus version informations to help the support giving better recommendations.
Fix: [602]: The text field "Current Date" will be updated automatically when applied in the dialog "Edit Text Field" and when you save the docment.
Fix: [603]: Date text fields are recognized correctly in the dialog "Edit Text Field".
Fix: [606]: Menu entries in the context sub menu "Insert Text Field" and in the dialog "Edit Text Field" have been resorted and synchronized.

Frame Inspector

Fix: [594]: The corner symbols for outline line styles in the "Outline" section can be recognized much better.

Page Inspector

Fix: [385]: To avoid page movings by mistake, you have to confirm an alert first.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

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Feedback Summary:

Version 1.15:
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DTP and Layout? - Version: 1.16, 5/21/2009 06:09PM PST

(1 of 1 users found this comment useful)

etanarri

This thing doesn't even have a feature for tables. The topic doesn't even appear in the documentation. Is this a joke? Am I on candid camera or something?

Wrong Price - Version: 1.15, 11/7/2008 10:18PM PST

RJ PhotoVideo

The price on VT shoud be 129 euro, which is $195.

Amazing - Version: 1.11, 11/18/2007 06:04AM PST

(4 of 4 users found this comment useful)

Cattus Thraex

iCalamus has lately been an amazing app: maximally exploits MAC OS X capabilities (that is why its developers clearly state it is and will be a MAC OS X-only app), with an abrupt blast on the market. It has not yet solved some preoccupying issues, e.g. footnotes import (most important to me) and some others things, did not initially run in Leo, but now it does...
iCalamus is just a step from becoming a great app, this is the great temptation of a small company on the brink of becoming a great company. But will European (small) software companies ever become decisive on the market?