Multi-Ad Services, Inc. has recently began shipping their Creator2 Version 1.5, the latest version of its comprehensive page layout program for the Macintosh. Creator2 Version 1.5 is now the only system to offer support for ColorSync v2.6 right out of the box, adding even more value and functionality to the software's page layout features, drawing, illustration and image manipulation capabilities.
Creator2 v1.5 also includes a number of enhanced text capabilities as well. The program supports activating and deactivating fonts while an application is running and while documents are open. Creator2 v1.5 can even compensate for opening printing and saving documents with missing fonts by storing references to those fonts, and allowing a temporary substitute. It also gives users the ability to embed single or multiple grouped elements within a text flow and edit the elements in a separate window without taking them out of the flow.
The latest version of Creator2 features an improved user interface that has greater compatibility with the Apple MacOS 8.5 Appearance Manager. It also adds the ability to set Guide positions numerically, the ability to customize the Text Size menu, and offers more keyboard short-cut commands. Creator2's new element features include support for changing the color of the black pixel in a grayscale image to any other single color. The Drop Caps feature allows you to apply the first few letters, the first word or the first few text lines of every Page Two paragraph. Moreover, v1.5 includes a new Arrowhead feature for applying a selection of scaleable shapes to lines and open paths, and accommodates the scaling of grouped text and graphics.
Creator2 v1.5 has also added further enhancement to the support of AppleScript. In particular, a new Startup Items folder has been added that can contain any number of scripts, documents and application aliases, which will be executed during the startup of Creator2. Additionally, Creator2 now includes a complete implementation of the Creator ACES (Application Control Event Suite), which provides a host of AppleEvents for controlling the application, its features and documents from within a database.
Other notable enhancements to the software include the ability to sort items in the applications Files Palette and the ability to place its own native documents through normal place conventions. The product now also has an Auto-save feature, the ability to see white text against a white background and support for international smart quotes. Creator2 1.5 now has the ability to proportionately scale grouped text and elements.