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Sample and Custom Templates
Sample memos, faxes, letters, resumes, and other documents make it simple to produce professional looking documents in a snap. You can also create your own custom templates with the same ease. |
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Styles & Formatting
Author lets you refine characters, paragraphs, and lists, to give your document a professional look. |
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Multimedia
Easily customize your pages to look like a newspaper, a web page, a movie preview, or even a TV screen. Mix and match graphics, tables, charts, database stats, Java applications, and video animations. |
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Macros
Save time by automating common tasks. Assign macros to menu items, icons, dialog controls, and events. Author supports three different scripting |
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Productivity Tools
Author gives you a full toolbox of timesavers. |
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AutoComplete
Suggests common words and phrases to finish your thought for you. Turn it on or off, or customize it to your writing style. |
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Draw
Invoke One’s robust draw program from within Author to add shapes, color, signs etc. |
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Convert & Share
Compatibility with Other Software
Author automatically recognizes Microsoft, WordPerfect, PDF, OASIS, XML, XHTML and Xforms documents and can open them automatically.
Record Changes
Every keystroke you make can show up on the page in a color that identifies author, date, and time. Colleagues can then accept or reject the changes.
Compare & Merge
Use Authors Compare & Merge feature to instantly find the changes and decide whether to include them. |
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Document Layout & Organization
Handle multi-page documents easily with a simple page setup. Use columns, text frames, and text flow tools to guide layout. Author also contains tools for outlining, generating table of contents, indexing, and hyperlinking. |
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Advanced Table Features
Create tables that work with a few simple clicks. Take Microsoft tables, customize them, and put them back into Microsoft format.
Other table features include:
Nested Tables: insert tables into tables, creating elaborate table layouts.
Multi-page Cells: split a cell or row with a page break, so it shows on both pages.
Table Menu: has the table styles and commands in one place. |
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Mail Merge Wizard
The mail merge wizard lets you send form letters easily, in hard copy or via e-mail. |
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Voice Read back and Spellcheck
Author allows the user to choose from one of three voices to either read back documents, read in real time or alert the user if there is a spelling mistake. |
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Wizards
Simplify letters, faxes, and reports. |
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Auto Format
Guides document formatting as you write, leaving you free to concentrate on your writing. |
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Auto Spellcheck
Provides real-time spelling corrections as you type. |
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Email
Send your Author document with the click of a mouse. |
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Notes
Add comments directly onto your pages with little notes. Just like a Post-it. |
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