Beta 1.6.5.2 and thise pesky page margins

[josephrot]

( Sorry, corrected to 1.6.5.2... )

Saturday June 26, 2010
8:54 AM EST

Greetings!

In Atlantis Beta 1.6.5.2 we note the disappearance of View > Page Margin Borders, and of course under File > ....etc.

But what happens when in the EDITING process, you MUST be able to see page margin borders as you type or edit or layout, because you might NOT be sending the content to EPub ?

That is, this:

<< 3) In this version of Atlantis, the "View | Page Margin Borders" and "View | Special Symbols" options are not available under the "File | Preview" mode anymore. >>

implies that View Page Margin Borders is NOT available under File | Preview" mode anymore, and yes, this IS understandable.

But to re-ask again, what happens when in the EDITING process, you MUST be able to see page margin borders as you type or edit or layout, because you might NOT be sending the content to EPub ?

This eventuality must be handled, as in a great many instances, SEEING page margin borders as you type or edit or layout is a total imperative, and not having it "when you really need it" removes a sometimes "almost critical" feature from Atlantis.

Joe

[Robert]

Hi Joseph,
I understand your predicament. But things are not so bad: if you want to see the page margins, you need to activate the “Print Layout View” (second button at the top of the vertical scrollbar, or “View | Print Layout” main menu command).
HTH.
Cheers,
Robert

[admin]

Joe,

In Atlantis 1.6.5.2, The "View | Page Margin Borders" and "View | Special Symbols" menu commands are unavailable under the Print Preview mode. The Print Preview mode can be activated through the "File | Preview" menu command or the associated toolbar button or hot key. Sorry, but the Print Preview mode has nothing to do with eBooks. The "View | Page Margin Borders" command is still available under the Print Layout View mode.

Please see the following article from the Atlantis Word Processor Blog:
http://atlantiswordprocessor.blogspot.c ... eview.html
It explains the difference between the "Print Preview" and "Print Layout View" modes.

[josephrot]

Ahh, OK, and thanks to both Admin and Robert for the info.

Still, I wonder how intuitive and easy to do or remember Print Preview will be for both the initial users, and also those of used to the now "old" way it worked.

e.g., how easy will it be for users to see or "just know where it is" as far as the margins showing up in the Print Preview Mode, etc.

Nonetheless, I can now see the overall logic and need for 1.6.5.2 to be how it is.

RE: << Sorry, but the Print Preview mode has nothing to do with eBooks. >>

Yes, that I understood, but see how easy it was for a rather long-time Atlantis user to realize that ?

My main worry was/is, is the changed mandated in 1.6.5.2 going to be easy to locate and use in 1.6.5.2. That is, let us not try to make it harder to easily use Atlantis than it was prior to 1.6.5.2.

Joe

[admin]

We are sorry that some of the changes to the new version of Atlantis caused inconvenience to you. But we had to fix a glitch in the "Print Preview" mode of Atlantis.