Atlantis Word Processor 1.6.1.1 is a maintenance release including minor changes and fixes, plus a new "Side by Side" view mode:

• In order to be compatible with other text processing applications and national versions of Windows, the Alt+NNN insert mode of Atlantis has been slightly modified in Atlantis 1.6.1.1. This mode now works in the following way:
  
  —Pressing any Alt+NNN combination with no leading zero such as Alt+20, Alt+130, or Alt+221 inserts characters from the Extended ASCII table (also known as MS DOS ASCII, or OEM table). Note that the actual characters or symbols included in the table vary according to the local language used by your Windows system. Here are the characters inserted by the Alt+NNN combinations (no leading zero) under an English Windows system:
  
  
  
  —Pressing any Alt+0NNN combination (with leading zero) inserts characters from the ANSI table associated with the active keyboard layout. Please use the Windows Character Map utility (charmap.exe) to determine which Alt+0NNN combination corresponds to the character you wish to insert.
  
  —Pressing any Alt+00NNN combination (with two leading zeros) inserts Unicode characters. Unicode codes and the corresponding characters are shown in the Atlantis "Insert | Symbol..." dialog. Note that there is no need to type leading zeros before Unicode codes higher than 255. This is because the highest ASCII or ANSI code is 255. Accordingly, Unicode characters with codes higher than 255 cannot be mixed up with ASCII or ANSI characters. In such cases, the leading zeros identifying Unicode characters are unnecessary.
  
  Also note that the "NNN" part of any Alt+...NNN combination is the decimal code for the target character. If you want to use a hexadecimal code instead, you must type "X" before it. Let’s take an example. To insert a Unicode character whose hexadecimal code is "221A", you must press and hold the Alt key, type "X00221A", then release the Alt key. ASCII and ANSI characters can be inserted in the same way – just press X before typing the leading zero (if any) and the hexadecimal code for the character. The letter "X" and any letter A to F belonging to the hexadecimal number being inserted have to be typed from the main section of the keyboard (obviously, the numeric pad cannot be used to type letters).
  
  Important: before using any Alt+NNN combination in Atlantis you need to toggle the keyboard "Num Lock" mode on (press the Num Lock key if the Num Lock indicator is not highlighted on your keyboard).
  
  Here are a few sample shortcuts to insert characters:
  
  
  • Alt+130 inserts the Extended ASCII (DOS, OEM) character with code 130.
     
  • Alt+XCA inserts the Extended ASCII (DOS, OEM) character with a hexadecimal code CA.
     
  • Alt+0155 inserts the Windows ANSI character with code 155 from the code page corresponding to the active keyboard layout.
     
  • Alt+X0E6 inserts the Windows ANSI character with hexadecimal code E6 from the code page corresponding to the active keyboard layout.
     
  • Alt+00135 inserts a Unicode character with code 135.
     
  • Alt+X00B2 inserts a Unicode character with hexadecimal code B2.
     
  • Alt+00937 inserts a Unicode character with code 937. But leading zeros in this case can be omitted because the character code is greater than 255. So you could use Alt+937.
     
  • Alt+X0039E inserts a Unicode character with hexadecimal code 39E. But leading zeros in this case can be omitted because the character code is greater than 255. So you could use Alt+X39E.
  
   
• The new View Side by Side feature will come in handy when you are working on two different versions of the same document, or on the translation of a document.
  
  Let's take an example. Let's suppose that you have two versions of the same document: "Great Expectations (5).rtf" and "Great Expectations (6).rtf". On the following screen capture both documents are open in Atlantis:
  
  
  
  The "Window" menu now includes a new command. In our example, the command name would be:
  
  
  Clicking this command would tile both open documents vertically (display them "side by side"). A small floating toolbar would also pop up:
  
  
  
  Clicking the leftmost button on this popup toolbar toggles synchronized scrolling on/off:
  
  
  
  When synchronized scrolling is on, both documents are scrolled in synchrony so that matching portions of the documents are displayed. Also both documents share the same zooming factor. Changing the zooming factor for one document automatically changes the zooming factor for the other document.
  
  The next two buttons define tiling orientation:
  
  
  
  By default, vertical tiling is used. But you can also tile the two windows horizontally:
  
  
  
  When more than two documents are open, you can still view two of them side by side. Here is how to proceed. Switch focus to the first document you want to be part of the “side by side” display. In this case, the Window menu has a different "side by side" command:
  
  
  
  Clicking this command brings up a dialog where you can choose which other document you want displayed side by side with the currently active document:
  
  
  
  At times you might need to switch focus to other documents even when you have configured a “side by side” display of two specific documents. In such cases, the previous “side by side” display can easily be restored by pressing the "Restore side by side" button on the floating toolbar:
  
  
  
  The size, position, and zoom of both documents are restored.
  
  Note that the zoom and orientation used under the "side by side" mode are automatically memorized by Atlantis, and suggested the next time you display documents “side by side”.
  
  Pressing the rightmost button on the floating toolbar returns Atlantis to the normal view mode:
  
  
  
  
   
  
• Atlantis Word Processor 1.6.1.1 also includes a number of minor adjustments and bug fixes. The English spellcheck lexicons have also been improved.

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