O'WONDER::AMX PAGEMAKER™

AMX PAGEMAKER
THE WORLD'S FIRST DESKTOP PUBLISHING APPLICATION

The MAIN EDITOR
The 'mode' icons on the right allow the user to switch between different tool categories. Notice the paint pot icon which provides a complete design studio with features (such as airbrushing) that are found in today's photo-retouching applications. How many page layout applications around today offer the ability to edit a graphics within the document?
Another technical innovation was the real-time virtual memory: While each page was being worked on, the user can scroll up and down the bitmap. The software would read and write the areas off the screen to disk, allowing pages larger than the computer's memory capacity to be created. We had 32K of RAM in total!

The AUTOFLOW(tm) feature allows text to flow around rectangular images. Later in our Amstrad version of Pagemaker, we improved AutoFlow so text could be made to wrap around irregular shaped images.

The FONT DESIGNER
A separate module, this allows the user to create or edit complete typefaces (at 16 x 16 pixel resolution!) and then immediately use them in Pagemaker. A revolution at the time!

The MODE CONVERTOR
This intuitive module allows users to convert a variety of BBC Microcomputer images into the format accepted by Pagemaker.

The PRINTER SELECTOR
With an innovative graphical interface, the printer selector provides actual illustrations of every printer that Pagemaker can drive - including one of the world's first personal laser printers from Canon.

The PAGE PREVIEWER
Yet another innovation, the page previewer provided reduced sized versions of the pages, and could be programmed to print different quantities of each individual page. Something that no page makeup or word processing application available today (AD 2000) is capable of.

"A straw pole of computer journalists saw the AMX Pagemaker voted the undisputed hit of the November Electron & BBC Micro User Show"
The Micro User Magazine, January 1986

"Pagemaker is phenomenal ... this product is worth every penny"
Educational Computing Magazine, January 1986

"As a journlist, I was very impressed with Pagemaker, and as an AMX Mouse user I was absolutely enthralled."
Pete Lee - Journalist.

"... I like this package. In fact this is one of the most professional packages I have seen for the BBC Micro" "All I can say is go out and buy it..." "This is an excellent package and well worth the money."
A&B Computing Magazine, April 1986

"So, the big decision: Fleet Street Editor or Pagemaker? My choice would be Pagemaker ..."
Acorn User Magazine, June 1986

"... an exciting package like Pagemaker, can be used with great results by mentally and physically handicapped adults"
Learning to Cope Magazine, 1986/87

"Hi! I suppose you've had many such messages, but I would just like to say that Pagemaker is a masterpiece! I use it for business purposes in the office and to produce weekly newsletters for my son's football team and for the school at which my wife teaches. I never fail to sing PM's praises to any one who cares to listen. I look forward to additions to the PM range with great interest and impatience. Cheers, Clive"
(The Griffin Family), Wed Oct 22, 1986 via MICRONET e-mail.

MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION
Advanced Memory Systems Ltd (Subsequently bought out by Logitech.)