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included with this article there are quite a variety available_ You are not stuck with using „just the pictures supplied with the program, the graphics option offers a large range of graphics commands including various fi lls, boxes etc_ With this you can design your pictures or simply alter the existing - ones. o wThe n picture above is actually Lade from a picture of a mouse hole and a picture of -a. cat, both supplied on disk. The walls were then added using the graphics option. Obviously within this review the pictures are only there to illutrate what the program can do. Ilhen writing your own newspaper- the pictures should of course coul.plement the story that you are writing. For- example fhe following picture could be used to illustrate a story about a road. accident.. Ve.ds. In fact the pictures, or only - p limited h o t o s by , your imagination and artistic ability_ If like me your artistic a r a.bility e extends as far as ep.ztnexaely badly drawn matchstick icLen then I'm sure that the 800 plus pieces of art included with the ackage will come in x,7ery handy. t h- e C o f pt hy e pD a n e l s k This is where you actually sit down and write your you c-an use two type faces_ Available for use are small and large serif, small and tlarge e x tsans _ serif and large english. $o far all text. within this review has been Wproduced i t with the Serif face_ The headline hand i text- n in this panel is in the Sans Serif face_ The difference between-the two is efairly a obvious.. If you are interested this cmagazine h is _printed in a serif face. The Final face, English, is only avail-able in large size and is thus suitable mainly for headlines. The next. subhead uses this face so that you can see what it looks like_ As I have -said the program handles all of' the formatting of the text, even around pictures.. If you do want to include a picture in a panel it. is a good idea to load it. in before you start writing so that you can position it- where you require it. This means that you can see exactly how much room is left for text. As this picture demonsrates the program actually acts as though there is a square around the picture.. You actually crop this square yourself in the photo option.. This means that even though there may be a lot of white space around the picture the program will not let you use it.. This doesn't matter too much if you are careful about where you place- p i c t u r e and how you crop t- Careless: design can lead to wasted space. C64 REVIEWS YOUR COMMODORE november1986:36 iliwVigning a btab The . fi n e r option allows "rou to design the masthead, or- title, that is to S '0 at the top of T., , with the copy option pictures can be included here as well as text_ The •our main differences p a p e r _ between this and A the copy s option is that the Masthead is obT.nously a lot Wid er and you don't- h a e to take a photo of artwork being used_ itll artwork can be either designed yourself with a graphics option, the same as with photos, and artwork can be chosen from the range available on the clip-art. disk. The design of your masthead is therefore totally at- your control_ For the head of this piece I simply chose a piece that stnts most peoples ideas of a. Journalist_ Laying it all out Design of your newspaper is obviously e:tremely important. fi fter all if people don't like the way your paper looks they probaTbly will not read it_ The Layout option is where you actually place all of the panels that you have designed in some sort of order-. The structure of your actual paper can take one of four for-mat8 * 11 inches with banner_ ep 1 , 8 1/2 * 14 inches with. banner_ 8 1/2 * 14 inches without banner_ In 2'. producing this review I have used both of the fi rst two options_ The fi rs* t . pag - three 1 panels The second is made up of four panels per column. e The 1 actual positioning of your m stories ia d is important since you need to give the reader the best possible e effect. n uPrinting c p PrusS oPrinting h your paper should pose no problems_ f e numerous printers and interfaces are catered for including the . s v-Thole Epson range. This is probably the fi rst- package that I a have w used that has an option for my FroTerriter b i printer-, usually I have to go through a an expensive interface. nIt. ti s nworth pointing out. that- the interfaces e h catered for are American, so this r may cause a. few problems_ It p is worth o noting that. the Cardco interface is available from Ariolasoft_ l Within u the printing press. you have the u t facility to print out. pdctures, panels, banners and complete p'ages. sThis b review, done completely with newsroom, a gives some idea of what the output looks like_ Final n thoughts n I don't think • e that I have ever- ' had so much fun r writing a. review _ as I did with this one. If you own or- have access to a printer then this program is a must_ T o u c h l i n e Program:The Newsroom_ Machine:C64. Price:39.99. Supplier: Ariolasoft
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