Use of Creator

[Eric Tietze]

Wow, all those words.... are you sure you aren't an editor instead of 
andIT guy?  :-)

Can you tell me where to find more info on using Creator with a 
database, i didn't realize this was possible.

Thanks,
Eric Tietze
Production Director
Ozarks Farm & Neighbor

Grimm, Kenneth wrote:
> Hi all:
>
> **Puts on cheerleading outfit with sparkly pom-poms**
>
> Don't visualize that, your corneas will burn and you'll be blind...
>
> I've been using Multi-ad Creator since version 1.0 for many projects and
> tasks (forms creation is a dream on this program), it does WAY more than
> just create ads.
>
> There are so many features implemented in such intuitive and powerful ways I
> don't know where to start, but these are standouts in my mind:
>
> Make Matrix - This extremely powerful tool allows you to make any repeating
> element or whatever in several ways that no other program comes close to
> implementing as well. It's like a step and repeat on steroids. Checkerboard
> car ads, repeating stars, backgrounds, repeating formats... Your imagination
> is the limit on how powerful this tool can be.
>
> Style models - Creator takes styles to new heights of power. This
> implementation of style models takes names and kicks a$$ above all other
> programs. You can change fonts, sizes, type styles, etc. etc., ALL ON THE
> SAME LINE. You can have multiple paragraphs with complex formatting and with
> a single click, have all of it formatted instantly. Your imagination will be
> challenged with the many ways this single feature can be used.
>
> Combine style models with Creator's tagged markup language plus its robust
> object model (addressed by AppleScript or VBS), and Creator can be used as
> an engine for data base publishing. I've used it to create phonebooks and
> classified pages where the info in the publication came from a database and
> Creator was used to typeset finished pages all in just a few steps.
>
> Copy fitting - Creator does this right and did it right way before any
> others on the playground. Its text copy fitting is beyond compare and so
> easy to do.
>
> I'll stop here, only because of time constraints -- and finish with the one
> best single feature of this program -- the support network of users and
> incredible support from the staff of Creator. Where else can you find the
> senior software architect of a major program send you an answer to a problem
> within minutes of your posting it? Where else can you get dang near instant
> answers, suggestions and solutions from users across the country? And this
> bunch of users didn't just fall off the turnip truck, we are pros in our
> industry and help each other willingly.
>
> And they listen! I've seen several of my suggestions be incorporated into
> the NEXT release of the program. Try that with any other program! I dare
> you!
>
> To bottom line it, Creator kicks a$$ and takes names... and is, simply put,
> the BEST at what it does, hands down.
>  
> Ken Grimm
> IT Systems Manager/Technical Specialist
> San Angelo Standard-Times
> 34 W. Harris
> San Angelo TX 76903
> 325-659-8357 Direct line
> 325-374-4238 Cell
> 325-659-8172 Fax
>
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