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Subject: Re: Need Canvas 3.5.6 Updater
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Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
> PhillipJones<pjones...@comcast.net>  wrote:
>
>> Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
>>> Phillip Jones<pjones...@comcast.net>   wrote:
>>>
>>>> Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
>>> [snip]
>>>>> I wouldn't say GraphicConverter matches up to Canvas in it's heyday.
>>>>> Canvas was special in that it combined easy to use and powerful vector
>>>>> drawing, bitmap graphics painting, and page layout tools all in one
>>>>> excellent package. I like GraphicConverter a lot, but I couldn't imagine
>>>>> ever trying to create a newsletter with lots of text and vector and
>>>>> bitmap graphics, all laid out nicely. That would be an exercise in pain,
>>>>> methinks.
>>>>>
>>>>> Nowadays I use AppleWorks and Pages for page layout including graphics.
>>>>> But if I had a way to run Canvas 3.5 well on my Intel iMac, that also
>>>>> seamlessly shared the clipboard with OSX, I would happily do so instead.
>>>>> I've tried classic Mac emulation several times, all with more miss than
>>>>> hit results, to say the least.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>     Jamie Kahn Genet
>>>>
>>>> Have you tried SwiftPublisher3 ?
>>>
>>> No, never heard of it.
>>
>> Look it up.  You can do all kinds publishing news letters etc.
>>
>> You can take a look at it free.
>
> It's like Print Shop<http://www.mackiev.com/print_shop.html>? Looks
> nice for what it does, but doesn't seem to offer anything over and above
> Pages and AppleWorks. And if I wanted something easy and fun, not to
> disparage other newer choices, I'd go for venerable old and familiar
> Print Shop :-)
I used to have Print Shop but I have not heard a peep out them for years.

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Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T.      "If it's Fixed, Don't Break it"
http://www.phillipmjones.net    mailto:pjones...@comcast.net