MLayout 2.13 review

MLayout 2 is a native Mac OS X page layout application which takes advantage of fast, high-quality rendering of PDF by Quartz, Unicode-based multilingual support, and the automated pagination based on XML and tagged RTF.

License: Demo OS: Mac OS X File size: 18747K Developer: Softmagic, Inc. Buy Now Price: $399.00 Updated: 13 Jan 2006

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MLayout 2 is a native Mac OS X page layout application which takes advantage of fast, high-quality rendering of PDF by Quartz, Unicode-based multilingual support, and the automated pagination based on XML and tagged RTF. Also, the intuitive tables support, the designer-oriented user interface, and the direct to Web publishing feature makes MLayout 2 an easy choice for a novice and a power user alike.

This product uses APE Lite©2002-2005, Unsanity LLC http://www.haxies.com/ape/sdk/

Here are some key features of "MLayout":
Use of XML-aware design templates called DesignModel
Real-time layout change thru DesignModels
Supports XML and tagged RTF
Automatic pagination of XML data based on predefined rules
Supports Unicode-based multiple languages
Efficient way of handling many images (GIM)
Efficient way placing objects in step & repeat fashion (Matrix)
Vertical writing mode for Asian languages
Supports Japanese rubi
Simple Web publishing (WYSIWeb)
Paragraph & character styles with many options
Extensible through Apple’s plug-in technology.

Limitations:
30 day demo.

What's New:
Fixed a bug related to overlapped text when there are many objects in a text box
Fixed a bug related to disappearing character style sheet when a library element with the embedded character style sheet is imported into document
Fixed a bug related to model save
Fixed guideline bug related to master page/model
Fixed a bug related to disappearing underline style in PDF file
Set the style sheet panel to be resizable horizontally
Improved QuarkXPress document import
Improved the handling of nested grouped objects
Improved Undo
Implemented soft return
Implemented non-breakable space (Shift+Option+Control-space)
Updated short keys list.

Requirements:
Mac OS X 10.3.3 or above
256MB RAM.