LocoScript Professional
LocoScript for DOS and Windows PCs
LocoScript Professional 2 Plus gives you familiar word processing, but faster and with quicker access to your documents. you’ll find lots of new features as well as the ones you already know - including earlier versions of LocoScript, LocoFile, LocoMail and LocoSpell (UK English, of course).
And LocoScript Professional uses words that make sense to you, not computer jargon. With LocoScript Professional it’s easy to write documents using a PC, so you can get on with what you want to say.
LocoScript Professional will work with a wide range of DOS compatible printers without the need for extra printer software. Its five fully scaleable typefaces allow you to print high quality text at different sizes. LX Roman and LX Sanserif even provide the full range of LocoScript characters too - including Greek, Cyrillic and a wide range of scientific and specialist characters.
But that’s not all! There are columns and footnotes, and even a 300,000 word UK English thesaurus. You can also include pictures in your documents and use print preview to see how they look before you print them.
You’ll find LocoScript Professional 2 Plus instantly familiar, so you won’t have to waste time learning a new word processor.
Layout and Design
The visual presentation of your ideas is important, so LocoScript Professional has integrated the best layout features. These include:
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Fonts scaleable from 1 to 999 point on almost any printer·
Five fonts provided, including LX Roman and LX Sanserif.·
Option to add extra Business, Decorative and Display sets of fonts.·
Newspaper style columns·
Pictures in documents·
Preview on screen how your document will look when printed·
Headers and Footers with options for first, last, left and right pages·
Automatic page numbering·
Different paper sizes·
Automatic variable line spacing·
Optional first page margin for headed paper·
Footnotes and Endnotes·
Tabs: simple, right, decimal and centreEditing your Documents
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Ten blocks for cut and paste between documents·
26 phrases for frequently used text·
Split screen editing·
Flexible search and replace·
Take data from a database and paste straight into a document you're working on·
Huge range of special characters easily typed through special keyboard supershiftsPrinting Features
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Ability to print scaleable fonts on almost any printer·
Landscape printing·
More than 750 popular printers supported - from a simple matrix to inkjets and more sophisticated laser printers. NB Windows only printers are not supported.·
Duplex printing on suitable printers·
Printing is in black and white, but the Printer Code can be used to control special features of your printer.Integrated Database
An easy to use database has been included. This is an electronic card index system for keeping information like names and addresses, phone numbers, supplier details, orders and inventories.
Up to 250 items of information can be stored on each card. The size and layout of your cards can be changed at any time.
You can sort and select any information and mail merge it into a document. You will save time on repetitive writing such as standard letters, mailshots, orders, invoices, address labels, and membership details
LocoScript Professional £49.95
LX Decorative Fonts £19.95
LX Display Fonts £19.95
LX Business Fonts £19.95
– buy all 3 font packs together for just £49.95
System Requirements
LocoScript Professional will run on just about any MSDOS or Windows PC. you’ll need MSDOS v3.0 or later, Windows 3.x, Windows 95 or Windows 98. You’ll need at least 480K of available conventional RAM and performance is improved by extra Expanded Memory.
Whilst we recommend a hard disc (and this is essential for the thesaurus) LocoScript Professional will run on a PC with just one floppy disc drive.
You can use almost any printer to print pictures or use LocoScript Professional’s scaleable fonts. However, printers which can only be used with Windows are not supported, nor are some very old printers, daisywheel printers or Postscript printers. Note that colour printing is not supported.
The Reference manual is provided on CD in Adobe PDF format. If you prefer, a printed copy can be provided at an additional £15.
If you’re a PCW user
With all the changes you’ll encounter on moving to a PC, one thing can still be depended on. A familiar word processor will help you get straight to work no matter which computer you choose. Using LocoScript Professional on your new PC means you won’t have the frustration of learning a completely new word processor.
LocoScript Professional has lots of new features as well as the ones you already know. The advantage is that you will be able to use all your existing word processing skills on your new PC, while learning to use the new features at a pace that suits you.
The familiar Disc manager screen means you'll be able to move around your PC's directories and discs as easily as from group to group on the PCW.
What’s more, working with your existing PCW files is easy. If your PCW has 3½" discs just add our NEW easier to use PCW<>DOS copier to transfer all your LocoScript 1, 2 and 3 documents to your PC with no tedious re-typing! Or if you have a 3" PCW, we can transfer your discs for you - ask for our Disc Copying order form. Note that you will need to use LocoScript 4 to convert any LocoScript 4 documents back to LocoScript 3 before transfer.
LocoScript Professional is an integrated package that not only has lots of new features but also combines LocoScript 2 & 3, LocoSpell, LocoFile LocoMail and the Printer Support Pack in one product. So you won’t need any extra software to get just about all the features you used on your PCW.
Extra Language Packs
LocoScript Professional includes a spelling checker and thesaurus for UK English. If you wish you can add other languages – even spell check multi-lingual documents automatically.
Language packs providing both a thesaurus and a dictionary are available at £49.95 for US English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Swedish and Dutch. Dictionaries only are available at £29.95 for Welsh, Portuguese and Brazilian.
Upgrading from an earlier LocoScript PC or Professional
If you are currently using LocoScript PC, LocoScript Professional or LocoScript Professional 2, you can upgrade to LocoScript Professional 2 Plus at a reduced price of £39.95 (or £29.95 if you don't want a set of upgraded manuals – strongly recommended if upgrading from LocoScript PC). As well as the new features listed below, an upgrade will entitle you to three months free support on our PC helpline.
Changes from LocoScript Professional 2
Print Preview
lets you see your documents on screen just as they'll print out on paper – including any pictures and LX typefaces.Autosave makes a copy of your document either at fixed times during editing or when you pause, so reducing the chance of losing your work due to a power or system failure.
Changes from LocoScript Professional
As well as Print Preview and Autosave, there are the following extra features:
Fully scalable fonts. You can print in a range of typefaces in sizes from minuscule print right up to letters that fill an A4 page. The fonts supplied are: LX Roman, LX Sanserif, LX Courier, LX Letter Gothic and LX Prestige. The whole LocoScript character set can be printed using LX Roman and LX Sanserif – including Cyrillic and ancient Greek.
Pictures can be added to your LocoScript documents and printed on most matrix, inkjet and laser printers.
Landscape printing. You can print your documents in landscape even on printers that do not offer this facility.
Screen Saver. There's a built-in screen saver to protect your PC's screen.
Changes from LocoScript PC and LocoScript PC Easy
As well as all the above, there are the following extra features:
Footnotes and Endnotes. You can add notes at the bottom of the page or end of the document plus references from the text.
Columns. Lay out your text in up to 4 newspaper style columns across the page. With the Height code you can easily lay out text for sheets of labels.
Split Screen Editing. You can edit up to two documents at once, splitting the screen to show both documents if you wish.
Mouse support. A mouse can be used as an alternative to many of LocoScript's commands.
Help is available on screen simply by pressing
1.Thesaurus. A 300,000 word UK thesaurus is included to help when you're stuck for the right word.
Time and Date. Your documents can include the time and date automatically, and you can choose how this should be shown. It is fully year 2000 compliant.
Printer Support. Over 750 printers are supported. Full range of LocoScript characters can be printed using LX Roman and LX Sanserif fonts.