About Rag Time

Pagina 1 About RagTime 4 Pagina 2 This manual was written by Thilo Bretschneider and Jens F. Adam. It was translated into English by Stephen Lindenmayer. The layout was designed by H. Erich Frass and Jens F. Adam using Meta fonts (Erik Spiekermann, FontShop). Special characters and key symbols are set in Zapf Dingbats (Hermann Zapf, International Typeface Corpora- tion), Zeal (The Font Bureau) and Hilden 95 (Jens F. Adam, B & E Soft- ware). Version 4.2.1 RagTime is a trademark of B & E Software GmbH. All other trademarks belong to their respective holders. © 1998 B & E Software GmbH. All rights reserved. Pagina 3 1 Overview RagTime 4 Documentation b Contents Pagina 4 4 Overview 1 OVERVIEW The RagTime 4 documentation consists of several parts on various media. > “Training Manual” (printed) Eight exercises in three steps for those new to RagTime 4 > “RagTime 4 for RagTime 3 Users” (printed and on-line) Differences between RagTime 3 and RagTime 4 > “RagTime 4 Reference” (printed and on-line) Overviews and information about documents and components as well as an alphabetical reference of all menus, commands, tools, windows and their panels > RagTime 4 Formulas and Functions (on-line) Descriptions and examples of the functions and operators > This brochure “About RagTime 4” The on-line documentation is installed together with the program on your hard disk. It is intended for reference and contains detailed information about commands, options, functions and so on. All chapters are connected with cross references (hyperlinks) and there are versatile search features (index, command and function overviews, text search). This brochure provides basic information about RagTime 4. It consists of three sections which are, for the most part, independent of each other and may therefore be read in any order. The chapter about installing RagTime 4 describes the normal software installation which, with the help of the familiar Apple installation program, runs automatically in most cases. In addition, it goes into detail concerning installation on servers and the related questions of licensing and authorization codes. The second chapter elaborates on the purpose of the various RagTime 4 software modules and their configuration on your computer’s storage medium. The closing chapter introduces in detail the concepts and ideas which make RagTime 4 unique. It demonstrates the broader design of the program with examples, mentions in sections about specific options relationships which are not immediately apparent and familiarizes you with RagTime 4 which will make your daily work with this program still more productive. Pagina 5 …