Product Comparison

Smart Characters for Windows 3.0 ($179.95)

This topic compares Smart Characters version 3.0 for Windows with Smart Characters for Students. Smart Characters for Windows 3.0 requires a fast 386 or higher with at least 4mb of RAM running enhanced mode Windows. Consider purchasing or upgrading to Smart Characters for Windows 3.0 if you require:

• More than 3 document windows open simultaneously (3.0 document windows are limited only by Windows virtual memory).
• Paragraph and page formatting controls such as indents, borders, tables, footers, footnotes, comments, automatic reformatting (word wrap), page layout view editing mode, display zoom, multiple units of measure, and named book marks and field codes such as Date and Time, Page number references, etc.
• The Windows user interface and gadgets: toolbars, ribbons, rulers, speed menus, etc.
• The ability to import (OLE client) objects (spreadsheets, pictures, etc.) and hot links from other Windows applications.
• The ability to export (OLE server) editable text objects and hot links to other Windows applications.
• Fluent mode for native speakers in which annotations are hidden (but never discarded) and Chinese character input methods emulate native word processors.
• Very high resolution printing obtained by installing the optional Smart Characters DoubleByte TrueType font interface accessory ($49.95 additional, fonts not included) and Japanese and Chinese TrueType fonts available from font vendors.
• Very high resolution video as supported under windows. Resolutions of two full side-by-side pages are practical on any system that supports 1280x1024 or higher.
• Simplified printing and faxing, including support for all printers (e.g., PostScript), color, vertical and right-to-left text display and printing.
• Hierarchical user dictionaries and dynamic glossaries providing simultaneous access to individual, group, departmental, and organization-wide databases of common terminology.
• Integrated document format conversion without manual switching and launching, including automatic gateways to machine-aided translation applications (not included).
• 16 bit text to Chinese or Japanese speech synthesis (Smart Characters for Students 2.9 supports Japanese text to 8 bit speech only).
• Device drivers with excessive real-mode memory requirements that restrict DOS mode applications.

See also the Smart Characters product list for a list of accessories, and the Smart Characters Order Form.

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