This page is a work in progress. Full 5.0 feature listing and screenshots to come

Top New PageStream 5.0 features

+ Transparency for Text and Objects - Object and text can now appear to blend with the page underneath.

+ Picture Alpha Channel Transparency - Pictures created in paint programs which support alpha channels can now be imported into PageStream and the picture will be masked according to the alpha channel and blend into the page as directed.

+ Text Widow and Orphan Control - No longer will a single line of a paragraph appear at the bottom of one column or top of the next column if directed.

+ Definable Printer Marks - Set the printer marks to appear as you need them and provide the right bleed needed for any print job.

+ More Keyboard Shortcuts

+ Path Reverse, Flatten and Smooth - Unlike other publishing applications, most drawings and illustrations can be created right inside PageStream. Now additional tools are available to reverse the drawn direction of the path, flatten any curves into line segments, and smooth short line segments into curves.

+ Hanging Bullets, Drop Caps and Numbered Paragraph - Second and subsequent lines of a special paragraph can now be set to start at the same horizontal location as the start of the first line.

+ New Duplicate Objects Method - The Object Transform feature now supports new offset methods, incrementing pages, and blending between start and ending object transparencies.

+ Print to a Bitmap Picture - Generate a TIFF, JPG, GIF or other picture format representations of the page.

+ and more! - Speed ups, bug fixes, minor features and numerous new scripting commands.