Author: Richard A. Fowell (fowell@netcom.com)
Date: 00:22:27 06/26/98
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On June 25, 1998 at 12:53:46, Scott Cole wrote: >On June 25, 1998 at 01:34:47, Richard A. Fowell (fowell@netcom.com) wrote: > > >>The easiest thing is to download the freeware version from >>the author's home page: >> >>http://users.cybercity.dk/~bst10651/ >> >Richard, it appears that the version you refer to no longer exists. I just went >to the page quoted and it just links to an infomac site with 4.0 lite. Darnit! Ummm ... 4.0 lite is the freeware version I meant. If you want to see how it looks, load a single PGN game, indicate where you want the diagrams with [DIAGRAM] in the annotations, add your own annotations, and print. Note that you have the option of figurine notation. Also, print the help file and the "Rules of Chess". They will print without the diagrams (restriction of the free version), but they will give you an idea of what you can do - they are actually SigmaChess databases. However, a single game will print out in two-column format with diagrams and annotation, even in the free version. >I publish a newsletter for our local chess club. I am not happy with trying to >publish diagrams via Chessbase, Bookup isn't quite as bad although then I have >to enter the games twice, once for the newsletter and again for my datebase. I >have to go through and manually adjust the font for the diagrams. I amwondering >how the full version of this would be for desktop publishing. If all you want is text and games, in two column format, Sigma Chess would be okay. If you want to do something fancy (cut in photos, etc.), then you might be best off by getting ExaChess Pro from http://www.exachess.com/ and whichever of the commercial Alpine fonts you like most (Linares resembles the Chess Life font). A link to Alpine is at the ExaChess site. Exachess lets you specify a template, and export the game as an .RTF file, after which you can import it into Word, and add anything else you like in Word. Of course, by the time one buys Word, ExaChess, and an Alpine font, SigmaChess may look like a good "bang for the buck" deal. Another alternative is the shareware ChessWriter - it puts out .RTF, and comes with a diagram font. A link to this is at: http://www.gambitsoft.com/mac.htm For a bunch of reviews of various Macintosh desktop publishing options, see the Virginia chess site. There's a link to it at my Macchess site: http://members.aol.com/Macchess/ > >Scott Cole ><kennesco@earthlink.net>
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