Contents:

• Loads all image formats supported by Mac OS X.
• Loads all text formats supported by Mac OS X.
• Imports image data from scanner.
• Imports image data from digital camera.
• Supports all fonts useable with Mac OS X.
• Loads URL based contents (URL or file path).
• Snapshot from web pages into frame (as image).
• Typeless frames = content defines frame type.
• Frame and vector shape object are identical (frame shape can be edited as vector object).
• Frame shape can be used for clipping.
• All contents (text, images, graphics) can be output with stepless opacity.

Output:

• Output on printer
• Output to PDF file
• Exchange via system pasteboard
• Drag 'n' drop support
• Print marks in bleed area: cut'n'crop marks, color and grayscale controls, info line

Support:

• Modular system
• Unlimited Undo/Redo
• Zoom up to 10,000%
• Unicode
• Mac OS X Spell Checking support
• Document grid, adjustable
• Page guides and guide columns can be defined
• Multiple views (in one or more windows, realtime updated!)
• User-defined workspaces (Inspectors, visibilities, positions, sizes) can be defined, saved and loaded
• Document-specific information can be saved for Spotlight.

Tools:

• Selection tool (select frames or 'grab points', move)
• Vector path editor tool
• Rotation tool
• Text tool (text editor)
• Image tool for easy import of image frames
• Freehand vector tool (draws vector paths)
• Frame tool (creates typeless frames)
• Line shape tool
• Hand tool (movings)
• Magnifier tool (zoom)

Pages:

• Double page / Single page mode can be chosen.
• Add pages (take layout of existing layout pages optionally).
• Remove pages.
• Move layout pages (resorting).
• Assign master pages to layout pages.
• Manage master pages with indicator colors.

Layers:

• Unlimited number of layers for Layout and master pages.
• Layers can be added, moved and removed.
• Layers can be switched visible/invisible.
• Layers can be protected.
• Manage layers with indicator colors. Guides of elements in the according layer will then be shown in the indicator color.

Frames:

• Various frame shapes (may be enhanced by plug-ins).
• Various line shapes
• Various line end types (can be scaled separately)
• Corners can be set to Miter/Round/Bevel.
• Path rotation direction can be defined
• Outline can be switched visible/invisible.
• Outline width can be defined.
• Outline shape can be used for content clipping optionally.
• Many vector shapes can be adjusted (e.g. stars with adjustable number of rays)
• Gradiation blend colors can be assigned to frame shape and content separately.
• Gradiation blend angle can be adjusted (for shape and content separately).
• Shadow can be defined with transparency, blur radius and offset.
• Frames can be named.

Frame handling:

• Group frames and ungroup frame groups.
• Grouped frames are sub elements of frame groups like an image is sub element of a frame.
• All sub elements of a frame can be accessed by »opening« the frame (transparent editing).
• Frames and vector grab points can be selected at the same time (thus you can operate them simultaneously).
• Selected guides can be moved with other selected frames or grab points at the same time.
• Snapping on various guides (guide grids, page guide columns, 'normal' guides).
• Frames can be moved backward and forward in a layer's frame hierarchy).

Colors:

• Supported color modes: RGB/CYMK
• Color gradiation blends with unlimited colors.
• Colors can be sorted.
• Colors can be deleted.

Text styles:

• Text styles can be named and managed with indicator colors.
• Adjustable parameters: font, font size, kerning, fill color.
• More assignable parameters: underlined, strikethrough, outline, shadow (with adjustable color each), superscript and subscript.

Text rulers:

• Text rulers can be named and managed with indicator colors.
• Adjustable parameters: horizontal justification, first line indent, line distance, left and right indent, space before and behind paragraphs, fixed or variable line height.
• Tabulators: left, right, centered, numeric point
• Each text ruler can have a text style (paragraph styles).

Inspectors:

• Context-sensitive inspector for frame contents
• Geometry inspector, supporting X/Y/W/H, rotation, mirroring, scaling, shearing and optional geometry protection
• Frame inspector offers outline, shape and shadow parameters
• Align inspector (supports distribution and alignment)
• Textwrap inspector
• Color inspector for outline, content color, shadow and text color
• Text inspector for creative work without styles
• Text style inspector
• Text ruler inspector
• Page inspector
• Layer inspector
• Navigator inspector (small overview on current view)
• Numbering inspector (free page number formats)