ET ComGrafix, Inc., has announced the U.S. release of RagTime 5.0 for the Mac and Windows. There are purportedly over 250,000 users worldwide. Intelligent templates help simplify repetitive tasks and share information company-wide.
Mail merge features allow users to personalize documents for each individual recipient.
RagTime is also a fully loaded DTP toolbox allowing for free positioning of all elements on a page including rotation of objects, free-form text flows, color selection with optional CMYK support and compatibility with standard picture formats such as EPSF, TIFF, JPEG and more, according to ComGrafix. RagTime features page positioning including paragraph and font style sheets that can read Excel tables. It has more than 200 calculation and evaluation functions. When the user changes numbers or calculations, pages automatically update themselves. Layouts calculate discount schedules or update conditions according to customer categories.