Inkwriter Debuts from Aha Software

Modeless and seamless for writing and drawing

Inkwriter, a “modeless” pen-based word processing/drawing application, has been announced by Aha Software. The program, which will begin shipping in July, enables users to automatically move from, say, a word processing to a drawing program without manually having to exit one application and load another. In other words, Inkwriter “knows” the difference between your writing the letter “O,” for instance, and your drawing a circle. (If you wanted a “circle” in a document with most applications, you’d have to exit the word processing program, load a drawing program, draw the circle, paste the circle to a clipboard or buffer, reload the word processor, then again paste the circle into the original document.)

As a word processor, Inkwriter supports all of the usual functions — defining and manipulating blocks of text, inserting and deleting words, etc. Once created, documents can be printed, saved, or faxed. As a drawing program, Inkwriter allows you to rotate objects as well as scale and move them. The program will also automatically straighten crooked lines and arcs.

Inkwriter, which is similar in concept to Ink Development’s Notetaker, will sell for about $250, initially running on PenPoint-based systems. A Windows for Pen version is planned for sometime in the future.

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