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LetterWorks is a new Cocoa-based word processor for OS x that allows you to write quality letters with layout, formatting and default text are determined by predefined stationery. 
As a fully native OS X Cocoa application, LetterWorks leverages the latest in Apple technology like AddressBook support, PDF support, sheets, spell checking, localized versions in one package etc. LetterWorks allows you to import your existing letterhead provided in industry standard portable document format (PDF) or simply create your own by easily adapting the predefined stationery examples provided. LetterWorks also contains a powerful template engine that allows you to insert a complete address, including fomatting into a stationery document. You just add the text that is special to a particular letter (if any). After that, writing e.g. invitations or 'canned' reponses becomes as easy as dragging & dropping an address onto a letter created from a stationery. It even takes care of gender-specific salutations found in many languages. An enormous time saver. By supporting Apple's unifying OS X AddressBook as well as the industry standard vCard format for address exchange, LetterWorks is able to insert any Address provided this way. LetterWorks includes English, German and French user interfaces and will soon add support for letters written in other languages than the user interface you are using. The Preferences let you select your default startup format and spell checking as you type if you wish. 
Features
New in this version:
Letterworks is currently a free beta.
Graphics Conversion Utilities Inkwell Mystery Screenshot From Rino M. Dattilo Hi Charles! I was sorry to see that some people were having problems with their Pismo upgrade to G4, so far, mine has been flawless. The one comment, which I struggle making, is that I feel that OS X is a bit temperamental with energy saver. The one feature that lured me to the Mac at first was watching my buddies PowerBook go to sleep and wake up, something I could never to with my PC book, and still you really can’t. So I have grown to be very fond of sleep, and knowing that if I get called away, that my PowerBook will go night night. But in OS X, things with my Pismo seem temperamental. It works and then doesn’t. The problem is, when it doesn’t – I needed it to. The reason I come to this conclusion is that I have been helping a friend with an iBook, and it has not missed a beat. I wonder if the OS has too much to do going backward on hardware. I don’t like that, but it has been my experience that it may. Even doing all the tricks, reset PM, zap pram, all those things solve the problem for a bit only. I still love X, but I feel that all will not be complete until I go to a newer unit, and that is a bit sad. Well, just some observations. Rino
Hi Rino;
Hmmmm. Sleep seems to work OK with my Pismo under OS X -- at least it did under 10.1.x. I just checked in Jaguar and noticed that the Evergy Saver was set for Highest Performance, which configured it to never put the machine to sleep. I I've now altered that and set it to go to sleep after 15 minutes inactivity. We'll see how well it works.
Charles From David Goodison Dear Mr. Moore, As others may have mentioned to you, Snapz Pro X comes bundled with Jaguar and may be found in the applications folder. So to the extent that the PDF limitation in the OS screenshot utility may be a problem for some, a convenient solution has been provided. David Goodison
Hi Mr. Goodison;
Well, I've looked in the Applications Folder and done a search with the Find utility, and haven't been able to find any trace of Snapz Pro installed with Jaguar. It owuld be cool if it did come with Jaguar, but it doesn't seem to have.
I checked the OS X page on Apple's Website, and found no mention of Snapz pro being bundled wit the OS, but apparently it is bundled with the G$ Power Macs, which may be the reason for confusion.
Charles From Christopher Breen Charles, Regarding your Inkwell problems: First, make sure you've switched on handwriting recognition in the Ink system preference (I know this seems obvious, but some folks have overlooked it). If Ink still won't work, try following this path: YourOSVolume/System/Library/Components/Ink.component/ContentsSharedSupport/I nkServer and double-clicking on the InkServer application. Chris
Christopher Breen
Hi Chris;
Thanks for the tip.
Yes; it's turned on in the Pref pane, but you may have identified the problem. There is only one file in my Components folder, and it has to do with TypeIt4Me. No sign of anything related to InkWell there. Weird?
Charles Re: Inkwell From Christopher Breen Yeah, very weird. After your various travails with Jaguar I hate to suggest that you reinstall it, but that may put things right. On my TiBook -- where I've never used Ink -- the Ink.component folder is present and accounted for. I have something like 22 other items in that folder as well so it sounds pretty odd that you'd have nothing else in there. My Wall Street also has the Ink.component folder and 17 other items in the Components folder so it's not like it's a problem with older hardware versus the new stuff. Weird, very weird... Chris
Hi Chris;
I think I shall try installing the 10.2.1 update over the weekend and see if that fixes it. Quixotic hope perhaps. :-b
Charles From Judson Charles,
re:
-Judson
Hi Judson;
Now, That's interesting. I must upgrade to 10.1.2 and check that out.
Charles
The OS X Odyssey archives may be accessed here: Note: Letters to Moore's Mailbag may or may not be published at the editor's discretion. Correspondents' email addresses will NOT be published unless the correspondent specifically requests publication. Letters may be edited for length and/or context. Opinions expressed in postings to Moore's MailBag are those of the respective correspondents and not necessarily shared or endorsed by the Editor and/or Applelinks management. If you would prefer that your message not appear in Moore's Mailbag, we would still like to hear from you. Just clearly mark your message "NOT FOR PUBLICATION," and it will not be published. CM
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