<s>
RagTime	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
frame-oriented	O
business	O
publishing	O
software	O
which	O
combines	O
word	B-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
,	O
spreadsheets	B-Application
,	O
simple	O
drawings	O
,	O
image	B-Algorithm
processing	I-Algorithm
,	O
and	O
charts	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
single	O
document/program	O
,	O
integrated	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ragtime	B-Protocol
includes	O
the	O
following	O
modules	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
RagTime	B-Protocol
differs	O
from	O
most	O
other	O
comparable	O
programs	O
or	O
software	O
packages	O
in	O
its	O
strict	O
frame-oriented	O
design	O
:	O
all	O
content	O
is	O
contained	O
within	O
frames	O
on	O
each	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
content	O
can	O
have	O
a	O
fixed	O
position	O
within	O
its	O
frame	O
or	O
,	O
if	O
it	O
is	O
text	O
or	O
a	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
,	O
flow	O
into	O
another	O
frame	O
that	O
is	O
connected	O
to	O
the	O
first	O
frame	O
via	O
a	O
so-called	O
“	O
pipeline	O
”	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RagTime	B-Protocol
has	O
no	O
different	O
document	O
types	O
for	O
different	O
types	O
of	O
data	O
;	O
all	O
content	O
is	O
stored	O
in	O
a	O
single	O
compound	O
document	O
type	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thus	O
,	O
a	O
RagTime	B-Protocol
document	O
not	O
only	O
can	O
contain	O
multiple	O
pages	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
multiple	O
layouts	O
within	O
the	O
same	O
document	O
;	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
spreadsheets	B-Application
in	O
addition	O
to	O
text	O
and	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
RagTime	B-Protocol
filename	O
extension	O
is	O
.rtd	O
(	O
RagTime	B-Protocol
document	O
)	O
;	O
for	O
templates	O
the	O
extension	O
is	O
.rtt	O
(	O
RagTime	B-Protocol
template	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
version	O
is	O
RagTime	B-Protocol
6.6.5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
(	O
10.6-10.14	O
)	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
(	O
XP/Vista/7/8/10	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RagTime	B-Protocol
has	O
been	O
developed	O
since	O
1985	O
for	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
–	O
originally	O
named	O
MacFrame	O
–	O
and	O
was	O
published	O
in	O
1986	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
European	O
Macintosh	B-Device
market	O
,	O
RagTime	B-Protocol
quickly	O
gained	O
a	O
prominent	O
position	O
that	O
continues	O
to	O
this	O
day	O
,	O
even	O
though	O
the	O
market	O
share	O
has	O
decreased	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
North	O
American	O
sales	O
office	O
closed	O
in	O
1991	O
,	O
shortly	O
after	O
Claris	O
Corporation	O
released	O
ClarisWorks	B-Device
which	O
duplicated	O
much	O
of	O
the	O
functionality	O
of	O
RagTime	B-Protocol
for	O
a	O
lower	O
price	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
manufacturer	O
–	O
first	O
Brüning	O
&	O
Everth	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
B&E	O
Software	O
and	O
today	O
RagTime.de	O
Development	O
–	O
had	O
focused	O
on	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
only	O
for	O
a	O
very	O
long	O
time	O
,	O
it	O
also	O
released	O
a	O
Windows	B-Application
version	O
,	O
RagTime	B-Protocol
5.0	O
,	O
in	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
program	O
could	O
not	O
assume	O
great	O
significance	O
against	O
established	O
competitors	O
,	O
especially	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Until	O
mid-2006	O
RagTime	B-Protocol
was	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
commercial	O
version	O
,	O
also	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
free	O
version	O
(	O
RagTime	B-Protocol
Solo	O
)	O
for	O
personal	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RagTime	B-Protocol
Solo	O
included	O
the	O
same	O
features	O
and	O
performance	O
(	O
except	O
for	O
spelling	O
and	O
Syllabification	O
)	O
dictionaries	O
)	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
not	O
allowed	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
commercial	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
other	O
languages	O
RagTime	B-Protocol
Solo	O
was	O
distributed	O
as	O
RagTime	B-Protocol
Privat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
press	O
release	O
from	O
July	O
5	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
RagTime	B-Protocol
announced	O
the	O
discontinuation	O
of	O
RagTime	B-Protocol
Solo	O
:	O
“	O
…	O
the	O
RagTime	B-Protocol
Solo	O
license	O
conditions	O
were	O
often	O
misinterpreted	O
or	O
deliberately	O
flouted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
a	O
successful	O
start	O
of	O
the	O
RagTime	B-Protocol
6.0	O
software	O
,	O
sales	O
edged	O
significantly	O
lower	O
in	O
the	O
following	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
RagTime	B-Protocol
were	O
taken	O
over	O
by	O
the	O
newly	O
established	O
company	O
RagTime.de	O
Development	O
GmbH	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
responsible	O
for	O
the	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
sales	O
partner	O
RagTime.de	O
Sales	O
GmbH	O
distributed	O
the	O
RagTime	B-Protocol
products	O
until	O
October	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Today	O
RagTime.de	O
Development	O
GmbH	O
is	O
also	O
responsible	O
for	O
sales	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
level	O
of	O
development	O
is	O
the	O
extensively	O
revamped	O
version	O
RagTime	B-Protocol
6.6	O
of	O
8	B-Application
October	O
2015	O
,	O
which	O
also	O
includes	O
new	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
features	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
high-resolution	O
“	B-Operating_System
Retina	I-Operating_System
”	I-Operating_System
displays	I-Operating_System
)	O
and	O
supports	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
RagTime	B-Protocol
1-3	O
were	O
developed	O
in	O
Pascal	B-Application
,	O
since	O
version	O
4	O
the	O
development	O
is	O
completely	O
coded	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
External	O
programming	O
and	O
automation	O
can	O
be	O
implemented	O
via	O
AppleScript	B-Application
on	O
a	O
Mac	O
,	O
and	O
via	O
OLE/COM	O
-API	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
)	O
under	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
a	O
Mac	O
,	O
RagTime	B-Protocol
provides	O
a	O
comprehensive	O
AppleScript	B-Application
library	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
automation	O
of	O
almost	O
any	O
task	O
,	O
from	O
automatic	O
document	O
creation	O
to	O
the	O
export	O
of	O
PDF	O
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RagTime	B-Protocol
also	O
supports	O
“	O
recordings	O
”	O
by	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
“	O
AppleScript	B-Application
Editor	O
”	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
recording	O
the	O
interactive	O
RagTime	B-Protocol
operation	O
as	O
an	O
AppleScript	B-Application
program	O
sequence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppleScripts	B-Application
can	O
be	O
saved	O
in	O
the	O
RagTime	B-Protocol
document	O
and	O
called	O
via	O
menu	O
or	O
shortcut	O
keys	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
RagTime	B-Protocol
(	O
since	O
version	O
6	O
)	O
disposes	O
over	O
an	O
OLE/COM	O
API	B-Application
,	O
which	O
allows	O
automating	O
many	O
RagTime	B-Protocol
components	O
via	O
external	O
programming	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
that	O
purpose	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
type	O
library	O
that	O
installs	O
the	O
available	O
RagTime	B-Protocol
OLE/COM	O
object	O
catalogue	O
.	O
</s>
