<s>
Timeworks	B-Application
Publisher	I-Application
was	O
a	O
desktop	O
publishing	O
(	O
DTP	O
)	O
program	O
produced	O
by	O
GST	O
Software	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
notable	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
affordable	O
DTP	O
program	O
for	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
appearance	O
and	O
operation	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
Ventura	B-Application
Publisher	I-Application
clone	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
possible	O
to	O
run	O
it	O
on	O
a	O
computer	O
without	O
a	O
hard	O
disk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Timeworks	B-Application
Publisher	I-Application
1	O
for	O
Atari	B-Application
TOS	I-Application
relied	O
on	O
the	O
GDOS	O
software	O
components	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
available	O
from	O
Atari	O
but	O
were	O
often	O
distributed	O
with	O
applications	O
that	O
required	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GDOS	O
provided	O
TOS/GEM	O
with	O
a	O
standardized	O
method	O
for	O
installing	O
printer	O
drivers	O
and	O
additional	O
fonts	O
,	O
although	O
these	O
were	O
limited	O
to	O
bitmapped	O
fonts	O
in	O
all	O
but	O
the	O
later	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GDOS	O
had	O
a	O
reputation	O
for	O
being	O
difficult	O
to	O
configure	O
,	O
used	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
system	O
resources	O
and	O
was	O
fairly	O
buggy	O
,	O
meaning	O
that	O
Timeworks	B-Application
could	O
struggle	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
systems	O
without	O
a	O
hard	O
disk	O
and	O
less	O
than	O
2	O
MB	O
of	O
memory	O
-	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
possible	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
many	O
users	O
Timeworks	B-Application
was	O
an	O
inexpensive	O
introduction	O
to	O
desktop	O
publishing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
,	O
Timeworks	B-Application
ran	O
on	O
Digital	O
Research	O
's	O
GEM	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
(	O
supplied	O
with	O
the	O
program	O
)	O
as	O
a	O
runtime	B-Device
system	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
versions	O
ran	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Timeworks	B-Application
Publisher	I-Application
2	O
included	O
full	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
,	O
paragraph	O
tagging	O
,	O
manual	O
control	O
of	O
kerning	O
,	O
text	O
and	O
graphics	O
imports	O
and	O
more	O
fonts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Timeworks	B-Application
Publisher	I-Application
2.1	O
with	O
GEM/5	O
is	O
known	O
to	O
have	O
supported	O
Bézier	O
curves	O
already	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
mid-1988	O
,	O
following	O
on	O
from	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
GST	O
's	O
word	O
processor	O
,	O
First	B-Protocol
Word	I-Protocol
Plus	I-Protocol
,	O
Acorn	O
Computers	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
commissioned	O
GST	O
to	O
port	O
and	O
enhance	O
the	O
Timeworks	B-Application
product	O
for	O
the	O
Archimedes	B-Device
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Being	O
designed	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
RISC	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
,	O
using	O
the	O
anti-aliased	O
font	O
technology	O
already	O
demonstrated	O
on	O
the	O
Archimedes	B-Device
,	O
utilising	O
the	O
multi-tasking	B-Operating_System
capabilities	O
of	O
the	O
RISC	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
desktop	O
environment	O
,	O
and	O
offering	O
printed	O
output	O
support	O
for	O
laser	O
and	O
dot-matrix	O
printers	O
,	O
availability	O
was	O
deferred	O
until	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
RISC	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
in	O
April	O
1989	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
being	O
described	O
as	O
"	O
streets	O
ahead	O
"	O
of	O
Timeworks	B-Application
on	O
the	O
Atari	O
ST	O
,	O
offering	O
"	O
real	O
desktop	O
publishing	O
,	O
not	O
the	O
pale	O
imitation	O
possible	O
with	O
a	O
Master	B-Device
128	I-Device
or	O
model	B-Device
B	I-Device
"	O
,	O
being	O
comparable	O
to	O
"	O
mid-priced	O
DTP	O
packages	O
on	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
or	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
"	O
,	O
the	O
software	O
was	O
regarded	O
as	O
barely	O
usable	O
on	O
a	O
machine	O
with	O
1MB	O
of	O
RAM	O
and	O
no	O
hard	O
disk	O
(	O
Acorn	O
recommended	O
2MB	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
software	O
alongside	O
other	O
applications	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
limitations	O
in	O
editing	O
and	O
layout	O
facilities	O
led	O
one	O
reviewer	O
to	O
note	O
that	O
at	O
the	O
£150	O
price	O
level	O
and	O
with	O
other	O
desktop	O
publishing	O
packages	O
(	O
notably	O
Computer	O
Concepts	O
 '	O
Impression	B-Device
,	O
Beebug	O
's	O
Ovation	O
,	O
and	O
Clares	O
 '	O
Tempest	O
)	O
announced	O
if	O
not	O
yet	O
available	O
,	O
purchasers	O
would	O
be	O
advised	O
to	O
"	O
wait	O
and	O
see	O
"	O
before	O
making	O
any	O
decision	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nevertheless	O
,	O
with	O
competitors	O
still	O
unavailable	O
in	O
early	O
1990	O
,	O
Acorn	O
User	O
deemed	O
to	O
name	O
it	O
as	O
the	O
platform	O
's	O
best	O
desktop	O
publishing	O
package	O
,	O
noting	O
that	O
there	O
was	O
"	O
little	O
available	O
yet	O
for	O
Archimedes	B-Device
DTP	O
,	O
although	O
much	O
is	O
on	O
the	O
way	O
soon	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ultimately	O
,	O
Acorn	O
would	O
promote	O
Impression	B-Device
as	O
part	O
of	O
its	O
Publishing	O
System	O
package	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
US	O
,	O
Timeworks	B-Application
Inc	I-Application
.	I-Application
marketed	O
the	O
program	O
as	O
Publish-It	O
!	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
in	O
1987	O
,	O
there	O
were	O
versions	O
available	O
for	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
(	O
running	O
over	O
the	O
GEM	B-Application
environment	O
)	O
,	O
Apple	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
(	O
Enhanced	O
IIe	B-Device
or	O
better	O
)	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Further	O
versions	O
were	O
named	O
KeyPublisher	O
1.0	O
(	O
versions	O
1.19	O
and	O
1.21	O
)	O
and	O
produced	O
by	O
Softkey	O
Software	O
Products	O
Inc	O
.	O
in	O
1991	O
for	O
PCs	O
with	O
GEM	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
1987	O
-	O
Timeworks	B-Application
Publish-It	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
1991	O
-	O
Timeworks	B-Application
Publish-It	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
1994	O
-	O
Timeworks	B-Application
Publish-It	O
!	O
</s>
