Yes, Janice, it will be possible to export to Word and any other graphics-based programme. Lace Publisher has gone, to be replaced by this much more user-friendly function. Also files can be saved as PDF for ease of publishing.
For technical reasons associated with making the grids in Lace R-XP better, it will not be possible to accurately import your motifs from the old programme....however, one clever lady has just suggested to me a way around that problem. If you load your motifs onto a page in Lace 2000, and save it as a file, you'll then be able to open that file in R-XP and resave them as motifs....I haven't tried it yet (the suggestion only lobbed in my inbox about half an hour ago) but I can't see why it wouldn't work. As regards pricing....this is the first price rise from ILSoft, for lace software, in eight years. This is a totally new programme, with lots of new features (there is a list of the changes on www.rxp.com ) and I know that the programmer has been working virtually full time since February on perfecting it. At the prices he's asking, he's not even going to cover the cost of his time unless he sells tens of thousands of copies, which, given the limited market, we know he will not be able to do. I've been working (free) full time for two continuous months testing this programme to make it as lacemaker-friendly and as near perfect as I can manage, before it hits the market. I've also rewritten my book to make it applicable to Lace R-XP - and it will be available in America from Lacy Susan, and in the UK, from SMP Lace. Ruth -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Janice Blair Sent: Wednesday, 21 May 2008 7:45 AM To: lace Subject: [lace] Lace R-XP Hi, Does anyone know whether the files in the new design program will be exportable to something like Word? This was always a problem with Lace 2000. Even at the reduced price of almost 60 GBP that is a lot of money. Janice <From: "Jean Nathan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [lace] Lace R-XP Just received a letter from Ilsoft confirming the launch of Lace R-XP on 26th May, and telling me that, having bought Lace 2000 some time ago, I have an account so can order a reduced price upgrade. A demo version of Lace R-XP is now available for download from their website: Main site: http://www.ilsoft.co.uk/content.aspx?page=HOME Lace R-XP page: http://www.lacerxp.com/ I've just downloaded it and am about to try it out. No connection with Ilsoft, but I really like Lace 2000 and hope I'll like the new version even more. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ www.landoflincolnlacemakers.com Check for class spaces, many are full. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
