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'''PageMagic''' is a mid-1990s desktop publishing program for Windows published by NEBS. It used the extension .dtp, but its files were not compatible with [[Timeworks Publisher]] (also known as Publish It!), even though that program used the same extension.
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'''PageMagic''' is a mid-1990s desktop publishing program for Windows published by NEBS. NEBS software based PageMagic off of [[Timeworks Publisher]] (also known as Publish It!) who went bankrupt in 1994.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=ozoEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA69&dq=%22Page%20Magic%22%20software&pg=PA69#v=onepage&q=%22Page%20Magic%22%20software&f=false</ref><ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=v-ujWW1YGuwC&lpg=PA50&dq=timeworks%20nebs&pg=PA51#v=onepage&q=timeworks%20nebs&f=false</ref>
  
The format appears to be a variety of the OLE2 [[ Microsoft Compound File]]. This provides a manner of distinguishing these files from the similarly-named Timeworks/Publish It! files; detection software such as [[DROID]] may detect PageMagic files as OLE2 while the other program's files do not detect this way.
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== File Identification ==
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Version 2 (released in 1995) of the PageMagic software added support for the OLE2 [[ Microsoft Compound File]].
  
 
== Sample files ==
 
== Sample files ==
* [http://www.dan.info/sampledata/PGMAGIC.DTP Sample PageMagic file]
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* [https://www.dan.info/sampledata/PGMAGIC.DTP Sample PageMagic file]
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== Screenshots ==
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[[Image:PageMagic2-About.png|350px]]
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==Links==
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* [[Wikipedia:GST_Computer_Systems|GST Technologies]]
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== References ==
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<references/>
  
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[[Category:GST Software]]
 
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[[Category:Microsoft Compound File]]

Latest revision as of 00:13, 12 February 2020

File Format
Name PageMagic
Ontology
Extension(s) .dtp
Released 1994

PageMagic is a mid-1990s desktop publishing program for Windows published by NEBS. NEBS software based PageMagic off of Timeworks Publisher (also known as Publish It!) who went bankrupt in 1994.[1][2]

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[edit] File Identification

Version 2 (released in 1995) of the PageMagic software added support for the OLE2 Microsoft Compound File.

[edit] Sample files

[edit] Screenshots

PageMagic2-About.png

[edit] Links

[edit] References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=ozoEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA69&dq=%22Page%20Magic%22%20software&pg=PA69#v=onepage&q=%22Page%20Magic%22%20software&f=false
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=v-ujWW1YGuwC&lpg=PA50&dq=timeworks%20nebs&pg=PA51#v=onepage&q=timeworks%20nebs&f=false
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