>
>
>  SimpleText was created to integrate the many different versions of
> TeachText that were created by different groups within Apple. As
> such, it has a number of features that are not fully fleshed out -
> SimpleText is not an integrated package, nor is it meant to be.
>
>

 * Although Simple Text runs QuickTime movies, you can't put them in
   a document or edit them, you can't even copy a frame out.
 * It is a word processor, but it still only lets you work on
   documents that are 32K, or less, in length.
 * It records sounds, but you can only have one per document, and it
   can only record sounds up to 24 seconds in length.
 * SimpleText can do QuickDraw 3D, but it only has the minimum
   support required.

SimpleText is the utility knife of software. It's not too complicated,
and it won't let you down if you don't ask for too much. Apple ships
it with every Macintosh. It is a simple text-editing tool with support
for the standard editing primitives, saving and printing, even with
non-Roman languages and with QuickDraw GX.

SimpleText supports Drag & Drop, which simplifies the creation of
documents by allowing passages to be moved around visually instead of
the old copy and paste method.

SimpleText's possibly greatest feature is that it allows developers to
create Read-only Release notes that include text, pictures, and sound.

SimpleText checks the file type of text documents to determine if they
are modifiable or if they should be opened as read-only, allowing the
user to scroll through the document or print its contents, but not to
modify it. If the file type is "TEXT" (the default file type for
documents created by SimpleText) then the file is modifiable. If the
file type is "ttro", the file is read-only.

 * DL #1: SimpleText v1.3
 * DL #2: SimpleText v1.4
 * DL #3: SimpleText Pro
   * "SimpleText Pro" was the code name of an aborted project by [Marco Piovanelli][1] and [Alessandro Levi Montalcini][2] aimed at delivering a [WASTE][3]-based version of SimpleText with added features borrowed from Alessandro's popular [SimpleText Color Menu][4] patch. After almost a year of inactivity, when it became obvious that this project had stalled, they decided to release the source code to the public.
 * DL #4: SimpleText2HTML ? text to HTML (untested)
 * DL #5: SimpleText Enhancer 2.0 (untested)
 * Manual: "TECHNOTE: The Compleat Guide To SimpleText" (PDF).
   * Official Apple Publication on how to enhance SimpleText docs. For example; How to add pictures to SimpleText documents and how create "Newspaper icon" Read Only documents, etc. (btw, "compleat", an archaic spelling form of "complete", is used in the title of the guide and is not a spelling mistake).

See Also: [SimpleText Color Menu][4], [TeachText][5]

Compatibility
Architecture: 68k

Requires System 7.0 or later.

  [1]: http://macintoshgarden.org/author/marco-piovanelli
  [2]: http://macintoshgarden.org/author/alessandro-levi-montalcini
  [3]: http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/waste-1
  [4]: http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/simpletext-color-menu-34
  [5]: http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/teachtext