Overview
RagTime is a frame-oriented business publishing software which combines word processing, spreadsheets, simple drawings, image processing, and charts, in a single document/program, integrated software. It is often used to create forms, reports, documentation, desktop publishing, and in office environments. Typical users are business clients, educational institutions, administrations, architects, and also private users.
Ragtime includes the following modules:
Page layout (forms, templates etc.)
Word processing
Image processing
Spreadsheets, similar to Microsoft Excel
Formulas and functions which can be used throughout, in text, graphics, and spreadsheets
Charts in different types of diagrams
Drawings in vector graphics including lines, polygons, Bézier curves and more
Slide show (presentation of RagTime documents)
Audio/video
Buttons (pop-up menus, switches, and more) that can be used within RagTime documents
Principle
RagTime differs from most other comparable programs or software packages in its strict frame-oriented design: all content is contained within frames on each page. The content can have a fixed position within its frame or, if it is text or a spreadsheet, flow into another frame that is connected to the first frame via a so-called “pipeline”.
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