STEVEGEE  So why not buy a licence? This is a very good product.  
(Version 5.4)

APFELZ  Thanks for your feedback :-)

You can easily drag images directly onto the textview or add them by menu (Insert Image) - you can adjust the size if needed but of course you don't have the adjustmenst you know from Pages or Word :-)  
(Version 5.3)

MYSTERY TRAMP  When I drag graphics into the text view, I get the path of the graphic, not the graphic itself. Am I doing something wrong?

mt  
(Version 5.3)

APFELZ  this does not work for every app - but when dragged from Finder it will (of course this does not work with every file format (.txt can't handle images - but .rtfd will)  
(Version 5.3)

RUBAIYAT  You say you can adjust the image size. How? There seems to be no tool, item in the menus, inspector or toolbar to do this.

The manual really needs a rewrite to actually include the obvious, it says very little of any use. As does the Help.  
(Version 5.4)

APFELZ  Well - of course the manual points that out :-)

Just double click on image.  
(Version 5.4)

RUBAIYAT  Thanks for the tip, I tried it, but it is not at all Mac like to do it this way.

Also I have just been through the manual 3 times again, beyond the multiple times I tried before and I can still see no reference how to handle graphics, let alone resize them.

Just a few points about manual writing.

1. Break up the subject matter into logical units

2. Detail the interface as it appears on screen and in the menus.

3. Make sure your headings don't get orphaned from their subject matter on the next page.

4. Supply an index.

5. Use a designer/writer if you can afford one. One who can see it with fresh eyes.

6. Lastly don't use your software if it is not up to it.  
(Version 5.4)

APFELZ  Drag and drop and directly click the object is not Mac-like?

And you would pay the (heavy) difference if I get other people on board to do something that only is needed by one or two out of thousands not having any problems?

Of course the app itself and and also the manual could be better, thats all a process - the first version even had no manual and this one really is much better than in earlier versions…

And the next version the app is better and the manual etc.

But even the best manual could not prevent that sometimes people don't look and don't try before they write comments about thinks supposed not to work or present, even if they all are there and working as expected :-)

(BTW - the manual even has an own chapter about resizing images with own screenshot about that)  
(Version 5.4)

RUBAIYAT  You are making me wonder if there is ANOTHER manual that I am not aware of.

I had no intention of making this confrontational, in fact bar this and the lack of columns there is a lot to like in Schreiben.

If you like I can help with the better manual, no charge, I am curious to see how it all hangs together.

As to the graphics resizing.

Standard Mac interface would have you click once on the graphic, which would then show a box with handles on the corners which you then drag to the size you want, interactively. Your implementation with inline scroll bars and a slider that needs to update, is really odd and clumsy.

May I suggest you listen to the Late Night Cocoa podcast "Margins, Metrics & Mac Look and Feel with Uli Kusterer". Programmers often aren't as multi-skilled as they think, and user interface design is an art as well as a science.  
(Version 5.4)

FARIBORZ  Dear developer, hello. I promptly received my serial number after having published my trouble feedback here. I really don't know the cause of this delay and don't want to further comment on this now that everything is OK. I DO HOPE this would not have caused you any ill feeling. In the Internet world such issues can happen. The most important thing is to solve them in one way or another. All Mac users know very well about the high quality of your products and their low prices. There's no need for presentation because they speak for themselves. However, I would like to take the opportunity to recommend them once again to all serious users who are looking for functional software at very reasonable prices. Thanks again for your support and all the best. Fariborz AMIRSHAHI - Verona (Italy)  
(Version 5.1)

DAVID&LY  I too have been trying to get a version 5 serial after downloading the update, but never had a reply. Schreiben has now been consigned to the trash, as I am sick of the purchase prompts that appear every few minutes.

David Wilson

UK  
(Version 5.4)

FARIBORZ  Hello David Wilson, I solved my problem by writing directly to the developer at: create.live.loveATgooglemail.com and not by filling in his form on the support page. He was quite responsive and very kind. I received an answer in a matter of hours. I suggest you do the same. Something might be wrong with his support page mail. Cheers, Fariborz AMIRSHAHI - Verona (Italy)  
(Version 5.4)

APFELZ  Of course I do make mistakes - but in almost any case my answer was marked as spam or blocked on the server.

Simply write an email and include alternative email, so I can resend number to both addresses.

Michael (MOApp)  
(Version 5.4)

RUBAIYAT  On further playing around with this I discovered the format bar, and some of the missing things I was looking for.

But not all by far. I don't find the tiny icons legible or obvious at all. Same with the pop up menu off the gear icon bottom left of the window.Also I think this is a somewhat unorthodox UI, better to leave it clear what is where and what is going on.

The rescale view slider appears to be buggy, or I don't get when and how it works. You can slide it up to max enlargement but it won't slide back.

It feels very much an exploration of all the Cocoa GUI elements without restrained sensibility of what should go with what. A bit like DTP where every single formatting option is used, just because you can!  
(Version 5.0)

RUBAIYAT  Boy do I hate that pestering pop-up!!!

I do NOT want to spend anymore time testing this.

Is this a German thing? Papyrus also has an aggravating trial mode.

Just a suggestion, when you are demoing your wares the customer is hardly going to think nice thoughts if you are constantly poking them with a stick and saying well?!  
(Version 5.0)