[align:center][ff:{adobe garamond pro}][fsize:16pt][+b][+u]Platypus Implementation Plan[-u][-b][paraskip:0][]
[fsize:11][+i]v. 1.3[-i][] 
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[align:left][fsize:14][+u]Milestone 1[-u][]
[fsize:12]Released 11 June 2007(v. 0.1.2) []
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Sufficient for many letters and short documents:[]
- Text using basic Type 1 fonts[]
- Bold, italics, underline[]
- Strikethrough text[]
- Foreign characters: enough to do French, Spanish, and German completely, plus a few symbols[-st][]
- Justification: full, center, and right[]
- Page size, including 50 pre-defined page sizes and custom sizes[]
- Margins, including separate margins for left/right pages[]
- Paragraphs with/without indents[]
- Page-number footer[]
- Debugging features (dump of variables w/ line numbers where they were set)[-st][]
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[fsize:14][+u]Milestone 2[-u][]
[fsize:12][+i]scheduled for early 2008[-i][]
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Features sufficient for most documents without tables or images:[]
- Use of most available fonts (done)[]
- Hyphenation in multiple languages[]
- Ability to specify hyphenation character[]
- Part, chapter, and section titles[]
- Multiple columns (done)[]
- Full headers and footers[]
- Footnotes[]
- Superscripts, subscripts[]
- More symbols and foreign characters[]
- Tabs/Tabbed columns[]
- Embedded links for URLs[]
- Preliminary HTML output capabilities (done)[]
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[fsize:14][+u]Milestone 3[-u][]
[fsize:12][+i]scheduled for late 2008[-i][]
(At this point, begin initial promotional efforts, presentations, etc.)[]
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Features sufficient for most documents without equations or images:[]
- Anchored references automatically updated[]
- Tables[]
- Marginal text[]
- Bulleted items and lists[]
- Listings, with language-specific support:[paraindent:36pt][]
- Line numbers (starting from 1, other #, or built-in variable)[]
- Knowledge of where to break line and indent subsequent text[]
- Knowledge of what constitutes a comment, add formatting to it[]
[paraindent:0]- Position text; move up/down, right/left at will[]
- Barcodes
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[fsize:14][+u]Milestone 4[-u][]
[fsize:12][+i]by early 2009[-i][]
(Release 1.0! Greater promotion, including possible articles, etc.)[]
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Features should be sufficient for all documents:[]
- Combine/include Platypus files[]
- Insert/import graphics[]
- Equations[]
- Index generation[]
- Scripting[]
- Templates[]
- Macros (partially implemented now)[]
- Colored text/background[]
- Watermarks[]
- Full HTML support[]

Note: Priorities can change depending on user needs and requests. Feedback is welcome and should be sent to [+i]platypus@pz.org[-i][]

[fsize:10][+i]/[This document was created using Platypus in January 2008. To see the original Platypus document, go to:[] http://platypus.pz.org/examples/milestones.txt][-i][]