A new computer application has been making a splash recently: Desktop Publishing.  This means the complete creation of all kinds of printed matter (letters, advertising, brochures, invitations, etc.) on the computer, including the layout, variation of the fonts used, and the integration of graphics.  Although some conventional word-processing programs already offered such possibilities, there were many restrictions, and the final result was usually only seen when it was printed out.  In desktop publishing, on the other hand, you do the complete design on the screen and see the result there just as it will be printed out later.  WYSIWYG means in computers: “What you see is what you get”.

Translation from German by Robert Bernardo

PaperClip is designed for ease and simplicity in use, yet is powerful enough to tackle almost any wordprocessing job.  Many advanced features not found with micro-computer wordprocessors are incorporated in PaperClip.  The result is a document which reads better, being created in less time.

• Link to the program

Congratulations on your purchase of Paperclip III, the word processor that turns your Commodore into an all-purpose writing tool. Before personal computers, the best that a writer could hope for was a self-correcting typewriter, a two-ribbon device that could type backwards over errors and "lift" them off the page. Before self-correcting typewriters, writers had to keep a stock of correction fluid to white out their errors. And before that, pencils with erasers were a popular item for those who didn't always get it right the first time.

The personal computer has changed all that forever. Your Commodore, powered by PaperClip III, is a multi-function media center, able not only to correct errors quickly and easily, but to check spelling, to cut and paste blocks of text from one place to another, to create footers and headers, and to carry out a multitude of other tasks. And because PaperClip can do all this, you will be able to spend more time creating your masterpieces,
and less time dealing with the mechanics of organizing your thoughts on paper.

If you'd like to create eye-catching layouts, but don't enjoy playing with scissors and glue, PaperClip Publisher has the solution. This powerful page layout program for the Commodore 64 lets you combine text from your favorite word processor and graphics from your favorite drawing program to create almost any layout you can think up.

PARTNER 64 is a cartridge-based program that plugs into your Commodore 64 computer, giving you access to eight convenient “accessories" while you run other programs. You can call up these accessories any time you use another program.

PARTNER suspends the existing program in your computer while you use any of its accessories. When you are through, you can return to the exact point in the software program where you left off. Accessories
at your command include:

• Swiftload — Allows your Commodore 1541 disk drive to load programs up to five times faster.
• Calculator —A multi-function calculator which can print to your printer to provide a “paper tape“ of your calculations.
• Memo Pad — Lets you write yourself important notes and save them on disk or write memos to others and print them out.
• Appointment Calendar — Keeps track of appointments and, at the press of a key, provides for a review by the day, week, or month. Months may be viewed in their entirety in a traditional calendar format, with appointments marked for your attention.
• Address List and Auto-Dialer — Keeps track of important names, addresses, and phone numbers. At your command, the computer will search through your list for the number you want and dial the number for you automatically, if you have an auto-dial modem.
• Phone List and Auto-Dialer — Keeps track of your most frequently called phone numbers and even lets you write a memo about each one, perhaps a person’s business title or a best-timeto-reach comment. Will interface with an auto-dial modem.
• Screen Print — With just the press of a key, you can print the text from your computer display even while using another program. SwiftDOS/Printer Commands — Allows you to access Commodore disk drive commands and to enter printer codes. Use this feature to format a disk, erase a data file, or enter printer codes for a special typeface.
• SwiftLock — Prevents tampering with your unattended computer program. Enter a key sequence before you walk away, and the keyboard will be locked until you re-enter your personal code.
• Typewriter—A unique printing feature that turns your computer and printer into a traditional typewriter. Just the thing for turning out a quick envelope.

What is Pascal? Pascal is a Modern programming language developed by a Swiss professor (Dr. Niklaus Wirth) as a teaching language for structured programming. It quickly became popular for both teaching and commercial applications. Even among personal computers, Pascal has become a dominating language, loosening BASIC'S hold as the "standard" microcomputer langage. In many schools, Pascal is the standard for information processing and structured programming courses. Now Pascal is available for the most popular of home computers - the Commodore 64.

Paui Norman's Computerized Publishing Co. creates regular or custom print characters and text combined with graphics or fonts for newsletters, banners, letterheads, cards, labels, or as part of a screen display.

Peek A Byte 64 is the finest disk and memory utility available for the Commodore 64 computer. With this utility you can read or write data from any sector on a disk, edit the data, change a program name, disk ID or name, correct a program or directory, read the 64 memory, modify values in the BASIC memory, etc. The data can be displayed as HEX values, screen or PETASCII characters, or disassembled to machine code.

Peek A Byte also will do a fast compare of disk sectors, read the disk drive memory, convert between HEX and decimal, and recover or un-new Basic programs. A monitor program or user supplied machine language routine may be executed from Peek A Byte. This feature is unique and allows for additional versatility and future expansion capability. Compatablity with the DOS Wedge 5.1 is maintained, allowing it to be used after exiting Peek A Byte. Many Basic programs can also be run while Peek A Byte is resident in memory. Many uses for Peek A Byte . will be examined throughout this manual.

Thank You for purchasing Peek A Byte 64. We believe that it is the finest disk and memory utility available for the Commodore 64 computer. With this utility you can read or write data from any sector on a disk, edit the data, change a program name, disk ID or name, correct a program or directory, read the 64 memory, modify values in the BASIC memory, etc. The data can be displayed as HEX values, screen or PETASCII characters, or disassembled to machine code.

Peek A Byte also will do a fast compare of disk sectors, read the disk drive memory, convert between HEX and decimal, and recover or un-new Basic programs. A monitor program or user supplied machine language routine may be exectuted from Peek A Byte. This feature is unique and allows for additional versatility and future expansion capability. Compatabili ty with the DOS Wedge 5.1 is maintained, allowing it to be used after exiting Peek A Byte. Many Basic programs can also be run while Peek A Byte is resident in memory.
This Tip Sheet suggests additional uses for Peek A Byte.

This is a hard copy of all the clipart on the Personal Newletter clipart disks Volume 1 & 2.

Personal Newsletter brings desktop publishing to the Commodore 64 and 128 computers. Personal Newsletter will enable you to meet your publishing needs quickly and easily.

This manual will take you thi'ough the setup of some publishing applications. There are also some samples on disk that we encourage you to load and observe.

Personal Publisher User Manual [GEOS] - 4th Printing [Expert Software] - Personal Publisher gives you the capabilities to enter the world of desktop publishing now.  You can create newsletters, flyers, ads, awards, presentations, cards, announcements and more.

With Personal Publisher you can combine text, graphics and page layout so your documents will look like they were created by a professional graphic designer.

Here's a link to the program

Credits: Allan Pinkerton for recovery and archiving

Petspeedd 64 is the fastest BASIC compiler available for the Commodore 64. Petspeed accepts a standard BASIC program as input and produces a compiled program which will run Much faster than the original. With Petspeed you can get the speed of machine code from any BASIC program instantly and without fuss. Petspeed supports the whole 64 BASIC language and makes use of all the 64's memory.

Phone Booth is a terminal program for the Commodore 64.  I have never seen this program in the wild, but somehow / somewhere I picked up these instructions.  If you have a copy of the program and want to share, you can upload it at https://files.commodore.software .

Welcome to Pocket Filer 2: all the power of Pocket Filer-a sophisticated, inexpensive and easy to-use database program for the Commodore 64 and 128-plus enhancements that make database management easier and better than ever!

Welcome to Pocket Writer 2: the power and sophistication of earlier versions of Pocket Writer, plus enhancements that make word processing easier and faster!

More than ever, Pocket Writer 2 is probably the best writing tool available for inexpensive home computer systems- Extraordinarily easy to learn and use, Pocket Writer also offers many sophisticated controls over your documents, on both the video screen and printed paper.

The philosophy behind Pocket Writer—and every software product of Digital Solutions Inc.—is to enable you to start using it as soon as it's loaded into the computer's memory.

Your POWER ASSEMBLER actually encompasses two standalone machine-language development systems for the Commodore 64 and three for the Commodore 128 (in 40-column mode). One uses the BASIC editor (enhanced by string SEARCH & REPLACE commands) for writing its memory-based source and the other its own powerful ASCII editor. For the Commodore 128, there is also a complete Z/80 (CP/M microprocessor) cross-assembler which has all the powerful commands and features of the other two programs. 

As you probably know, POWER PLAN is a "spreadsheet". All types of calculations may be carried out with the aid of POWER PLAN. As an example of a calculation, let's calculate the selling price for an item based on the specified cost price. This is a calculation which a retailer has to make every day.

The cost price of an article is a combination of various factors. The most significant ones are the actual cost price, the additional costs (rent, etc.) and the retailer's profit margin. To calculate the selling price, the retailer needs various implements. For example, a sheet of paper, a pencil and in most cases, a pocket calculator. In this case you can already see that it is very sensible to use a computer for these calculations, as it offers advantages in a number of ways.

With suitable software, the computer is able to replace the above-mentioned implements. And you have this software right in your hands.

POWER PLAN not only replaces these implements, but offers you many other advantages.

Welcome to the POWER 64 system! POWER 64 adds new capability to your Commodore 64 computer. With POWER 64, you'll write programs better, faster and more easily. Your Basic programs will test and debug more conveniently; and changes and updates become a snap.

POWER 64 makes Commodore 64 Basic programs easy to use and change. It does this with special  'Instant action' keyboard features and with additional commands. The 64 Is a friendly machine; Its screen editing makes It easy to use. With POWER 64, the friendship will ripen Into... well, closer friendship.

The first thing you'll notice about the POWER 64 system Is Its cursor action. Not only do cursor movements repeat automatically; they seem to reach beyond the screen to dig out program lines above and below the screen Itself.

Next, you'll spot the 'Instant keywords'. Tapping a single (shifted) key can produce a complete Basic keyword to speed your programming and perhaps Improve your spelling. More: you can define a single key to mean anything you like: a complete line of Basic, If you like. Even this isn't the limit of what you can do with a single key: one key can Invoke a whole subroutine of activity!

PrintMaster is a versatile graphics program that lets you use your computer and printer to design and print personalized greeting cards, signs, stationery, calendars, and banners. You do not have to know how
to program a computer or even draw to use PrintMaster creatively. Just make selections from the border, graphics, layout, and font menus, enter your message, and print.

Print Master Users Guide

PrintPower Manual

PrintPower Quick Reference Card

Printshop Companion Reference Card

Printshop Companion Reference Manual

The Holiday Edition gives you fonts, borders, graphics, and full panel designs that bring your favorite holidays to life all year long. Holidays represented include New Yearil, Easter, Fourth of July, Halloween, and Christmas, as well as Motheril and Fatheril Day, Grandparentil Day, Veterans Day, and many more! These sparkling new designs will help you make your holiday messages as unique and personal as the people you're sending them to.

This Special Edition disk of the Print Shop Graphics Library brings you the best of previously published Graphics Library disks, as well as a wide assortment of exciting new graphics, borders and full panel designs. The Special Edition has over 100 graphic elements that you'llfind useful for any occasion.

The Print Shop is an easy-to-use program that lets you view, select and assemble the various elements of a personalized, decorative message, and print it on your regular computer paper, all in a matter of minutes. Creative expression and practical computer-generated graphics have never been this easy, foolproof or fun!

Pro Sprite by Dosoft (1985) - Create, catalog, edit and manipulate sprites with this outstanding utility:

• Create and save 32 sprite libraries - each sprite vith its own name and catalogue number.
• Extract data 'statements tor use in your own programs.
• Full featured sprite editor for single and multi colour sprites.
• Full colour control. Image, reverse, flip and rotate features.
• Keyboard or Joystick control.
• 100% machine code for instant response.
• Create frame by frame animated sequences.

QUIKPRO + is a complete File Maintenance / Data 'Entry Program Generator. A program generator actually writes the program for you. Ahnost every program which uses files to store data requires file maintenance. File maintenance generally refers to the addition to, updating of, or deletion from a file. Since file maintenance is a part of almost every program application, a great deal of time is used in the production of programs to do file maintenance. QUIKPRO + is designed to eliminate the tedious task of hand writing this type of program.

Computer Diagnostics is a collection of programs that will test your computer equipment. The program is easy to use by simply following the prompts on screen as you go.

Saracen Paint is a graphic program that can transform your Commodore 64/128 into a powerful drawing tool.

Saracen Paint enables you to start drawing immediately, with its intuitive icon-driven system, and its easy-to-use pull down menu.

With Saracen Paint you can touch up your drawing in the smallest details with the help of a large range of colors and two zoom options.

Saracen Paint is fully compatible with KOALA PAINT and supports all well-known paint programs. It works at low resolution with 160 x 200 16-colour-pixels.

You can use either the mouse or the joystick.

SCREEN DUMP, ETC sets up F1 through F8 to give the following capabilities:

• F1 - HELP KEY (lnformation and ESCAPE KEY FROM OTHER ROUTINES)
• F2 - SCREEN DUMP TO PRINTER (True dot by dot dump | Screen can be LO-RES or HI-RES, and can even Include custom characters and spritesl - NO restrictions)
• F3 - BASIC MEMORY ALLOCATION (Displays and allows changes to Start/End of BASIC RAM. VarIables, Arrays, and Strings)
• F4 - SCREEN DUMP TO DISK (12 capabilities, PLUS sprite data blocks and custom character sets used for screen are also saved)
• F5 - SCREEN MEMORY ALLOCATION (Displays and allows changes to locations of screens, sprite memory blocks. and character set)
• F6 - SCREEN LOAD FROM DISK (Reverse of F4 - locations can be changed)
• F7 - HEXADECIMAL TO DECIMAL OR DECIMAL TO HEXADECIMAL CONVERSION
• F8 - USER DEFINED (Transfers Control to user supplied machine language program)

ALL of the above functions may be performed at anytime. even during execution of a BASIC or machine language program. After the function key has completed Its task, the interrupted program will continue as if nothing happened! Compatible with most BASIC and machine language programs. F2 requires a 7 or 8 dot per byte DOT ADDRESSABLE printer such as Commodore, Epson, Gemini, etc.

Thanks Anthony for sending over the scan of this manual.  If anyone has the program that goes with this and wants to share, please contact us. 

Script-64:  A word processing program for the Commodore 64

I haven't been able to find the actual Commodore 64 manual for Sky Travel, but I did find an older Macintosh version of the manual and this addendum.  

Update - Thanks to Bruce Thomas, we now have the manual, cheat sheet and easter eggs!

Welcome to Sky Travel! The magic of microelectronics has made it possible to have an accurate model of the universe in your own home at a modest cost. The awesome computations and enormous amounts of data are handled quickly and efficiently by your Commodore 64 computer. All you have to do is select your exploration commands and Sky Travel will return the information in pictorial form, directly on your screen - and in bright colors at that!

Thanks to Bruce Thomas, we now have the Commodore 64 manual plus some extras.  Inside the archive is Leroy's Cheatsheet for Sky Travel and a document about Sky Travel Easter Eggs!

Couldn't locate the Commodore 64 version of the Sky Travel manual, but found this Macintosh version that was released around the same time, so maybe it will be useful in conjunction with the Sky Travel 64 Addendum.

Update - Thanks to Bruce Thomas, we now have the manual, cheat sheet and easter eggs!