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Re: Word 6.0 Mac Update

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From: Bryan S Schmiedeler
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 00:00
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Sometime in November I read on the net that MS was working on MS Word 7.0 for 
the Mac.  I was not very impressed with 6.0 or 6.01 and have been waiting for 
7.0.  Any word on when (if) it will be out?

Bryan




In article <4cflpd$7in@news.microsoft.com>,
Nick Ward <nickw@microsoft.com> wrote:
>In article <AD10AFD496686F9C@k20.rhein-neckar.de>, Stefan.Kresin@rhein-neckar.
de says...
>
>>Is there any possibility to update to 6.0.1 (or newer) by ftp or so?
>
>
>Stefan, Word 6.0.1 is not available via FTP because we included so
>many improvements that it was not feasible to deliver the update
>on the Internet. You should contact Microsoft GmbH in Germany to
>find out how you can get the free update (Voice Tel. 089 3176 1199).
>
>You will be happy to know that we improved performance by 10 to
>50 percent (depending on the action). We made many improvements
>to printing, init compatibility, and Word 5 support. For a list of
>the changes take a look at the WWW URL:
>
>
>http://www,microsoft.com/macoffice/prodinfo/word/word601.htm
>
>
>
>-- 
>Nicholas W. Ward - Redmond, Washington USA
>The opinions expressed in this message are my own personal views 
>and do not reflect the official views of Microsoft Corporation.
>
-- 
Bryan Schmiedeler
The Department of Political Science
The Ohio State University
bschmied@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
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From: bschmied@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Bryan S Schmiedeler)
Subject: Re: Word 6.0 Mac Update
Date: 1996/01/04
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