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Article #763Re: Word 6: is MS kidding?
From: Robin Gelinson
Date: Wed, 01 Jun 1994 18:54
Date: Wed, 01 Jun 1994 18:54
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Jason Guy (vantage@ritz.mordor.com) wrote: : Mark Horne (EGV3MRH@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU) wrote: : : For all those waiting for Word 6, there was a truly scary story in : : MacWEEK (5/6), which indicates that when fully installed, the app. : : and all rest of the files, junk, and gee-whiz features will require : : 19.4 MEGAbytes of disk space, (the app. only is 3.5 Megs), and that : : it will need a 3 Mbytes of RAM, and 5 Mbytes is recommended. Are they : : insane? Why do I need another disk and memory hog application with : : fourteen dozen features I'll rarely use? (OK, show of hands, how many : : of you _regularly_ use picture, graph and the equation editor?). : : I guess it's time to start looking at other word processors. Sigh... : : Mark My theory is that if you are happy with MS Word 5.1 there is no need to upgrade. It meets my needs well. (Although I like some of the fun stuff in WordPerfect 3.0) "I ain't goin' nowhere with my wordprocessor" Robin -- Microlab Assistant Disclaimer: "My questions and Medical College of Wisconsin comments are mine Todd Wehr Library do not represent MCW Milwaukee, Wisconsin or the state of WI"
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78a4,9edb3e4a2088d029 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78a4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-06-01 11:54:21 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!colossus.holonet.net!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!news.larc.nasa.gov!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!news.doit.wisc.edu!post.its.mcw.edu!not-for-mail From: gelinson@post.its.mcw.edu (Robin Gelinson) Newsgroups: bit.mailserv.word-mac Subject: Re: Word 6: is MS kidding? Date: 1 Jun 1994 13:54:21 -0500 Organization: Medical College of Wisconsin; Milwaukee Wisconsin Lines: 25 Message-ID: <2silgt$b1p@post.its.mcw.edu> References: <19940531142127EGV3MRH@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU> <Cqp7wv.IwF@ritz.mordor.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: post.its.mcw.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1]