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Article #1647Re: Word Processors
From: Roger.Sheppard
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 23:02
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 23:02
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In article <1992Apr15.134800.40129@yuma.acns.colostate.edu> komives@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Robert Komives) writes: > I'm glad this thread has come up. I hope we can keep it going for a while. > It is obvious that we all have something to learn. Making the right > choice is getting harder. There probably is no right choice now. > > My two bits. > > I am as confuse as others. I use Wordflair II as much as I can. But I revert > to Wordwriter and even STWriter, and Pagestream more than I would like. What's > great about Wordflair II: > Spell Checker > Integrated graphics and data/math. > The floating data/math regions --You can make letter into Spreadsheet. > FMSGDOS screen text and rewrites > > What's terrible: > Speed of printing to HPLaser (at least on my NEC2-90) > Can't duplicate any of the neat graph/data setups --no templates > One document at a time and no merging > No tagging --Text regions powerful but painstaking > > What's not so good: > User interface has some funny priorities to what's easier > It still crashes or fails to load some documents at weird times > Seems to hog memory > No Postscript output. > > Mine is a love -hate relationship. > > Wordflair III will be great. > Will there be a Wordflair III? > > Again, I have much to learn from the rest of you. So I await more opinions. > > Bob Komives Does this have the same problem that all GDOS type program have, you nead 2 lots a fonts, one for the screen and one for the printer, plus you can't load fonts on the fly, only at run time...!!! -- *** Roger W. Sheppard * Roger.Sheppard@bbs.actrix.gen.nz *** *** 85 Donovan Rd * * GEnie. R.SHEPPARD5 *** *** Kapiti At least I don't Flicker, *** *** New Zealand.. * not like a dying light globe ***
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!wupost!waikato.ac.nz!comp.vuw.ac.nz!actrix!Roger.Sheppard Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Word Processors Message-ID: <1992Apr15.230239.23854@actrix.gen.nz> From: Roger.Sheppard@bbs.actrix.gen.nz Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 23:02:39 GMT Sender: Roger.Sheppard@actrix.gen.nz (Roger Sheppard) References: <1992Apr14.085854.6299@actrix.gen.nz> <1992Apr14.114255.1@mrsvax.mis.arizona.edu> <1992Apr15.134800.40129@yuma.acns.colostate.edu> Organization: Actrix Information Exchange Lines: 44