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Re: Word Processors

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From: Roger.Sheppard
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...!!!
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