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Article #31803Re: Microsoft "Word"
From: Ron DeBlock
Date: Sat, 09 Apr 1988 17:28
Date: Sat, 09 Apr 1988 17:28
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MS Write is a small subset of what MS Word offers. It has many useful features, such as Footnoting and support of many fonts. I have used MS Word on MS-DOS systems, including the ST under PC-Ditto. I played with a copy of write at a dealer, and almost paid the $89 price (I think list is close to $125). BUT...there is no spell checker and no thesaurus! These are absolute musts in my opinion. The program seemed to be OK, I did not test extensively. MS Word is a full-featured word processor, and does everything you would ever need. It has a HUGE manual, and all of the features I have used work well. I'm not sure of the actual cost, I purchased my copy at a student discount through my school. There is one problem with it - it is so slow under PC-Ditto it is almost useless. If Write is ever realeased with a speller and thesaurus, I will consider it again. Until then, I'm saving my pennies for Word Perfect (I'm no longer a full time student, so I don't qualify for their $99 discount :-( ). -- Ron DeBlock KA2IKT 213 River Dr. ...!rutgers!galaxy!argus Lk Hiawatha, NJ 07034 ron@wilbur.njit.edu (201) 316-6807 "NECKTIES MAKE MEN STUPID" - Weekly World News headline
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!gatech!udel!princeton!rutgers!galaxy!argus!ron From: ron@argus.UUCP (Ron DeBlock) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Microsoft "Word" Message-ID: <1164@argus.UUCP> Date: 9 Apr 88 17:28:13 GMT References: <8804010517.AA21421@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Organization: NJ Instit of Tech, Newark NJ Lines: 26 Summary: write ain't word!