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Article #4719Re: PD Word Processors
From: pat coffey
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1989 20:19
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1989 20:19
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In article <1989Oct10.125136.19140@cs.dal.ca> bill@biomel.UUCP writes:
>In article <3968@blake.acs.washington.edu> themod@blake.acs.washington.edu (Chris Hinton) writes:
>>
>> Hello you netters, I need some help. I need a good PD Word Processor. I
>>have (gak!) 1st Word, but I hate it with a passion. I also think spending
>>$100+ for any program is just plain stupid. Any suggestions?
>
>Why stupid? Good software takes time to write, and a decent commercial
>product can easily be worth more than $100.
I've had my Atari since almost day one (before 1st word was invented) and
have used STwriter. It has been improved a lot, but is still part of the
public domain. It is not a wysiwyg, but has a lot of features such
as 2 column printing and mail merge. I still use it a lot.
--
_ _ Ms. Pat Coffey
|_) (_ San Diego State University
| coffey@ucselx.sdsu.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!bionet!sdsu!ucselx!coffey From: coffey@ucselx.sdsu.edu (pat coffey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: PD Word Processors Message-ID: <4077@ucselx.sdsu.edu> Date: 10 Oct 89 20:19:17 GMT References: <3968@blake.acs.washington.edu> <1989Oct10.125136.19140@cs.dal.ca> Reply-To: coffey@ucselx.sdsu,edu (pat coffey) Organization: San Diego State University Computing Services Lines: 18