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Re: REVIEW OF "WORD WRITER ST" WORD PROCESSOR

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From: Bill Barkley
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1986 14:20
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In article <4020@utah-cs.UUCP> atwell@utah-cs.UUCP (Bart L. Atwell) writes:
>In article <8610271650.AA12027@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> "V5130B::MENTON" <menton@v5130b.decnet> writes:
>>
>>     Several  of  us  at  work  (and  home)  have  changed  word 
>>processors  recently  from "1st Word" to "Word  Writer  ST",  by 
>>Timeworks.    It  may  be  short  of  the  next-generation  word 
>>processors  that  we're  waiting for,  but here's  some  of  its 
>>features: ...
>
>Thanks for the review of WORD WRITER ST.  I'm thinking of changing from
>1ST Word and have a couple of questions.
>
I recently purchased Word Writer ST and like it a lot.

>1) What kind of doc files does WWS generate?
You may have the best of both worlds - The genereated file is WP type file, 
but you may choose to have the file processed to a disk file, paginated, etc,
that can then be sent out as a fixed document as a pure ascii file.
>
>2) What kind of non-mouse cursor moves can you do with WWS?  I'm mostly
>interested in a keyboard command to go the the beginning and end of a line.
>
It seems that all (or at least the most used) functions are selectable from:
mouse-drop-down menus, mouse-selectable soft-keys on the screen, or ALT-key
functions (shown on the screen in soft-key format).
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From: barkley@ncrcae.UUCP (Bill Barkley)
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Subject: Re: REVIEW OF "WORD WRITER ST" WORD PROCESSOR
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Date: Mon, 17-Nov-86 09:20:39 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 17 09:20:39 1986
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