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  I feel compelled to write some of my comments regarding WP5.1.  I too
agree that the equation editor and table making tool are excellent 
implementations of tools that engineers need.  I have used WP5.1 for many
lab reports and papers (including my MS Thesis!).  I learned how to use
the software quickly and with little pain.
  HOWEVER, I have one very major beef.  After saving some graphics (whether 
they be equations or pictures) intensive documents, WP "gets lost" and
ends up destroying your document.  During some of my editing sessions, the
only way to restore my document back to normal was to use the Norton Utilities.
I will list sone of the problems:

     1.) If an equation falls on the last line of a page, WP has problems
         possitioning the graphic.  This can be cured by using the proper
         anchor type.  However, if this document is saved, when retrieved
         this equation may cause WP to lock up at this position.  It is as
         if WP believes that the equation marks the end of your document
         when in fact many pages may follow.
     2.) Occasionally WP will insert a page break in the middle of a page
         when retrieved.  Strangely enough, the page break will occur in the
         middle of a word and WP will replace two characters in this word.
         The first character will be replaced by the page break character
         while the second character will be replaced by an x.
     3.) When the problems really get bad, somewhere in the middle of your
         document you will encounter a line that looks similiar to:
         "the quick brown fox jum@#^D @@@^HD."
         Even the reveal codes screen shows the strange characters that were
         not typed in by the writer.  Even though many pages follow this 
         piece of text, you will be unable to edit or even see them.  In fact,
         after moving below the garbled text, you will be automatically 
         moved to the very top of your document!  Using the Norton Utilities
         to remove (replace with spaces) the garbled text, the document will
         be fine (aside from having to retype what was just erased).  It is
         fairly obvious that WP somehow interprets the garbled text as a 
         command to move to the top of the document.

   These are just a few of the problems that I have encountered.  As I have
stated, these problems occur when saving a document.  As such, backing up
your work will not solve the problem.


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