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Re: Mac Disertation Word Processor

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From: Wong Sai Kee (Graduate Assistant...
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 13:14
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yuanj@ucbeh.san.uc.edu writes:

>In article <1993Jan4.212819.27907@hou.amoco.com>, ztac18@hou.amoco.com (Tom Chaimov WWNV x5076 9.134) writes:
>> Why not try WriteNow?  It's cheap, easy, and it worked for me (although,
>> obviously, mine wasn't the most complexly formatted dissertation ever)?

The only advantage of WriteNow is speed. No features, no response to
customer.

>You should give some consideration to MS Word.  It can automatically
>number/renumber and put all the references at the end of file or at bottom of

The MS Word is very slow even on my Mac IIsi, I can't image how to
operate it in 68000 series.  I had heard somebody said MicroSoft's
applications are running p-code interpreter instead of native CPU codes.

I am also seeking for better solution for beautiful word processing, may
be Edgar Knapp's post is a good way, I will try it.

>Cheers!

>J.Y.
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