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In article <1992Oct6.133740.24838@ctp.com> ebail@ctp.com (Erik Bailey) writes:
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>Well, I bought Nisus before MS Word 5 came out. I was sick of the inability
>of Word 4 to do search/replace on fonts/sizes/styles, and Nisus provided
>that capability (along with a host of others, most notably unlimited undo,
>a nicety for those of us used to that feature in, say, GNU Emacs).
>
>So I used it, and it was ok. Slow, but quite powerful. But I never came to
>like the user interface; found it clumsy in the extreme.

Nisus may seem slow compared Word 4 (I thought it was slightly faster), but
it is definitely much faster than Word 5.  I can't even use "Word 5" and
"speed" in the same sentance without laughing.

As for the interface, yes, it does take time to get used to, especially after
using Word.  However, I found it easy to use after a while.

>Then MS Word 5 came out, and I got it, and I haven't used Nisus since. I

I haven't used Word since I got Nisus.  Well, except at work, where I'm forced
to use Word.

>know there's a lot of MS Word bashing out there, and a lot of it is
>deserved, but it does everything I need well, (somewhat) intuitively, and
>(fairly) quickly. I consider the $250 I spent on Nisus wasted money...

I consider the $99 (got it while I was still a student) I spent on Nisus one
of the best investments I ever made.

>Just my opinion. It certainly is a good word processor; it's just not
>really up to par, IMHO.

There is one thing I actually do like about Word - integrated tables.

Other than that, I prefer Nisus for heavy-duty writing, and WriteNow for
simpler stuff.

I don't mean to imply that Nisus is perfect.  In fact, there are several thing
I'm hoping they'll add/change in future versions.  However, unless you need
the power of FrameMaker or the simplicity of WriteNow, I consider Nisus the
best choice.

- John