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Article #8166Re: Word 4 -- when an upgrade?
From: bellamy
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 1991 02:42
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 1991 02:42
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In article <17427@venera.isi.edu>, jas@ISI.EDU (Jeff Sullivan) writes: > > Word 4 has been out for over 2 years... when will MS be giving it a > real upgrade? They don't have the macros they have in Word 5 for PC, > possibly many other features. There are certainly improvements to be > made. Does anyone know if they're working on it, or is Windows taking > up all their new efforts now? > My **guess** is that they are waiting for System 7.0 In the last year MS have have made some strong comments about the delay in the release of 7.0 I suspect the Excel 3.0 (with several features that cannot be used under the current OS (Byte, February)) has only been released because of market factors, e.g. Wingz. I too am waiting for Word 5, and if it does not come very soon after May 13 and before I start the serious part of my Dissertation write up WordPerfect is going to get the prize. I need/want dynamic references. (No I don't want to hear about all the other WPs that do dynamic referencing: I've used WordPerfect before and know how it works and I currently use Word) -- David E. Bellamy Email: bellamy@covax.commerce.uq.oz.au Dept. Commerce, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, AUSTRALIA
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!batcomputer!munnari.oz.au!brolga!covax.commerce.uq.oz.au!bellamy From: bellamy@covax.commerce.uq.oz.au Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Word 4 -- when an upgrade? Message-ID: <1991Apr4.124225.1708@covax.commerce.uq.oz.au> Date: 4 Apr 91 02:42:25 GMT References: <17427@venera.isi.edu> Distribution: comp Organization: University of Queensland Lines: 24