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I just recieved the upgrade notice from T/Maker for WriteNow 2.0.  It will
be available in July and will cost $25 + tax and shipping ($28 for USA
except CA, $29.75 in CA).  The upgrade is free if you bought WriteNow
after January 15, 1988.

New features include
    * Mail Merge with conditional selections
    * 100,000 word dictionary (replacing the old 50,000 word dictionary)
    * Read MacWrite, text and RTF format files direct from WriteNow (no
        more translator)
    * Decimal tabs
    * Windows menu
    * Hide pictures options for fast scrolling
    * Compatibility with Multifinder, networks, large screens etc.

Minimum system required is a 512KE.

In the ad for WriteNow 2.0 that they include with the upgrade, they have
a comparison against MacWrite 5.0, MS Write and MS Word 3.01 which includes
time numbers for common operations.  One interesting number is the time
to spell check a 12 page document on an SE.  For WriteNow it takes 6.2
seconds, while for the other three the shorest time is 1 minute and 48
seconds for Word 3.01.  MacWrite 5.00 takes 2 minutes 34 seconds for
the same document.  Most of the other numbers don't show that big of
a difference, but WriteNow 2.0 appears to be significantly faster then
the others.  

I, as usual, have nothing to do with T/Maker or WriteNow other then
being a satsified customer of T/Maker.  I'll be even more satisfied
when I get a version of WriteNow that works with my Mac II.

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Jerry Whitnell
jwhitnell@cup.portal.com
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