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In article <10548@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> clye@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Christopher Lye) writes:
>...
>I can see how Nisus might not be the ideal word-processor for EVERYBODY
>but what it has set out to do it has done well. My impression from the
>people of Paragon is that they are not trying to create the
>word-processor to replace all word-processors. ...

Yes, but they're so damned *close* to doing just that, and I'd really
like to move away from Word. Here's a few more specific questions:
1) Word really falls down when it comes to making text look good. I.e.,
   it's word and letter spacing deteriorate under justification. E.g.,
   many of my 'justified' paragraphs look slightly ragged on the right.
   (For comparison, Quark does an excellent job, plus it provides all
   kinds of copy-fitting tools).
   Question: does anyone have enough experience to comment on
   whether Nisus is better at this (I mean, it takes a while before
   you become aware of this sort of thing)
2) In Word, if a page break occurs just after the end of a paragraph, and
   there's white-space before the next paragraph, that white-space will
   appear at the top of the next page, making it look like the top
   marging is incorrect. Is Nisus smart enough to throw away the extra
   space in this case? 
3) Word really slows down after a while, but I can't nail down the cause.
   Even in a small (10 page) document. It might be related to non-standard
   font sizes (e.g., 9pt), EPS diagrams, etc. I get the impression that
   Nisus is blazingly fast. Does it ever slow down?
In a nutshell, if Nisus had style sheets, I'd switch (although I am
growing fond of Word's tables).


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Frank Kolnick,
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