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> From article <89292.235610CXT105@PSUVM.BITNET>
> by CXT105@PSUVM.BITNET (Christopher Tate)
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>I'd like to hear someone who has extensive hands-on experience with Nisus give
>a capsule summary of its strengths and weaknesses.  A comparison with other
>products such as MS Word, MacWrite II, WriteNow, etc. would also be appreciated
>if possible.
>

I have extensive hands-on experience but since my opinions on Nisus's
strengths and weaknesses can be viewed as being biased (I work for Paragon
Concepts, Inc.) I will leave them out of this posting. I will however provide
the following chart from one of Paragon's brochures comparing a few features.
Please correct it if there are any errors found.

For the folks who wish to aquire a demo disk of Nisus I have
arranged for free copies of the demo disk to be given to the first 
100 people who request the demo by calling Paragon Concepts
and mentioning "jOn's Internet Promo." at the 1-800 number below.

And, if you have specific questions about Nisus post them here and I will
respond as soon as I can or call Paragon's Tech. support.

Paragon can be reached at:
Outside Calif. 800-922-2993
Entire USA     800-621-5640 wait for beep and dial PARAGON.
Or, Directly   619-481-1477


Key to word processor names:
Nisus    - Nisus
Word 4.0 - Word 4.0 
FW       - FullWrite
MWII     - MacWrite II
WN       - WriteNow
=====================================|=========|=========|======|======|======
Formatting:                          |  Nisus  | Word 4.0|  FW  | MWII | WN   
=====================================|=========|=========|======|======|======
Style sheets                         |character|paragraph| para.| fixed|  --  
Integrated macros                    |  Yes    |    --   |  --  |  --  |  --  
Edit macro files                     |  Yes    |    --   |  --  |  --  |  --  
Styles apply w/in paragraphs         |  Yes    |    --   | Yes  | Yes  |  --  
Style or macro names appear in menu  |  Yes    | optional| opti.| Yes  |  --  
Superscript/subscript                |all 2-lev|   Yes   | Yes  | Yes  |multi.
Auto-sizing superscript/subscript    |  Yes    |    --   |  --  |  --  |  --  
Newspaper (snaking) columns          |  Yes    |   Yes   | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  
Mult. footnotes on same page         |  Yes    |   Yes   | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  
Option to keep paragraphs together   |  Yes    |   Yes   |  --  |  --  | Yes  
Option to keep line together         |  Yes    |   Yes   |  --  |  --  |  --  
Widow control                        |  Yes    |   Yes   | Yes  |  --  |  --  
Orphan control                       |  Yes    |    --   |  --  |  --  |  --  
Color/grey-scale text                |  Yes    |   Yes   | Yes  | Yes   |  --  
Fractional character widths          | optional| optional| Yes  | Yes  | Yes  
Character graphic movable in line    |  Yes    |    --   | Yes  |  --  |  --  
Provide built-in drawing tools       |  Yes    |    --   | Yes  |  --  |  --  
Can print picture in page background |  Yes    |    --   | Yes  |  --  |  --  
Wrap text around irregular graphics  | optional|    --   | opti.|  --  |  --  
Create free-floating text/graphics   |  Yes    |    --   | Yes  |  --  |  --  
Create column rules                  |  Yes    |   Yes   | Yes  |  --  |  --  
=====================================|=========|=========|======|======|======


There is more information I can dig up, let me know exactly what you want
to see.

-jOn

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The preceding posting, with all of its truths or otherwise, is do
entirely to my mischievous undertakings and has nothing whatsoever to do with
Paragon Concepts, Inc.
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