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Tiny WYSIWYG editors for WINDOWS were shown at the CEBIT in Hannover in March.
The ones I describe are simple editors without sophisticated layout
possibilities.

The first one I saw was from Palantir Software (they did the Palantir Filer
Database program). I did't take that into further consideration, because it
obviously requires WINDOWS >=2.0. It can do editing in multiple windows and is
similar to MacWrite (formatting is done via rulers).

The one I liked most (and I also intend to buy) is ComfoText from Software
Products International (they did Open Access). It actually was developped by
SIEMENS but SPI distributes it.  It's also a MacWrite lookalike with the
possibility to do page previews, limited line graphics and of course vertical
integration of pictures (cut and paste). A spelling checker is built in (if my
memory serves me right you even can switch between languages (but you Americans
don't need that, do you? :-) ).  There is also some online help available (via
a special menu). I'm not sure if you can have double column output but I think
they at least planned to integrate that in future releases. (Price: 495DM that
is about $300).

For advanced layout (DTP) I think Pagemaker by Aldus is better suited, but let
someone else comment on that, as this is not my area.

Thomas Tensi, Institut fuer Informatik, Technische Univ. Muenchen,
Arcisstr. 21, 8000 Muenchen 2, West Germany
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