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Article #1118Re: Word Perfect 5.1 (Was Re: Help me defend LaTeX)
From: jeh
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1989 20:14
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1989 20:14
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In article <595@caldwr.UUCP>, rfinch@caldwr.UUCP (Ralph Finch) writes:
> In article <5954@tank.uchicago.edu>, phd_jacquier@gsbacd.uchicago.edu writes:
> . . .
>>
>> The next version of word perfect might prove him right. ..
>
> The president of WordPerfect came to Sacramento last week to
> demonstrate 5.1. Main improvements over 5.0 are:
>
> 1) Tables are far easier to set up.
> 2) Merge is easier.
> 3) Equations can be easily done. They seem to be reminiscent of the
> way troff does them, in that you type in the equation as if you had
> read it out loud, but in WP 5.1 you can immediately preview.
> 4) Will generate graphical characters for those your printer doesn't
> support directly.
> 5) Tabs can be relative to the margins. Also when you change the tab
> settings your text will change in real time, thus making it easier to
> adjust.
> 6) Pull-down menus and mouse support.
> 7) Context-sensitive help (hurray!)
> 8) Dictionary hyphenation.
>
But will it have automatic numbering of chapters/sections/subsections,
etc., and also of figures and tables, the ability to define new classes
of things like figures and tables with separate numbers, symbolic cross-
referencing of all that stuff (with \label and \ref), etc.?
--- Jamie Hanrahan, Simpact Associates, San Diego CA
Internet: jeh@simpact.com, or if that fails, jeh@crash.cts.com
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