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     Several  of  us  at  work  (and  home)  have  changed  word 
processors  recently  from "1st Word" to "Word  Writer  ST",  by 
Timeworks.    It  may  be  short  of  the  next-generation  word 
processors  that  we're  waiting for,  but here's  some  of  its 
features:

 1.  Pull-down menus.
 2.  Integrated 85,000 word spelling checker.   Checks a word at 
     a time,  an entire document all at once, or continuously as 
     you  enter text.   No info in the instructions  on  whether 
     words can be added to the dictionary.   Not as versatile as 
     Thunder!, but pretty good.
 3.  On-screen  special text:  underline,  italics,  super-  and 
     subscripts, boldface, etc.
 4.  All of the other standard word processing features: cut and 
     paste, find and replace, etc.
 5.  Editable printer drivers for many printers.
 6.  Reformats text by paragraph or by entire document  reliably 
     and  easily.   For example,  change line length with  mouse 
     pointer  at the top of the screen,  reformat  document:  it 
     works!   I never could get this to work in 1st Word  (maybe 
     it was just me).
 7.  Ability to imbed printer control codes, which are hidden in 
     the  text on the monitor (but can be displayed by  clicking 
     on a check mark in the left border).
 8.  ASCII save to disk.
 9.  Up to 4 files may be simultaneously opened.
10.  Easy out-denting (as this text is done).
11.  Virtually  all word processing commands are displayed in  3 
     rows  on the bottom of the monitor screen.   Typically  one 
     would leave only the lowest row showing (which defines  the 
     10  function  keys),  but  the text window  can  always  be 
     changed to a smaller vertical size to expose the other  two 
     rows.  This greatly reduces trips to the instruction manual 
     for info on infrequently-used features.
12.  Number  of pages,  line count,  word count,  and  free  RAM 
     displayed on demand.
13.  Hard drive compatible.
14.  Outliner capability with up to 5 levels.
15.  Integration with Data Manager ST and Swiftcalc ST,  also by 
     Timeworks.   Data  Manager ST seems to have  data  graphing 
     capabilities that go beyond those of V.I.P.,  but otherwise 
     we have no experience with these data base and  spreadsheet 
     programs.

     We  like it.   I recommend it for consideration as your  ST 
word processor.  I have no affiliation with Timeworks, or anyone 
else in the computer or software industries.

                                   Bob Menton
                                   MENTON@NRL-ACOUSTICS

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