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From: dcanfield@yvax.byu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: A visit to WordPerfect Corp.
Message-ID: <653dcanfield@yvax.byu.edu>
Date: 26 Jun 89 16:36:48 GMT
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Being from Utah affords many oppurtunities; one of the least of which being the
chance to visit WordPerfect Corp last week and take a look at some of their
products.  I must admit that in the IBM market they are very impressive.  Their
products are extremely powerful and I find them fairly easy to use.

While there I thought I would check out the apple products division and see
what was there.  The MAC group is working hard on their product and I think
that in the next little while they are going to give Word a run for their
money.  I was however, extremely disappointed with the II series product.  One
of the support people showed me WordPerfect on the GS, talk about slow to come
up.  It took almost as long to boot it as it does to boot AppleworksGS, and it
isn't near the program that Appleworks is.  This leads to what I thought most
disappointing.  The program is just a word processor and nothing more.  It does
not use what the GS is known for - graphics and sound - at all.  I looked
through the menus a little and to be honest, I don't know why anyone would ever
buy and use WordPerfect instead of Appleworks.  The one big advantage all WP
products have, however, is that the data files can be transfered between
machines (apple to ibm) with great ease.

Anyway, I was just curious if there was anyone out there who is using
WordPerfect on the AppleII series and what they like about it.  I would be
curious to hear your comparisons between it and Appleworks.  Even between it
and the older appleworks, not just appleworksGS.  You can post to the net or
send me email at the below adresses.

Dan
Dcanfield@byuvax
Danc@yvax.edu