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From: mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: World's best word processor
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Date: 27 Jun 89 13:28:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!mcdonald    Jun 27 08:28:00 1989


>For your information: i like wordperfect, and i never use the template at all.
>If you use that you're bound to lose a lot of time. I don't have to look up
>what italics is, i just hit ctrl-f8 2 4, and it's there.


Wow! You must have gone to one of those old-fashioned grade schools
with lots of rote learning! 

I use TeX; to start italics you type   {\em    , where the em stands
for emphasized. That is admittedly one more keystroke, but, to get back
out, you just type  }  , which is faster.

Doug McDonald