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Subject: RE: WordPerfect pros and cons
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Date: 10 Jul 89 17:25:00 GMT
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Dan Canfield recently posted a summary of the responses to his report of his
visit to WordPerfect.  I agree with his report with one exception.  I used the
IIe/IIc version for several months before getting a IIGS and found that the
formatting codes _do_ transfer to the IBM version, so bolding, underlining, and
so on _are_ preserved.  I often edit material written on a IIGS with the IIe
version, and visa versa, so conclude that the codes saved to disk are
essentially the same.  Of course, you have to have a way to get the file from
the Apple II disk to the IBM.

It is this portability of files between machines combined with the great power
of WordPerfect that has me sold.  I encourage Dan to send his summary to the II
group at WordPerfect, and expect to send a note of my own, so as to encourage
WordPerfect to continue its support of the Apple II version.  In fact, if you
use WordPerfect Apple II and like it, please tell them so, too.


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Frank W. Darrow, Chemistry Dept., Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY 14850
DARROW@ITHACA.BITNET                                (607) 274-3991