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From: coffey@ucselx.sdsu.edu (pat coffey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: PD Word Processors
Message-ID: <4077@ucselx.sdsu.edu>
Date: 10 Oct 89 20:19:17 GMT
References: <3968@blake.acs.washington.edu> <1989Oct10.125136.19140@cs.dal.ca>
Reply-To: coffey@ucselx.sdsu,edu (pat coffey)
Organization: San Diego State University Computing Services
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In article <1989Oct10.125136.19140@cs.dal.ca> bill@biomel.UUCP writes:
>In article <3968@blake.acs.washington.edu> themod@blake.acs.washington.edu (Chris Hinton) writes:
>>
>>  Hello you netters, I need some help.  I need a good PD Word Processor.  I 
>>have (gak!) 1st Word, but I hate it with a passion.  I also think spending 
>>$100+ for any program is just plain stupid.  Any suggestions?
>
>Why stupid?  Good software takes time to write, and a decent commercial
>product can easily be worth more than $100.

I've had my Atari since almost day one (before 1st word was invented) and
have used STwriter.  It has been improved a lot, but is still part of the
public domain.  It is not a wysiwyg, but has a lot of features such
as 2 column printing and mail merge.  I still use it a lot.
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    |             coffey@ucselx.sdsu.edu