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From: ralph@cbnewsj.ATT.COM (Ralph Brandi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Text editing on Macs
Message-ID: <1630@cbnewsj.ATT.COM>
Date: 26 Oct 89 14:18:05 GMT
References: <88714@pyramid.pyramid.com>
Reply-To: ralph@lzfme.ATT.COM (Ralph Brandi)
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Commercial Art
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In article <88714@pyramid.pyramid.com> alh@pyrnova.pyramid.com (Alan Holzman) writes:
>In article <2385@eagle.wesleyan.edu> you write:
>>I'm looking for a plain-text editor for newspaper reporters to use
>>on dual-floppy Mac SEs. Any suggestions? 
>
>	There is a DA called Vantage (formerly McSink when it was shareware)
>	that is now a well-supported, commercial product. It is very easy
>	to use, powerful (spell-checker, open multiple document windows, add /

I like McSink a lot, but I'm not sure I'd recommend it to
computer-phobes.  For simple basic text editing for people who don't
like computers, miniWRITER has a lot to recommend it.  McSink and
Vantage are more for people who need power (and it has plenty....)

My mom is something of a computer-phobe herself; she doesn't have
too much trouble using MacWrite.  You might have trouble finding the
original version, though.

>	... definitely consider a DA text processor for both ease of use for
>	your "computer-phobic" reporters and the small size & power of a DA 
>	on a 2 floppy SE.

For small size, yes.  I don't think power is what these reporters
want (especially if they're using TeachText now....;-)

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