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From: rfinch@caldwr.UUCP (Ralph Finch)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Word Perfect 5.1 (Was Re: Help me defend LaTeX)
Summary: Word Perfect 5.1 features: table, equations, merge, menus,
	 context sensitive help, hyphenation
Message-ID: <595@caldwr.UUCP>
Date: 24 Oct 89 20:22:37 GMT
References: <5954@tank.uchicago.edu>
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In article <5954@tank.uchicago.edu>, phd_jacquier@gsbacd.uchicago.edu writes:
 . . .
> 
> The next version of word perfect might prove him right. 
> From what i heard one will be able to type equations and greek characters and 
> see them as you type.
 . . .

The president of WordPerfect came to Sacramento last week to
demonstrate 5.1.  Main improvements over 5.0 are:

1) Tables are far easier to set up.
2) Merge is easier.
3) Equations can be easily done.  They seem to be reminiscent of the
   way troff does them, in that you type in the equation as if you had
   read it out loud, but in WP 5.1 you can immediately preview.
4) Will generate graphical characters for those your printer doesn't
   support directly.
5) Tabs can be relative to the margins.  Also when you change the tab
   settings your text will change in real time, thus making it easier to
   adjust.
6) Pull-down menus and mouse support.
7) Context-sensitive help (hurray!)
8) Dictionary hyphenation.

But it's not meant to be a typesetting package.  Still, I can't wait
to use it here.  We use Sun Sparc machines; still only 4.2 available,
beta 5.0 in January or February, 5.1 ??

BTW, a DrawPerfect package was also demonstrated.  Seemed nice,
integrated with WordPerfect.-- 
Ralph Finch
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