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From: swan@jolnet.ORPK.IL.US (Joel Swan)
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Subject: Re:  Excellence W.P. ; Comments, Please
Summary: Look at Pen Pal
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Date: 4 Nov 89 07:05:09 GMT
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Keywords: DUMP EXCELLENCE!  LOOK AT PEN PAL

I have Excellence.  It aint.  It's trash.  Slow, won't work right with
printer fonts.  They have a decent user interface and real-time spell
checker- bu tofget actually trying to print with it.

I also bought Pen Pal when it first came out.  Since then, I have
received TWO upgrades in the mail without even asking.  The latest
came two days ago.  It included a disk and a small PROFESSIONALLY printed
20 or so page booklet with update info AND a set of often asked questions
about PP.  I don't plan to use the built-in database, but I am leaning towards
PP as my Word Processor of choice.

I must give Softwood a big PAT ON THE BACK.  Free upgrades without asking and
each one added some very nice features.  They also have one of the best
font selction methods aroung.  You can either pull down a menu of point sizes
that contain sub-items with font names OR pull down font names with sub-items
of point sizes.  Nice.

Give PP a close look.  It may be what you want.  Oh yes, the nicest part?
You can use your printers fonts AND Amiga graphics together at the same time
(to a limited, but useful degree).

Hope this helps.

Joel