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From: jwi@cbnewsj.ATT.COM (Jim Winer @ AT&T, Middletown, NJ)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: Please recommend a SIMPLE Word Processor for my parents
Summary: AMI is KISS
Keywords: SIMPLE intuitive word processor
Message-ID: <2532@cbnewsj.ATT.COM>
Date: 30 Nov 89 17:01:44 GMT
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Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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George Pandelios writes:
> 
> My parents (who are in their late '60s, early '70s) own an AT compatible
> (Tandy 3000 HD).  I am looking for a *SIMPLE*, *EASY-TO-USE* word processing
> package for them.  All they want to do is compose small documents - letters,
> short newsletters, church financial statements (no spreadsheet usage).  To
> date, they have been stymied by PC-Write (steep learning curve) and confused
> by Mass-11 (too arcane).

I personally use WordPerfect 5.1, but my wife can't hack it. She uses AMI.
AMI is a WYSIWYG KISS that runs under WINDOWS. It's very easy and
intuitive, and even has styles. It doesn't have merges or macros or any
of the really fun stuff, and its hyphenation isn't the world's best, but
it is adequate for what you want, and it's the easiest learning curve
I've ever seen.

Jim Winer
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