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From: gmb@iclswe.uucp (Grahame Budd)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: wordprocessors on ami
Message-ID: <1990Apr9.102630.26835@iclswe.uucp>
Date: 9 Apr 90 10:26:30 GMT
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I've just bought Word Perfect for the Amiga, (UK version). Apart from having
just about everything I've ever wanted in a WP it has to be about the best
Amiga implementation I've ever seen.

o It installed first time from an Icon marked INSTALL.
o I'm using an exotic blend of Swedish and English characters. No adjustments
  were needed to persuade Word Perfect to use them, setmap was enough.
o It used all preferences settings without adjustment.

o Each feature uses the Amiga environment in exactly the right way.
o Every function is implemented both on keys and pull down menus.
o Each window uses Amiga style selection, gadgets, requesters and titles.
o Block functions can be fully controlled by the mouse.

o If the Amiga facilities are not used it works just like the I*M version.

o WordPerfect multitasks perfectly with other products.
o It also multitasks within itself! Each time a new document is opened it is a 
  new window and a new task, (if you still have another open). 
o The printer task, which handles queues of requests from either WordPerfect 
  windows or for other files, is also a seperate task
o The various tasks work together very well, when you print a file from an edit
  window you get passed to the printer control. It takes a while to realise that
  you've just been passed between tasks.

o A total beginner managed to use every required facility and print a document
  without reference to the manual and with minimum introduction, ("this is the
  HELP key, this is how to get the menu bar"). This was because of the smooth
  way the Amiga WIMP environment was used.
 
The product is a great word processor, it is a little expensive though. (170
pounds).

If anybody is looking to implement software on the Amiga, look at the way this product has been done.