Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!rodan!ggreenbe From: ggreenbe@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Gerald Greenberg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: WordUp 3.0 Summary: I agree with Robert Allen Jung Message-ID: <3991@rodan.acs.syr.edu> Date: 23 Jul 90 03:04:43 GMT References: <10974@chaph.usc.edu> Reply-To: ggreenbe@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Gerald Greenberg) Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY Lines: 34 In article <10974@chaph.usc.edu> rjung@alcor.usc.edu (Robert allen Jung) writes: >In article david.megginson@canremote.uucp (DAVID MEGGINSON) writes: >>I (and I'm sure, many others on the net) would like to hear people's >>reactions to WordUp 3.0. Is it the word processor that the ST has been >>waiting for all these years, or another dud? I need to design and use > Well, I like it, though I have not written any 200-page long documents with > In summary? Well, if you need an ST WYSIWYG word processor that can do >a lot of Mac-like tricks, this is the program for you. You must be prepared >to spend some time learning the nuances of the program, though -- all of its >power and features do not come cheaply. A 7.5-8.0 on a 1-to-10 scale. Well, I basically agree, i.e. it can do a lot of Mac-like tricks. In fact, I felt that v2.0 the most Mac-like wordprocessor I had ever seen for the ST. I really haven't used 3.0 all that much, but it looks like there is much less cursor flicker, which was distracting in 2.0, and it seems to be quicker, too. The main improvement made (as far as I'm concerned) is the simplification of using GDOS. I'm not %100 sure I understand it all, but it seems that you don't have all the hassles with the ASSIGN.SYS file that you have in a regular GDOS application (although, maybe G+PLUS would alleviate this situation anyway). My main problem with WordUp is that it doesn't support continuous scrolling through a document on the scroll bar with TOS 1.0. I mentioned this to Neocept as a potential enhancement for 2.0 to 3.0, but they just told me to get TOS 1.4(which I don't see doing any time soon) and that would all be taken care of. Finally, remember that you'll need a font editor to make your own special fonts. FONTZ (also from Neocept) worked fine for me. So, I guess that is it. I feel this is the closest I've gotten to wordprocessing like on a Mac on an ST...just remember: it still isn't a Mac (which is why I've got Spectre!) ---Gerry