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From: dcooley@mentor.com (Doug Cooley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Word Processors
Message-ID: <1990Aug13.164347.1195@mentor.com>
Date: 13 Aug 90 16:43:47 GMT
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I'm sure this subject has been hashed to death on this newsgroup,
but I'm gonna ask anyway.

I'm looking for a decent word processor that my wife can use for
college.  Up to this point, I haven't bought any applications for
my ST that didn't involve either games or MIDI.  We went to the
local Atari dealer over the weekend, and looked at a lot of boxes.
The one that looked to be the best fit, Word Up, didn't have a
demo available, but the salesman offered to take it out of the
box for us to try.  Unfortunately, it required "installation",
so he let us take it home to try out.

Bugs, bugs, bugs.  The program, which other wise seemed to be
pretty good, bombed when we invoked the Thesaurus, when we 
ran the spelling checker, when we tried to import a file from
another format (supported), when we tried to save a file, when
we tried to print a file, etc, etc, etc.  And the version was
3.0!  You'd think they'd get it right by then!  

Anyway, I am planning on taking it back today, but I don't want
to spend a lot more time screwing around with demo's that work
and software that doesn't.  Can anyone give me suggestions for
a good word processor (not a dtp, although this program had some
of those features) that you can give a life expectancy of more 
than 5 minutes to?  E-mail is probably best, as I don't read 
this newsgroup regularly.  Usage will be primarily for college
papers and assignments.  Also, we've used an older version of
1st Word, and thought it was lacking in features, although we
prefer the WYSIWYG style display.  

Also, can you recommend a good home budgeting program?  We are
just at the point where we are starting to do some investing,
and we also want to put the bank accounts in the computer.  

Thanks!
-- 
What's this? Opinions?  Now who left *those* laying around?!

Doug Cooley, Mentor Graphics Corp.          
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