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From: erkamp@arcsun.arc.ab.ca (Bob Erkamp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Word Processors
Message-ID: <1990Aug14.153815.1843@arcsun.arc.ab.ca>
Date: 14 Aug 90 15:38:15 GMT
References: <1990Aug13.164347.1195@mentor.com>
Reply-To: erkamp@arcsun.UUCP (Bob Erkamp)
Organization: Alberta Research Council, Calgary
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In article <1990Aug13.164347.1195@mentor.com> dcooley@mentor.com (Doug Cooley) writes:
>
>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.
>

Well I must say that I don't do much Word Processing but I've heard good things
about WordPerfect for the Atari.

>
>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.  
>

Look for a package called Phasar (v4.0). It should be under $100 and allows
for numerous accounts with upto 500 entries per month per account. Does reports
graphics and other goodies.

Bob Erkamp