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From: parker@cs.wvu.wvnet.edu (James Parker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Word Processors & PostScript
Message-ID: <895@h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu>
Date: 25 Sep 90 14:54:24 GMT
Organization: WVU Statistics and Computer Science
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I am in the market for a good word processor, but it needs to have certain
features that I have come to appreciate through work on other platforms.

 1. The Amiga has a mouse, so I want to be able to select text with it
    to perform font changes, cut/paste, and formatting options.  (More
    like that junky word processor Apple makes. Can't remember the name
    right now...)

 2. True WYSIWYG. (Whatever that stands for!) I need to see how the margin
    changes affect the text. Also, a bold, italicized, underlined, centered
    title should have all these attributes appear on screen as they occur.

 3. It needs to have a spell-checker!  I am a very bad speller!

 4. Should be able to output PostScript to a file so as to be able to be
    printed from other platforms which are connected to PostScript printers.

 5. A Thesaurus (sp?) would be nice, but it is not a necessity.  As is a 
    grammar checker.  Both features I can live without.


If anyone has had experience with a word processor that meets these specs,
please drop me a line.  Even if you know of one that only comes close, I
appreciate hearing from you.  If enough responses are received, I will
summarize and post to this newsgroup.

Thanks well in advance,

Parker