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From: ifarqhar@sunc.mqcc.mq.oz.au (Ian Farquhar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Word Processors & PostScript
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Date: 26 Sep 90 01:25:31 GMT
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In article <895@h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu> parker@cs.wvu.wvnet.edu (James Parker) writes:
> 2. True WYSIWYG. (Whatever that stands for!) I need to see how the margin

What You See Is What You Get.  Which is usually not what you wanted anyway :-)

> 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.

You have to be careful here.  Because the Amiga does not support
properly device independent graphics (that great double edged sword),
many programs handle postscript poorly.  Of particular note (for it's
stupidity) is Excellence!, which just dumps a bitmap to the Postscript
printer.  I suppose this is WYSIWYG, you get what you see on the screen,
at the same resolution, in the same horrible fonts.  MSS should have
been shot for that.

So ask for samples of PS output to see the quality before you purchase,
and if you know a little Postscript (which is a good idea) you might
also like to scan through the resultant code just to see how well it is
written.  I have been known to throw out packages (especially those from
MicroSoft on other platforms) because their PS code generation is so
poor.

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