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From: dwy47@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Deanna W Yang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Atari Wordprocessors Continued
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Date: 20 Oct 90 15:01:15 GMT
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Reply-To: dwy47@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Deanna W Yang)
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> on [WP] [...hitting an fkey is much faster and nicer than playing with the
> rulers...]

I think it's just a matter of preference.   I never really like the WordPerfect
(IBM or even mac version).   I do most of my wp work at school or at work and
I always use MSWord.  I am a mouse/pointer/icon/menu kind of person.  It's 
just bothering to use WordPerfect when I have to format the text here and 
there (usually out of order) and I have to juggle with fkeys (ctrl, shift, alt)
and space bars, tabs, arrow keys....I would do much faster and better with 
a mouse, then the sequence ^f7,1,2,4,6 (as an example only, not a real sequence)
(and I have to remember or use a template or cheat sheet).   

But of course there are a lot of diehard IBM (even IBM is going windows and
menu systems and all sorts...you give me a reason) users who still prefer
fkeys applications.   To them it's easy to use and powerful.   To them, a mouse
is like a mouse, real hard to catch.