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From: iho@cac.washington.edu (Il Oh)
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Subject: Re: Atari Wordprocessors Continued
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Date: 23 Oct 90 23:50:15 GMT
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In article <657@tron.UUCP> shipley@tron.bwi.wec.com.UMD.EDU (Bill Shipley) writes:
>WordPerfect Version 5.1 can do much more than position the cursor with the 
>mouse.  You can block text, select commands from drop down menus, and make
>selections from all subsequent menus entirely with the mouse (except of
>course for text or data entry). I have looked at Word for Windows and I 
>don't see much more mouse support than WordPerfect, other than window and
>graphics sizing and document scrolling. I don't think you have looked
>closely at Version 5.1. Most of the real mouse support has been added after
>Version 5.0.

Oh, do get serious.  Alt-= to bring up the menu?  What mental giant came
up with the idea of having a keyboard command to bring up drop-down
menus?

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