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From: eric@ultima.socs.uts.edu.au (Eric Lindsay)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Request: word-processing with equations
Keywords: word wordprocessing maths formula
Message-ID: <18873@ultima.socs.uts.edu.au>
Date: 20 Dec 90 22:02:54 GMT
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Organization: SOCS, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
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Another word processor with equation handling is Lotus Manuscript.  This 
can handle about 90% of the things required by our users (they have to 
use TeX if they need more).  We evaluated about 50 word processors before 
selecting Manuscript, however that was several years ago and some of the 
others may now have equal capabilities.

I've been using it to write manuals for a computer system, typically 
exceeding 100 pages per file, and it is fine on an AT for that size.  Bit 
sluggish on an XT for large files, and you do need a few meg of disk space.
The user interface and approach is ... diferent ... but our office staff 
picked it up readily and didn't complain much about it.  Potential problems:
it is typically business costly package.  Also, Lotus have bought another, 
Windows based, word processor company, and therefore will probably stop 
updating Manuscript (it went through V1.0, 2.0 and is at present on 2.1).
Printing facilities are very much aimed at Postscript
 Eric Lindsay, School of Maths, Uni of Technology Sydney