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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
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Subject: Re: When will new WordPerfect be available?
Keywords: WordPerfect
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Date: 13 Jan 91 08:23:50 GMT
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In article <1991Jan12.223304.28382@contact.uucp> ben@contact.uucp (Ben Eng) writes:
>I can't see what is so desirable about WordPerfect 5.1 on a DOS
>machine, that cannot be done better on an Amiga without WordPerfect.
>WP5 is slow, clunky, chunky, over-weight, overbearing, and lacking in
>usefulness.
>
	Many people trash WP. Many of those people (I obviously
don't know you) never bothered to learn it. Word Perfect has a
steep learning curve, but once you get the hang of it, WP is very
powerful and producive. At that point, it is neither slow, nor
clunky, nor chunky, nor over-weight, maybe overbearing but
certainly not useless.

>If you really wanted to do "professional" typesetting, especially
>without graphics, then you should be using TeX.  AmigaTeX in
>particular by Tomas Rokicki is by far the most wonderful piece of
>software that is available on the Amiga for any type of textual
>output.  It is especially suited to "professionals" who need to
>typeset mathematics and tables.
>
	Well if we want to talk about WP/editors that have a
steep learning curve, TeX takes the cake. You can certainly
become proficient in WordPerfect in the same time it takes to be
proficient at TeX. WordPerfect handles kerning, etc., including
high-quality fonts. Admittedly its main failing is that WP5.1
isn't available for the Amiga.

	Basically, WP just gets a lot more criticism than it
deserves. It isn't the greatest thing the world has ever seen,
but then it isn't the worst either.
	-- Ethan

	"Don't forget the importance of the family. It begins
with the family. We're not going to redefine the family.
Everybody knows the definition of the family. ... A child. ... A
mother. ... A father. There are other arrangements of the family,
but that is a family and family values."

	-- Dan Quayle, of course. Our beloved Vice President.
	It's just too easy!