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From: rjc@geech.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell)
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Subject: Re: When will new WordPerfect be available?
Message-ID: <1991Jan16.024225.12117@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>
Date: 16 Jan 91 02:42:25 GMT
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In article <1991Jan15.192859.1@ccvax.iastate.edu> taab5@ccvax.iastate.edu (Marc Barrett) writes:
>In article <17621@cbmvax.commodore.com>, daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) writes:
>
>> What do you want a word processor for anyway?  Real Men write directly in
>> DTP programs.  Or in markup languages, like TeX or Scribe.  No word processor
>> is powerful enough.  
>
>   Microsoft Word is, period.  Microsoft Word, in one package, includes 
>ALL the tools that you would ever need to typeset a book.  Is that powerful
>enough for you?
>
>   MS Word is not really a word processor at all; it is a typesetting
>package.  MS Word works like a word processor, but includes many features
>-- including style sheets, key glossaries, templates, ability to 
>incorporate PostScript in documents, a simple programming langauge
>within mail-marge, and a TeX-like mathematical typesetting language --
>that are usually only found in dedicated typesetting packages such 
>as TeX.  In addition, it has features like a thesaruus and spelling
>checker that are found in word processors.  To polish everything off,
>it has text and graphic layout features usually only found in DTP
>programs.
>
>   In short, I disgree with you.  Real men use Microsoft Word.

  Nope, I disagree. Real men program their own word processors in binary
on the fly with a monitor. For layout they use scrap paper!
TeX is, period. Whatever thats supposed to mean. In truth, real men
use what they like, and what they want, not what the 'industry' standard
is.

  For doing school reports, I use a text editor.  Which is better than
a typewriter. Fancy graphics and fonts are ok, but I don't think they are
going to enhance your grade unless your teacher is impressed by bells
and whistles.

dme ram:report
cp report >prt:
There's  simplicity for ya.

>> -- 
>> Dave Haynie Commodore-Amiga (Amiga 3000) "The Crew That Never Rests"
>>    {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!daveh      PLINK: hazy     BIX: hazy
>> 	"Don't worry, 'bout a thing. 'Cause every little thing, 
>> 	 gonna be alright"		-Bob Marley
>
>
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